[Boatanchors] 51J-3 parts

[fkamp at comcast.net]

telegrapher at att.net wrote:
> Kinda mislabeled it but you get the idea.  I'd like to find a pair of 
> handles that go on the front of the R-388/51J-3.  Any extra's out there 
> anyplace.  These got bent in shipping, thank you very much seller for 
> the excellent job of putting the radio in one box with some newspaper 
> stuffed around it and then trusting it to UPS!

Horrors!  A similar thing happend to me after the 
purchase of Hallicrafters s-40B.  The thing got 
banged up pretty good. I filed a claim with UPS. A 
week later they sent someone out to pick it up and 
send it to their damage assessment center.  I 
said, okay but it is worth xxdollars.  You want to 
pay that in cash or may I charge you credit card? 
   The guy left, a little flustered. Four weeks 
later, they paid the claim.  I kept the radio, 
repaired and restored it, then sold it for 
considerably more that I paid for it. I figured 
the cash settlement with UPS covered my fee for 
restoring the radio.

Thinking back on that experience, the only regret 
I have is not having kept the thing.  After I got 
through with it, it looked brand new and worked 
flawlessly.  I made money on it, sure, but it was 
sort of like getting double price for your seed corn.
> 
> BTW, as an added note, my new 75A-2A that was supposed to have been 
> delivered on the 25th has now been found to "have not been delivered" 
> but the more than competent and brilliant UPS folks.  A 26 X 26 X 26 or 
> bigger box containing this unit was scanned into the Mesa Terminal on 
> the 25 for delivery and suddenly "disappeared" into thin air.  I wonder 
> what black hole all this stuff that "disappears" in the their system 
> does with all the lost and damaged boxes/packages.

I dont use UPS anymore.  USPS is not great but I 
have never had a problem with them after having 
shipped more than 400 items over the last ten 
years.  Of course, packing is still in the hands 
of the shipper.  If you cant pack, you should not 
ship.

> 
> so much for another Collins radio.  They asked if it could be replaced 
> by a "new, reused or other type of radio". HA!  Hopefully that means 
> that they are intending to spit up the cash as it was fully insured.

Stay on that.  Get the full value of the insurance 
applied.  After all, you were charged for that 
protection.  Then use the proceeds to buy another. 
  This time ship it using a carrier that has 
credebility.

> 
> I suspect that it was trashed in the terminal or transport somehow and 
> they just threw it into the dumpster.  We'll pay for it if anyone inquires!
> 
> Sullen and depressed.

I know the feeling, but once the settlement check 
is cashed, you are back in bussiness.  Consider it 
a minor delay in satisfaction.


Good Luck,
Frank kamp
K5DKZ