Packing 101 (read this if you want your recorder / mixer to arrive in one piece)

[A Reel Person]

Let's not even talk about the Fostex reel decks I got with the cracked cases,...

mmmkay?........................

 

[A Reel Person]

Or the 244 with it's Northeast corner knocked in!

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[A Reel Person]

And more!

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[A Reel Person]

Hey, remember the time the AV Sales shipped a 34B in a Sony VU flight case??

Yeah,...............

 

[A Reel Person]

That was cool,....

huh?..............

 

[A Reel Person]

Yeah,...

cool..........

 

[A Reel Person]

This one was almost scratchless in transit,...

'til I noticed this!.........

 

[A Reel Person]

Seen a bottom plate for a 38...

lately?..............

 

[A Reel Person]

Remember this one?

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[A Reel Person]

Yeah!

!!!..................

 

[A Reel Person]

That was cool, too!

!!!!!!..........

 

[A Reel Person]

Got parts?

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[cjacek]

That's UNREAL Dave! Thanks for taking the time and sharing picts!!

I'd give you more rep points but I'm out [so the little popup tells me].

If I can find some of my own carnage picts I'll post but if not then I'll describe [a bit later].

 

[A Reel Person]

You bet!

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[cjacek]

This is by no means an extensive and complete document of damage, as I didn't capture each and every loss with a camera but here's just an example, from a few years back.

The first is a TEAC open reel recorder - smashed inside / out. The second is TASCAM M308B mixer, packed by the United Parcel Smashers (UPS) Store. That the real UPS doesn't shut them down is a miracle on its own. That mixer was internally broken.

Not shown is a damaged TASCAM 244, 133, TASCAM 22-2, TASCAM 34 and a few others I can't recall.

At least half a dozen damaged deals and maybe a couple which survived.

Good news is that most were replaced with local deals.

 

[cjacek]

In order for people to find this thread more easily, I'm including some key words, of some of the more popular buys on the used market [probably missed a few]:

TASCAM 22-2, TASCAM 22-4, TASCAM 32, TASCAM 34, TASCAM 34B, TASCAM 38, TASCAM 48, TASCAM 58, TASCAM 388, TASCAM TSR-8, TASCAM M30, TASCAM M308, TASCAM M308B, TASCAM M312, TASCAM M312B, TASCAM M320, TASCAM M320B, TEAC A-3440, TEAC 80-8.

 

[cjacek]

Look at this:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114618

 

[cjacek]

Looks like incorrect packing strikes again. Beautiful recorder wrecked.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=160136390072&rd=1&rd=1

 

[the cool one]

At least you got your stuff. Last deck I bought was "lost" at the Oakland UPS place.

 

[jjones1700]

{double post} Oops