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what would you do?

What would you do if you bought a amp from supposedly reputable dealer and found out a year and a half later it wasnt the amp you bought at all but one of a totally different serial number and ? Wouldnt you think the dealer would know sometimes in that time period they sold the wrong amp to you? I the consumer am only buying one item if he has several amps similar he logs them by serial number therefore he knew he sold the wrong amp but said nothing, how is that even legal? it's a sad day when you cant trust the dealers on audiogon.
52tiger
p59teitel
288 posts
 
Solid response from the dealer - "And know you know the REST of the story," as Paul Harvey used to say. It seems that the purchaser did in fact receive the benefit of his bargain and that Kevin doesn't owe him squat.

Going forward, I would only suggest Kevin follow up with Cary on the serial number provided by the purchaser, if for no other reason than to see if something did in fact go awry in terms of his company's tracking of inventory.

But other than that, this one done. Next.
phd
1,008 posts
 
Facten, you should understand that I had no idea which dealer 52tiger was refering to in his thread until you mentioned this dealers name in your post. Further investigation out of curiosity would reveal this dealers name in another thread. Trust me, if you were to start a thread with the subject matter on who has been burned on audio purchases, I'm sure everyone has a story of some sort.

I have personally done business with Kevin Deal in the past and I can tell you he is very professional and honest.
jea48
2,944 posts
 
what would you do?
52tiger
11-28-12

Contact the Agon moderator and ask him/her to please delete your three threads.

Maybe I'm wrong but wanted to get the communities thoughts. A good friend of mine bought a Cary amp from upscale audio it was supposed to be a v12 i. That was a year and a half ago recently he was going to sell it and was looking at the receipt from them and the serial numbers dont match at all!! totally different amp not even a i series. well he called them and they told him there was nothing they would do. I have never checked the serial number on anything I have bought but will from now on.My friend assumed he was getting what he paid for but did not! You would think they knew somewhere along the line they sold him the wrong amp . anyway whats your thoughts.
52tiger (Threads | Answers | This Thread)
11-27-12
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1354037428&read&3&zzl52tiger&&

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C: The unit he bought and paid for had damage, having a dented transformer cover. It was discounted and priced as a damaged unit. It evens said that on our used listing which is copied directly onto his invoice. He fails to tell you this. What he received is mint. He conveniently leaves this out.
11-28-12: Upscaleaudio


11-28-12: P59teitel
Polk432 is right on the money. Some interesting links:

Cary SA280 V-12 manual: www.caryaudio

Cary SA280 V-12i manual:www.caryaudio

Note that the V-12i manual is labeled as such.

But wait, there's more! Check out the pic in this ad for a Cary SAs80 V-12: new.audiogon

Now see the pic in this ad of a Cary SA280 V-12i: new.audiogon

Serial numbers aside, how could this guy not know what amp he had when its model designation was written right on the front of it - and also on the cover of the owner's manual?
P59teitel
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1354083636&openflup&31&4#31
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52tiger,

How do you explain your posted message of 11-27-12 and Kevin's response on 11-28-12?

And then there is the post of P59teitel on 11-28-12......
How could your friend not of noticed the difference?

Your good friend may not be such a good friend after all....
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polk432
1,116 posts
 
Get the CAD 120's. Its better than any of the V models. Make sure to put tubes in it before playing it, and whatever you do, check those F'N serial numbers!
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