Stuff will always break...

[theophile]

These threads arise repeatedly,and will perpetually arise repeatedly.

The crux of the problem is poor packing.The reason poor packing poses a problem;is poor handling. :thumbsdn:

Poor handling means that excellent packing even sometimes isn't enough. :tears:

The salt in the wound,is when the freight insurer inspects the packing and refuses a payout,on the grounds that the item was insecurely packed.The seller has your cash and doesn't want the destroyed item back.However the situation turns-out,it's not a place in which one wishes to find oneself.

I marvel at how lucky I have been.Even the lackadaisically packed items have arrived fine.The pinnacle for well-packed,would be the items from Japan(as Arkay detailed).

Pack and Send here in Aus cost a friggin' fortune,but I will give a nod to their packing.I got two Altec 604Cs from Melbourne about 5 years ago.They are heavy drivers.The seller sent them to Pack and Send.I won't tell you how much it cost for packing,but they were incredibly(<that's the ONLY word that could be used to describe it) well boxed.

Fine efforts such as that wouldn't stop some idiots from destroying your goods however.Of that I am certain.

 

[alwaysjammin]

All fixed and working again...

Very nice repair John:thmbsp:

Please share how you did it. I'd have probably tried some Loctite industrial super glue. Powerful stuff it is:yes:

 

[jleon92f]

Very nice repair John:thmbsp:

Please share how you did it. I'd have probably tried some Loctite industrial super glue. Powerful stuff it is:yes:

Thank you, I used 5 min Epoxy and let it dry 24 hrs minimum. I just aligned the counter weight and secured it with shimms not to move with duct tape. Then dry fitted the arm to make sure it was lined up perfectly. Applied cement and then used masking tape to apply pressure front to rear.


repair_alignment by jleon92f, on Flickr


Thanks,
John.

 

[jleon92f]

SOLD...:yes:

 

[TerryS]

I purchased a cassette deck on ebay once and it arrived with the motors both ripped loose from their mounts. Snapped the plastic mounts right off. This is inside the machine. No visible damage from the outside. There is no way the original factory shipping would have added anything to brace the motors and prevent this from happening since this would require the user to dissasemble the deck to get to the packaging.
I can only conclude that back in the days before FEDEX and UPS, things were shipped by truck (motor freight) and didn't get near the levels of shock that they do today. I expect the original factory shipping container was just the standard styrofoam molded shell inside a cardboard box. Not any better shock absorbtion than what the ebay seller provided. But the protection that was adequate in 1980 just doesn't cut it today.

Terry

 

[boreas]

SOLD...:yes:

All's well that ends well!

John

 

[jleon92f]

I am waiting to hear from new owner?

Thanks,
John.