eBay and BS being sold !!!

[baddboybill]

Well not sure if any one remembers around a month ago I found these brand NIB Chelco am/ fm stereo cassette deck bbx. I believe Ira picked one up and I too won bidding on it for $19.99 includes free shipping. Well 1st two weeks go by and no unit. Then I call and they say I never paid so it was stopped. So I showed proof of payment and they finally sent one out. Got it and looked like it was in a struggle and lost with scratches and cracked lens and body. So they sent me a label to ship back to them and they reshipped another which also turned out garbage. I asked them if they could look at product before shipping and they agreed. They said they would send me confirmation of shipment , mean while next morning another chelco was delivered beat up. So I got it ready to send back and called them up and they said they were on back order and at 1st they wanted to send me a mono box in it's place and I said no thanks I said how are you trying to sell them for $100 on eBay showing you have 150 of them.... The guy said that was a ploy because they have none and noone would pay that price. I said he's full of **** and they just don't want to waste all the shipping on me. Well he called me a druggy and I called him a lying piece of ****. Anyway they gave my $20 back plus now I have the last chelco bbx they never asked for so I made some repairs and the tape heads need to be demagnetized. But it looks and works pretty good one question is when tape head is magnetized does it magnetize the tape your using and if so how is it repairable?? I have some pics of my repair on this free bbx ENJOY THEM

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Wow, that a hassle. Is this a new model radio or old stock? It looks good

 

[baddboybill]

Well it's suppose to be new but seems like old stock. Deffinetly cheaper build than even lasonic I mean the tape head is magnetized too

 

[monchito]

when u place a demagnetizing wand over the heads thats what it will do demagnetize,,if the head it magnetized badly it will ruin the tapes causing blank spots,, so if u have a wand then by all means ,,it should be fine after that..btw do not have any tapes laying around as it will erase them , make sure u take the box to a diferent room or outside away from anything that will be close to the demagnetizing wand.. u can get them at your local electronics store or RS...

 

[baddboybill]

when u place a demagnetizing wand over the heads thats what it will do demagnetize,,if the head it magnetized badly it will ruin the tapes causing blank spots,, so if u have a wand then by all means ,,it should be fine after that..btw do not have any tapes laying around as it will erase them , make sure u take the box to a diferent room or outside away from anything that will be close to the demagnetizing wand.. u can get them at your local electronics store or RS...

I have been lucky never needing to demagnetize heads before I only ran tape for 30 sec. or so So is this tape shot. I tried playing on my home deck and auto shuts off