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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2126	DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY 05/08/12 at 02:41:21 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Decware-Audio-Tube-Amplifier-Torii-MK3-/400296062546?pt=... I wonder how this happened. A beat up Torii MK III being sold by basically a junk dealer on ebay.
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niehenke Ex Member	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #1 - 05/08/12 at 04:16:36 Sad! and his feedback is even worse!
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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2126	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #2 - 05/08/12 at 11:54:25 I'm just curious whose TORII it was and how it got in that deplorable condition.
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Reply #3 - 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.

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JD Seasoned Member Posts: 533	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #4 - 05/08/12 at 12:47:06 bidding is over a c-note...I'm thinking an ex smashed it in the driveway...
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ZYGI Seasoned Member HR-ONE Posts: 757	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #5 - 05/08/12 at 12:49:01 I'd be in jail for doing the same to my EX....
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Rivieraranch

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Reply #6 - 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.

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DeVon Verified Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 18	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #7 - 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.
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Reply #8 - 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

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Mattb Ex Member	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #9 - 05/18/12 at 00:23:54 Winning bid over 1300?????
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23580	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #10 - 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.
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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2126	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #11 - 05/18/12 at 02:45:30 It's my baby now.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23580	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #12 - 05/18/12 at 03:05:47 Cool. Now you can sell your other amps.
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Reply #13 - 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.

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Reply #14 - 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.

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vmax Verified Member Posts: 46	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #15 - 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 :) .....
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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2126	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #16 - 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.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23580	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #17 - 05/23/12 at 00:38:45 Good news! I think you'll love the amp.
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JD Seasoned Member Posts: 533	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #18 - 05/23/12 at 12:32:57 you have to take chances to make progress...great news!
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Rivieraranch Seasoned Member Posts: 2126	Re: DAMAGED NON-WORKING TORII MK III ON EBAY Reply #19 - 05/25/12 at 17:41:51 Shipped back home to DECWARE yesterday morning.
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