Rivieraranch
Active Member
The 2252B I bought came to me damaged (see recent thread: heartbroken, crestfallen), and was WITHOUT FEET! Fed Ex was monumentally horrible in their customer service but finally they came and picked up the unit to send back to the seller.
Yesterday I just received a 2216B I bought primarily to use as a tuner, through headphones, for my office. (see: completed ebay item 250078685567). Would you believe that the top cover was repainted in DOVE GRAY?; it was. I was under the impression that these (such as my 2218 & 2226B) had black top covers; am I right? The unit has a small ding and next to that a shallow but noticeable scratch, the width of a hair, going diagonally from the tuning meter to the bass knob. The snaps do not show either of these things. They look "fresh" too; undoubtedly caused by a tape cutter knocking against the faceplace and scraping it during wrapping. I voiced some concerns to the seller and he responded, stating that the scratch was already there (despite the snaps not showing it) and that the Marantz literature depicted this model with a gray top cover. The good part of this deal is that the item was very well wrapped and arrived without incident. It also works well. Sadly the seller never mentioned in the listing that the cover was gray (it looks black in the pictures). After the sale, when he realized that the receiver was damaged during packing, should have contacted the buyer.
If I decide to bid on any others I will have to ask so many questions that I will become a nuisance to any seller. It looks like I have to ask whether the unit has feet, whether it was repainted in a wrong color and a bunch of other things.
Yesterday I just received a 2216B I bought primarily to use as a tuner, through headphones, for my office. (see: completed ebay item 250078685567). Would you believe that the top cover was repainted in DOVE GRAY?; it was. I was under the impression that these (such as my 2218 & 2226B) had black top covers; am I right? The unit has a small ding and next to that a shallow but noticeable scratch, the width of a hair, going diagonally from the tuning meter to the bass knob. The snaps do not show either of these things. They look "fresh" too; undoubtedly caused by a tape cutter knocking against the faceplace and scraping it during wrapping. I voiced some concerns to the seller and he responded, stating that the scratch was already there (despite the snaps not showing it) and that the Marantz literature depicted this model with a gray top cover. The good part of this deal is that the item was very well wrapped and arrived without incident. It also works well. Sadly the seller never mentioned in the listing that the cover was gray (it looks black in the pictures). After the sale, when he realized that the receiver was damaged during packing, should have contacted the buyer.
If I decide to bid on any others I will have to ask so many questions that I will become a nuisance to any seller. It looks like I have to ask whether the unit has feet, whether it was repainted in a wrong color and a bunch of other things.