shipping ev speakers in bubble wrap

[jzucker]

I bought a pair of cast frame ev force speakers on ebay. The guy puts the two speakers together - face - to face - and tapes and bubble wraps them that way then sticks them in a box with bubble wrap on the sides.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

Probably the same guy who shipped me a Hiwatt head with one small strip of small bubble wrap on the bottom and crumpled old junk mail and an old sears catalog on the top.

ebay, right?

[jzucker]

yes, ebay. His excuse - He's not a packing store and I couldn't have gotten chinese speakers for the price of his speakers.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

Originally Posted by jzucker

yes, ebay. His excuse - He's not a packing store and I couldn't have gotten chinese speakers for the price of his speakers.

Sounds like a negative feedback kind of guy to me! Well, maybe a neutral, but what a crappy attitude.

[SarasotaSlim]

Originally Posted by jzucker

I bought a pair of cast frame ev force speakers on ebay. The guy puts the two speakers together - face - to face - and tapes and bubble wraps them that way then sticks them in a box with bubble wrap on the sides.

The big question is - did they arrive in one piece or damaged?

[jzucker]

One of the two is ok.

[Stk1520]

Ahh, shipping horror stories, don't get me started ---- well at least you got bubble wrap! I won an auction for an old SRO12 speaker awhile back . . . one of these:



Those speakers weigh over 20 lbs. ---- This is what it came packaged in:



The speaker was flopping around in the box when I got it. Gee, the voice coil rubbed badly when I got it ---- I wonder why? Fought with the seller for a bit but I was kind of "kid gloving" it since this was when sellers could still leave negative feedback. Ended up getting it reconed locally, but from then on anytime I bought a speaker online I always send an email asking the seller to package it well or I'll send it right back.

Got a Blues Jr. from eBay last year --- the guy put the amp uncovered in a big box and then dumped a large bag of styrofoam peanuts into the box . . . . complete with leaves, dirt and what appeared to be small animal droppings. Had to completely disassemble the amp to remove all the peanuts and such.



Conversely, the last speaker I bought (an EVM 15L) was packaged wonderfully --- bolted to a piece of plywood and fully encased in packing foam in a double thick cardboard box.

[Zelmo]

Original Oxfords in a '65 Vibrolux Reverb that was shipped to me a while back:


These were mounted in the cab, btw. Shipper claimed 'they were fine when they left here.'

[FCAFlyer]

Good grief, Zelmo.

That's the worst!

[Anthony Gring]

Originally Posted by Zelmo

Original Oxfords in a '65 Vibrolux Reverb that was shipped to me a while back:


These were mounted in the cab, btw. Shipper claimed 'they were fine when they left here.'

Good Times dude...

[Anthony Gring]

Originally Posted by jzucker

yes, ebay. His excuse - He's not a packing store and I couldn't have gotten chinese speakers for the price of his speakers.

Serious?? Beyond the Valley of the Lame.

[lakehaus]

Whenever I buy a speaker, guitar, amp - I always advise proper packing technique - solicited or not. Some folks are offended, like I should've known they knew how to pack... Some are thankful.

I'd rather assume they know nothing about packing for shipment - because most novices really don't.

[Smakutus]

Originally Posted by Zelmo

Original Oxfords in a '65 Vibrolux Reverb that was shipped to me a while back:


These were mounted in the cab, btw. Shipper claimed 'they were fine when they left here.'

So do you think he was lying? Was the amp just packed so bad that one good hit f-ed the speakers up like that?

Jeff

[Zelmo]

Originally Posted by Smakutus

So do you think he was lying? Was the amp just packed so bad that one good hit f-ed the speakers up like that?

Jeff

Heck - I wish I had a clue as to what happened. Like I said, both speakers were flush-mounted in the cab. There was no appreciable damage to the box - a very, very slight ding, and nothing perturbed the amp within the packing material. Seller and I had a little pow-wow, and he agreed to send me $100. I don't doubt that he was BSing me all along, but who knows? After I put some replacement speakers and had a cap and bias job done, it turned out to be just a fantastic amp.

[Smakutus]

Originally Posted by Zelmo

Heck - I wish I had a clue as to what happened. Like I said, both speakers were flush-mounted in the cab. There was no appreciable damage to the box - a very, very slight ding, and nothing perturbed the amp within the packing material. Seller and I had a little pow-wow, and he agreed to send me $100. I don't doubt that he was BSing me all along, but who knows? After I put some replacement speakers and had a cap and bias job done, it turned out to be just a fantastic amp.

I've seen photos of speakers even worse looking than those here, but the amps were not packed well and the speakers moved, broke off and than spent the rest of the trip moving around smashing things. Sure seems like the box and amp cab itself should have had some major damage for those speakers to look like that.

Jeff