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Has anyone ever bought a pair of monitors on this site in "mint" condition, but when you get them, the bottoms are all scratched up? Do you even care? Nothing makes me more mad ..and I have learned to ask to see pics of the bottom of the speakers before buying. I don't understand how hard it is to lift the speaker up before you put them on the stands and move them around. Especially when there are spikes on the top plate. Or better yet, use some kind of padding in between. I have received speakers in the past that look like the person was chewing on the bottom of the speakers with their teeth it was so bad. Or it looked like the speakers were dragged around on concrete. The worst thing is when you message the person about the bottoms, and they say "who cares, you don't see it". Anyone ever have this issue?
souljasmooth
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yogiboy
2,678 posts
 
Souljasmooth,No you are not being too picky. I have mounted bookshelf speakers horizontally on stands and it would piss me off if the bottoms were damaged.
lindisfarne
507 posts
 
Mr. Mofimadness...really? You sure?

I've used/owned several diff stand-mounts over three decades and never have I even marred the bottoms.

Blu-tack does the trick.
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mofimadness
4,152 posts
 
Lindisfarne...it really depends on the stands you are using.
Some of them use smaller spikes that face up. Kinda hard to
not mark up the bottom of the speaker using such stands.

I was in the high-end business for 25 years, so I've seen
LOTS of this happen. Way more than several examples, like
you have had.
markpao
403 posts
 
I wouldn't expect "mint" condition speakers, or any other component for that matter, to be all scratched up here on Audiogon. Even if it was the bottom. There are higher standards here.
souljasmooth OP
81 posts
 
Mofimadness, I have used stands with spikes that face up. I have done a couple of things. Lots of blue tack, or put a heavy duty pad underneath the speakers. I can understand having four little spike indents, but what if there were indents and a bunch of scratches from twisting and turning them on the spikes? Is it really that hard to pick the speaker up before you move them around on the stands? Makes no sense to me....
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