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Message started by Rivieraranch on 05/08/12 at 02:41:21

Title: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/08/12 at 02:41:21

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Decware-Audio-Tube-Amplifier-Torii-MK3-/400296062546?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item5d33812e52

I wonder how this happened. A beat up Torii MK III being sold by basically a junk dealer on ebay.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by niehenke on 05/08/12 at 04:16:36

Sad! and his feedback is even worse!

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/08/12 at 11:54:25

I'm just curious whose TORII it was and how it got in that deplorable condition.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by ZYGI on 05/08/12 at 12:47:02

Looking at the sellers other items, most are packaged in distressed factory packaging.

I know of one Torii MKIII that was destroyed in shipping, thinking it was UPS but could have been USPS as I believe it went to Canada.

I love the way he says the wooden frame is scuffed with a large chip on one of the pieces. What? Did he think this was a kit?

I would be willing to bet, if you bought it, you might be able to put it into another base, install some tubes and she would be good to go. Could be a real good deal for someone wanting to play with something.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by JD on 05/08/12 at 12:47:06

bidding is over a c-note...I'm thinking an ex smashed it in the driveway...

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by ZYGI on 05/08/12 at 12:49:01

I'd be in jail for doing the same to my EX....

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/08/12 at 21:18:31

I asked them what the serial number was and they refused to give it out.

Dear rivieraranch,

Please note that Cargo Largo offers thousands of items from thousands of different manufacturers every week. We do not always have access to each item's history. Unfortunately, all of the information available to us has been listed in the body of the auction.

Additionally, we at Cargo Largo are not authorized to give out the serial number on any of our products unless you are the winning bidder of the item. Thank you for your interest.

- cargolargo

They are at the bottom of the barrel.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by DeVon on 05/17/12 at 17:16:38

This was the handy work of good ole UPS. The seller Cargolargo is an unclaimed freight company that resells UPS screw ups.

Really sad to see one of our babies ripped apart like that. :'(

They probably did more damage to amp by disassembling it.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by ZYGI on 05/17/12 at 19:52:53

Well DeVon, it's good to see you posting on the forum!!!!

I don't think the disassembly was done by no one other than UPS. I think they (Cargolargo), thought it was a kit. But it looked like the amp base was smacked in the lower corner, busted apart and the components just rubbed on the bottom. Even the filler pieces that the plate rests on was completely intact with the screws all mounted to the plate.

Zygi

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Mattb on 05/18/12 at 00:23:54

Winning bid over 1300?????

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Lon on 05/18/12 at 01:12:35

If there's no real damage and someone can build a nice base, not a bad price imo.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/18/12 at 02:45:30

It's my baby now.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Lon on 05/18/12 at 03:05:47

Cool. Now you can sell your other amps. :)

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by DeVon on 05/18/12 at 16:38:23

The base was broken during shipping, that's most likely why they took it apart the way they did. We were never able to get the amp back here to check it otherwise. We assumed it probably still worked, but UPS made the whole claim process so annoying we just said it was non-repairable and let them have it.

Congrats Rivieraranch! Have you received it yet? Let us know how it performs once you get it. Give us a call if you need support.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by vmax on 05/18/12 at 20:40:29

cargo largo is some sort of salvage liquidator company, their communications are sketchy hence part of why they have bad feedback... I have actually bought something from them before, an unbelievable deal. I bought a jet 315mm cold saw brand new that had dropped on it's sid, during shipment. it had hardly had any damage at all, the shipping cost more than what I paid for the saw, I do abit of metal working, $350 for a $2500 piece of machinery. I still check them out once in awhile, them having a torrii is a big surprise though.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by vmax on 05/18/12 at 20:41:44

hardly any damage nice buy, that's how the cold saw was alos, consider your puchase a win win situation :) .....

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/23/12 at 00:05:27

Arrived today. The unit is fine except the soldering on the 4 speaker outputs is broken off. Other than that nothing else is awry.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Lon on 05/23/12 at 00:38:45

Good news! I think you'll love the amp.

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by JD on 05/23/12 at 12:32:57

you have to take chances to make progress...great news!

Title: Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/25/12 at 17:41:51

Shipped back home to DECWARE yesterday morning.