[Hallicrafters] Good Ebay experience

[Dale Parfitt]

I asked sellers up front if they are willing to pack to my specifications, 
and give a brief description of how I would like it done. If not, I  don't 
bid.
My best luck was purchasing a Davco DR-30 and having  it arrive, knocking 
around in a box with no packing. Miraculously it had survived unscathed.
Dale W4OP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Young" <bobyoung53 at hotmail.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 1:29 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Good Ebay experience


>
> I've only had one bad ebay shipping experience, it was approx 6 or 7 years 
> ago.
> I bought a nice looking HRO-60 from someone down south on ebay. When it 
> arrived it
> had been put in a flimsy box with one layer of cardboard with no packing 
> material
> at all.Needless to say the front panel was all smashed to pieces. It had 
> come from
> one of those UPS packing stores, I called them and spoke to an employee 
> who
> remembered thewoman who shipped it, he has advised her that it would not 
> arrive in one
> piece as shipped but she was determined to ship it as cheaply as 
> possible.I notified
> paypal who did an investigation, they determined she was at fault and 
> refunded me my
> money. When I called the store back and told the guy about the 
> investigation he clammed
> right up.
> Actually I just remembered another one, I bought a nice HW-101 with power
> supply and speaker with power supply in the speaker. During shipping the 
> power supply
> ripped loose and dented the speaker enclosure, also somehow one of the 
> 6146A's got
> broken during shipping. The damage wasn't too bad however, I threw a pair 
> of 6293's
> in it and it worked like a champ and still does,
>
> Bob
> KB1OKL
>
>
> I haven't had a "bad" eBay experience yet, but have endured a couple of 
> near misses.
>
> Several years ago I bought a nice SX-28 from someone "up north," and thank 
> goodness I had the presence of mind to ask him how he planned to pack it. 
> Well, it was evident that he was totally clueless.  I told him to wait to 
> ship it, that I'd try to find a suitable method.  As it happened, I had a 
> large carton with blown-foam inserts left over from shipping a large and 
> heavy communications service monitor at work.  I thought it'd be about 
> right for an SX-28, which was confirmed by measurements.  I also had a 
> bunch of pink-foam 2x4s from a shipping crate containing a 6-foot rack of 
> microwave gear.  I put a bunch of this into the carton all around and 
> under the opening for the equipment, drew the guy a diagram of how to pack 
> it, and sent it to him, which cost about $14 via Parcel Post.  That was 
> money well spent.  He packed the radio according to my instructions but 
> bitched about it in an e-mail, claiming it took him about 1-1/2 hours to 
> do the
> job.  But, when I got the radio, it was perfect.  In fact, it could 
> probably have taken a fifteen-foot (or more) dead-fall drop, and bounced, 
> without harming the radio or busting the box.
>
> I also breathed a huge sigh of relief when an RME-69 arrived in a box that 
> was literally falling apart.  The radio was single-boxed, packed only in 
> peanuts, and indeed the cabinet was crammed full of peanuts.  They had 
> "bled" all over the inside of the UPS truck.  The radio, however, was 
> uninjured.  I don't know how it survived, but it did.
>
> On the other hand, another receiver (National) was packed so well that it 
> probably exceeded US Mil packing guidelines.  This one was a cream-puff, 
> and was perfect when it arrived.  Best packing job I ever saw.  Despite 
> talking with the seller before shipment and being assured there'd be no 
> problems, I'd been worried about it, but there was no need to have been.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
> W4DSE
>
>
>
>
>
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