hello my first post

[curvejacket]

what is the best site for buying analog equipment?

 

[themaddog]

Arguably, not the internet! A lot of this stuff doesn't ship well, check local listings like Craigslist.org. Otherwise, there's always eBay...

-MD

 

[cjacek]

what is the best site for buying analog equipment?

Just like MD said, look for something you can do a "local pickup" on. There's www.eBay.com and also www.craigslist.org

Something's bound to turn up.

~Daniel

 

[guido #2]

Local- shmokel. Have some nads man! I just drove over a thousand miles in the past two weeks to pick-up several pieces of nice vintage analog gear.
It was TOTALLY worth it!
You can't trust UPS. If ya want something done right....

 

[cjacek]

Local- shmokel. Have some nads man! I just drove over a thousand miles in the past two weeks to pick-up several pieces of nice vintage analog gear.
It was TOTALLY worth it!
You can't trust UPS. If ya want something done right....

That's right, if you can swing a drive and a whole day's worth of trip out of it then great.

It's not UPS, it's the dumb asses who can't pack. If your package can't take a 6 foot drop then it's the packer's fault.

~Daniel

 

[guido #2]

Except that the last "dumbasses" that packed my eBay purchased Soundcraft were the pros AT THE UPS STORE!

 

[cjacek]

Except that the last "dumbasses" that packed my eBay purchased Soundcraft were the pros AT THE UPS STORE!

The "UPS STORE"! That's probably the BIGGEST scam running. They DON'T pack to UPS specifications and have really little to do with actual UPS. Why they exist is a total mystery to me.

~Daniel

 

[guido #2]

I know. It was being shipped TO ME. When I ship, I do all my own packing. I used to work for UPS and I saw what goes on....

 

[cjacek]

I know. It was being shipped TO ME. When I ship, I do all my own packing. I used to work for UPS and I saw what goes on....

I recall a story when I asked a seller to pack to MY specifications and that I only wanted HIM to pack it but, again, to my detailed specifications. He said yes. What ended up happening is that he took it to the UPS STORE, told me only after it was packed and shipped, and said that they are UPS so I shouldn't worry about the quality of packing. I was fuming!!

Btw, what damage did YOUR Soundcraft mixer sustain ??

~Daniel

 

[guido #2]

looked swell on the outside, but on the inside....
You could push an assign button and it would affect the next six channels or somethin', thare was a horrible intermittant noise in the main L/R, the P/S was crushed...
I had an entire page of stuff. Took like 2 months to finally get my money back

 

[Seeker of Rock]

It's not UPS, it's the dumb asses who can't pack. If your package can't take a 6 foot drop then it's the packer's fault.

I completely and strongly agree. If something is packed PROFESSIONALLY (i.e.-take it to an actual packer, not UPS store or USPS pre-made insulated boxes, etc.) it should ship fine. Recent MSR-16 did not have original factory box. The seller was smart enough to take it to a pro packing company and a crating company and give me two different shipping options per my request. Crated was a little overboard for this size machine so I dropped like $55 on the packing alone, but it was done CORRECTLY, better than the original factory shipping box I am sure, so the item arrived undamaged via UPS. Pro packing is the key to shipping undamaged if you can't pick up. Buying the product without hearing it, that's a whole other category, but I've had good luck so far with e-bay. I avoid the "as-is" auctions and get to know the seller best I can through e-mail during the auction before bidding. Had to put a little money into the MSR when it arrived, but nothing critical was wrong with it...simply took it to the best of the best tech. who is very detail-oriented. I did all of the little things he suggested though just because it was new to me and I wanted to start out with it like new.
Good luck man.