Anotherone Bites The Dust :(

[DrmZ]

I just recieved a poorly packed Aiwa 660.
This was on my list for a long time - I really like the design, especially the blue VU meters.
It arrived like this:

Some of the pieces were inside the box, some of them I can hear inside the boombox.
What a shame. I hope the seller is honest enough to pay back my money.
He just put the aiwa inside the box and added some newspapers for "protection".
:grim:

 

[floyd]

that sucks :'-( i would try to find the pieces and glue them back together and if possible repaint the outer case of the box if there's no lettering to deal with either way i hope you get your money back or money for damages.

 

[blu_fuz]

Holy Moly! :'-(

 

[beatbox]

I live in Berlin and am a model builder. I stick things together, paint things, sand things on a daily basis and this would be an incredibly easy repair for me. It would look like new and would be done in a day.

PM me and maybe we can work something out!

 

[DrmZ]

Nice to hear that, beatbox. I´ll contact you.
But I have to check first, what the seller says. Maybe he wants the radio back for a full refund.

 

[redbenjoe]

agree with floyd --
try to make the best from this mess --
seller = moron :annoyed: :annoyed:

 

[lazanas]

I hope she will get better! :'-(

 

[baddboybill]

Wow!! What a mess, hope you can figure it out she would have been a beautiful box

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Another senseless tragedy, the 660 is a great classic box. :'-(
Hope you get it worked out either way you go.

 

[Fatdog]

Trust beatbox.

 

[monchito]

wow i hate that when it happens,, luckaly on the bright side you have beatbox that can help if everything else fails...

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Oh man that just sucks, some people must think that their parcel is taken all the way to the buyer on a silk cushion.
Hope you get it back together mate.

 

[Retro Addict]

I live in Berlin and am a model builder. I stick things together, paint things, sand things on a daily basis and this would be an incredibly easy repair for me. It would look like new and would be done in a day.

PM me and maybe we can work something out!

WOW beatbox, that's very nice of you to offer your repair expertise to help another collector out. I'm sure quite a few of us on here won't forget that commont for a while.

 

[2steppa]

A sorry sight for sure, but hopefully not beyond salvation.

Good luck, hope you get a satisfactory outcome.

 

[DrmZ]

It looks not good. The seller keeps telling she always packs good and she cant see that some paper is not enough protection for a radio.
In her feedback there´s a similar case where a radio arrived boken. Her reaction to the negative feedback was calling the buyer a liar because she always packs good.
Just stupid.

I hope I can get my money back but it seems that I need to involve ebay. The seller is ignorant.

For the german collectors: avoid "240-parts" !!!

 

[2steppa]

she cant see that some paper is not enough protection for a radio.

In spite of clear evidence to the contrary!

 

[beatbox]

Well make sure you also state very clearly in her feedback that 'AGAIN' the packaging is not sufficient.

Also, my offer still stands!

Here is a link to a thread concerning packaging I did a long time ago. Send her this link and see what she has to say to that!!!!!

https://boomboxery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8268

 

[71spud]

I think it is interesting that they chose to make the entire front case out of BLUE plastic... and the back out of gray. It seems like alot of blue to cover with gray paint just for a blue dial.

 

[DrmZ]

I noticed that, too. But the front is silver. I guess you need paint to get the silver look. So I think its cheaper to mix the blue in the resin and just paint the silver parts.

 

[Retro Addict]

My Aiwa CS600 is made of blue plastic too.