Sanyo M7830 "NO NO NO"

[mrp32]

This starts very well indeed, I was on Ebay at work during my lunch and found a Sanyo M7830 just been listed described as in very good condition and fully working start price £20.99, decided to ask the seller if he had a BIN price in mind said he hadn't, but if I made an offer and he thought it was fair he would sell at that price.
So I made a very low offer of £45 and to my surprise he said it was fair made the listing a BIN and of course I bought it, unbelievable a very nice M7830 for so little.
Here's the listing.

Anyway the Sanyo arrived today and the next pictures will show the condition, only one word minty.

So why the "NO NO NO", take a look at the next pictures.

The packing was very poor, this must be a crime, I am gutted.
One end is not too badly damaged and will repair fairly eaisily , but the smashed end
will take some effort to make good, but can be done I think.
I amost cried

 

[stormsven]

Sorry about . But shes still a queen. Fix it and enjoy. Im always talking to the sellers and beggin for proper packaging... a few times just to be sure.

 

[bill]

brutal. maybe look for a parts unit or use that one as a parts unit. looks like a pretty hard fix to me. good luck sucks.

 

[Superduper]

I think many of us here would say send it here, and we'll give you ALL of the 45 you paid plus all shipping. In other words, still a keeper.

 

[Fatdog]

Damn! What a fantastic deal on that rare gem. It is a shame that damage was incurred, but... with patience and a steady hand, you can restore those areas back to new. We've seen worse damage with excellent results, so there is hope.

 

[redbenjoe]

did any of the functions get damaged in transit ?
if not --
never heard one - but it must be the best sounding of
all minis -- right ??

 

[mrp32]

Thanks for the words of encouragement about the repair, and yeah definately a keeper even left as is, it is still fully working and sounds great amazing bass, I'm pretty sure I can rebuild the damage. A little bit of good news the seller is willing to give a full refund and I keep the Sanyo.

 

[baddboybill]

Well that really s--ks For some odd reason there seems to be an abundant amount of damaged bbx's happening due to poor packing I just won a small box on ebay the other day and with my payment I asked seller to please package carefully because the bbx is almost 30 years old and can damage easily...His response was to check his feedback, so I did, and not in any of his feedback was it mentioned about A+++ packing Sorry to have gone off track on this one...Good luck with the repairs

 

[baddboybill]

Thanks for the words of encouragement about the repair, and yeah definately a keeper even left as is, it is still fully working and sounds great amazing bass, I'm pretty sure I can rebuild the damage. A little bit of good news the seller is willing to give a full refund and I keep the Sanyo.

COOL

 

[floyd]

theres no such thing as a parts unit for that box but i think with enough work you wont need one ,its been done before so git er done .

 

[floyd]

I think many of us here would say send it here, and we'll give you ALL of the 45 you paid plus all shipping. In other words, still a keeper.

thats one of the rarest boxes of em all even smashed up its still a bargain.

 

[skippy1969]

Even damaged that box is a gem.........
Sux about the damage though............ :'-( :'-(
You can fix it though,at least you have the pieces to glue it back together......

 

[Fatdog]

A little bit of good news the seller is willing to give a full refund and I keep the Sanyo.

Although quite tempting, I personally wouldn't feel right asking for a full refund, but I would pursue a partial refund.

 

[MONOLITHIC]

Man, that's a hurtpiece!

 

[mrp32]

To be honest I haven't asked the seller for any refund, I sent him the pictures of the damage and asked what he wanted to do, he replied "I will have to make a claim with the delivery company but everything being equal should have a full refund available"
I will wait and see what happens, I am not really expecting to get the full amount back but if it comes from the courier thats different. If any refund is coming from the seller then i would only ask for a partial anyway.

 

[Fatdog]

Be careful with courier refunds. If the item was insured and the courier decides to issue a full refund, they will most likely take the Sanyo back and trash it.

 

[ViennaSound]

Wow, another beautiful box damaged by shipping. :'-(

Best luck for repairing this rare bird.

 

[alfie]

Gutted. She's a stunner

 

[monchito]

wow but still that would be one of those boxes i would not let go even if it was hurt like that ,,a very hard box to get.. just take a deep breath and take it little by little and work on it slowly ,,,

 

[Master Z]

Man! That's too bad,, it looks sooo clean.
Good luck with the repairs, I'm sure it will turn out ok.