[Kenwood] What if we have no orig. boxes? (was Re: Value of a TS-990 and ...

[K3AC at aol.com]

Regarding this thread, I think there's 2 lessons to be learned from all  
this when
considering purchasing a large, heavy transceiver:
 
1) If you're buying one new (like a 990) - NEVER throw away the factory  
cartons/foam inserts. It will either be very expensive, or impossible to 
replace  them. 
 
2) If you're buying a used radio - do NOT buy it if the seller can't  
supply a complete set of factory 
cartons/inserts. As one of the posters found out, if it develops a problem  
down the road, you won't be able to 
safely ship it anywhere for repairs - thus making it an  expensive parts 
only radio.  
 
Bob, K3AC
 
 
In a message dated 6/22/2017 8:48:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wa1rkt at comcast.net writes:

At 07:03  AM 6/21/2017, RON GOLDSTEIN wrote:


>Jim, as Bob K3AC said, DO  NOT attempt to ship the 990 without the 
>original double boxes and  Styrofoam inserts. The radio is too big & 
>heavy to ship without  them.


Good morning, Ron.

So, what do we do if we do not  have, and can not get, the original boxes?

I have a TS-950SDX that  needs repair.  I did not get the original box 
when I bought it, which  Just Happens (if the seller just plain 
doesn't have the original box, what  was I supposed to do?).  So I 
drove out to a professional packer and  box maker in Portsmouth, NH 
with radio in hand, and had a custom box  special-made for the 
transceiver, with 3 inches of higher-density foam on  front, back, 
sides, top, and bottom, and a custom cutout made to fit the  radio.  I 
was going to get them to make me one of those squirt-in  foam-in-place 
inserts, which they could have done, but the box maker  talked me out 
of it and said what they gave me was better.  In any  case it's far 
better than anything any manufacturer ever provided.  I  would almost 
even give it to United Parcel Smashers to ship, which is  really 
saying something (but, I said "almost"... I still won't let UPS  touch it).

Still, even so, the only facility in the world that I trust  to fix 
this thing correctly will not accept it without the original box,  no 
exceptions.  That's their policy and I respect it, but the hard  fact 
is the original box is not and will not be available.  So now I  have 
a very expensive doorstop due to what could easily be a relatively  
simple fix (I have a very good idea what is wrong with it but no  
longer have the eyesight or the finger dexterity to fix it  myself).

If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears, but mainly I just wanted  to 
point out that not all of us have the luxury of original boxes, even  
if we did they may not be in the best of condition, and there are  
other options that are just as good or better, if one is willing to  
pay for them (custom-made boxes are not cheap).



Rick  WA1RKT
Londonderry, NH
Catch me on 14.300 MHz Intercon / MMSN most  days

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