Bad buys (downer topic!)

[discostu]

I've had many a pair described as mint/like new, only to find marks everywhere. You win some, you lose some, but people should be far more truthful in their descriptions.

 

[kronin323]

Every time something like that has happened to me with an ebay purchase, I've successfully negotiated a partial refund...

(jinx!)

 

[discostu]

Every time something like that has happened to me with an ebay purchase, I've successfully negotiated a partial refund...

(jinx!)

I have returned most for a full refund without problems and a few I just bit the bullet on, as they're re not purchased at too high a price.

 

[saulsaul]

The thing I've started to check is the amount of wiggle/play/movement in Juliet bridges. But the problem is that's so subjective. Like new for some is brand new for others. Slight wiggle for one man is floppy left-right swings for another.

 

[kronin323]

I have returned most for a full refund without problems and a few I just bit the bullet on, as they're re not purchased at too high a price.

That's where I've gotten lucky (and may have jinxed myself by posting this...) - When it's happened I still want the glasses, I just want to be compensated for the difference in value. At least one guy was a d!ck about it before he gave in, but so far none have taken the hard stance of "either keep 'em for the price paid or return them for a refund". In which case I would have just eaten it.

The thing I've started to check is the amount of wiggle/play/movement in Juliet bridges. But the problem is that's so subjective. Like new for some is brand new for others. Slight wiggle for one man is floppy left-right swings for another.

The two times that has happened I negotiated a compromise due to the subjectivity. X-man tuneup is $50, we split the cost down the middle.

 

[Pyu76]

The thing I've started to check is the amount of wiggle/play/movement in Juliet bridges. But the problem is that's so subjective. Like new for some is brand new for others. Slight wiggle for one man is floppy left-right swings for another.

Every juliet ive bought i have sent it to @THE X-MAN, i dont have to worry about looseness for awhile.

 

[saulsaul]

kronin323 - you sound like an eminently fair and reasonable purchaser and as a result, most people treat you fairly in return. I doff my cap to you, sir.

 

[saulsaul]

Every juliet ive bought i have sent it to @THE X-MAN, i dont have to worry about looseness for awhile.

Does X-MAN tighten them in a way that makes them stay tighter than factory fresh Juliets?

 

[kronin323]

kronin323 - you sound like an eminently fair and reasonable purchaser and as a result, most people treat you fairly in return. I doff my cap to you, sir.

I always offer the open hand before resorting to the closed fist...

 

[kronin323]

Does X-MAN tighten them in a way that makes them stay tighter than factory fresh Juliets?

Yes. The difference is the flex coupler rubber material, I believe.