Everyone knows that shippers have the potential to really mess things up. Any package should be packed as carefully as possible. You'd have to more than a few screws loose if you just stick something haphazardly in a box and send it on its merry way.
I received something I'd won online that was used but I was happy to get it. The box it came in was bigger than the integrated itself. A few (literally) peanuts were in it. The front panel was hanging on by a single screw. A total of 11 screws were loose in the box and the unit. The unit was open on two corners. The wiring had torn away from the volume pot and there was a huge dent on the back of the unit where the speakers terminals were that matched the dent on the outside of the package where it must have been dropped from a considerable height. The reviewer who had it stated he had reassembled it properly before shipping it. Yeah, right. I was able to resurrect it with the help of a local electronics shop.
Buyer (or winner) beware.
All the best,
Nonoise
I received something I'd won online that was used but I was happy to get it. The box it came in was bigger than the integrated itself. A few (literally) peanuts were in it. The front panel was hanging on by a single screw. A total of 11 screws were loose in the box and the unit. The unit was open on two corners. The wiring had torn away from the volume pot and there was a huge dent on the back of the unit where the speakers terminals were that matched the dent on the outside of the package where it must have been dropped from a considerable height. The reviewer who had it stated he had reassembled it properly before shipping it. Yeah, right. I was able to resurrect it with the help of a local electronics shop.
Buyer (or winner) beware.
All the best,
Nonoise