A Very Sad Day

nikolas812
nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
edited October 2007 in Speakers
I have been looking for a pair of rear surrounds to match my rt800 mains. I finally found a pair on ebay and won them for 202.00 shipped. From the pictures and the description they seemed pretty mint. But unfortunatly they pretty much got destroyed in shipping. These are just a few pics. I had around twenty spots total I had to take pictures of.
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  • fightingfish
    fightingfish Posts: 6
    edited October 2007
    OUCH!!!
    That is awful, I hope you can receive compensation from somebody.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited October 2007
    The seller said he had them insured for $100.00 a peice. he has already filed a claim with fed ex. He said it should take 7-10 business days to get my money.:)
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited October 2007
    Looks like Fedex smashed another pair of speakers.

    engtaz
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    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Shannon W.
    Shannon W. Posts: 568
    edited October 2007
    UPS got the Velodyne sub I sold on the forum.

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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited October 2007
    Those pics are painful to look at ... what are they, RT600, RT800?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited October 2007
    Kex wrote: »
    Those pics are painful to look at ... what are they, RT600, RT800?


    What ever model they are, they aren't surrounds................;)
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  • zx_toth
    zx_toth Posts: 417
    edited October 2007
    The picture of the cracked and smashed pedestal is particularly apalling ... I hope they go to speaker heaven and dont suffer too long in that condition.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited October 2007
    They are RT600's and I thought they would work great as my rear surrounds. They would pair well with my RT800 mains.

    What ever model they are, they aren't surrounds


    Am I wrong about making a rt600 or rt800 my rear surrounds? If I am I'll take suggestions because it looks like I will start my search once again.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2007
    What kind of packaging was used? That looks brutal.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited October 2007
    I;ve found that more often than not, when a speaker is destroyed by the shipping company, it is the fault of insufficient packing...that's just been my personla experience. How well were they packet?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited October 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    What kind of packaging was used? That looks brutal.

    Looks like they had no packing or packaging at all! Stuck a stamp on the side and mailed them with a sticker that said "Drop Me".

    Sorry about your situation. I hope FedEx will make things right for you. That's a shame!
    Carl

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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited October 2007
    It looked they were packed by fed ex to me. They were wrapped in 3 or 4 thin layes of the small bubble wrap and then wrapped in a brown type paper. It was very very neat but there was no protection. The neatness makes me think they were professionaly wrapped and the seller mentioned nothing of him packing them.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2007
    THey weren't in any kind of box? Are you serious? I can't believe that fed ex would pack like that, it's asking for an insurance claim.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited October 2007
    THey weren't in any kind of box? Are you serious? I can't believe that fed ex would pack like that, it's asking for an insurance claim

    Thats what I thought. The seller said we will most likely win are claim. It will just take some patients.

    Will I get to keep the speakers if I win my claim?
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