Originally Posted by: RazboInteresting read. It's quite stand-up of Gibson Service to review pics of used guitars as well.

I'm not saying they aren't stand-up people, but in this case I would have to say they are the ones most damaged by counterfeiting, so anything they can do to stop it would be in their own self-interest. After all, the buyer might be out a few hundred bucks, but counterfeiters could be costing Gibson a thousand times that or more.