Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[Alamo]

You can report it to ebay if there are doubts about the item being serviceable as described. I see the base cover is missing from the turntable (as is common on these).

See the 'report item' bit in blue on the right above the description.

You can also complain about being mentioned. You may have to phone ebay to do this though. Their phone helpline is pretty good.

Hiya, the wife has complained about using the EBay i.d, I'll give them a bell in a few days if I don't hear back. Many thanks to all for the advice

Andy


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[montesquieu]

Hiya, the wife has complained about using the EBay i.d, I'll give them a bell in a few days if I don't hear back. Many thanks to all for the advice

Andy


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Considerably more likely to get a result if you phone them. Emailing ebay is very hit and miss.

[nthall]

I would guess that one could probably add £1000 for crating and carriage from the US. Freighting from America is not cheap.

Also, these speakers will be US voltage, so another factor to be taken into account.

I've had customs hit me pretty hard bringing stuff into the US from the UK on top of shipping. That's on our end though. It's probably not as bad going the other way.

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[dantheman91]

Well Not eBay but gumtree

I bought a Kenwood BE9 Pre & Power amplifiers this morning very nice looking and sounding. Heavy little units part of a All in one system in their time i just wanted the Pre & Power came with Pioneer SX7A Surround speakers dinky things sound OK actually....bit of fun

Bit of fun they look the part and sound very good - The Kenwoods that is...

Seriously Good Pre & Power I'm getting very good results using test speakers give it another day and i will put something nice on these are going in the collection for sure.

[Barry]

I've had customs hit me pretty hard bringing stuff into the US from the UK on top of shipping. That's on our end though. It's probably not as bad going the other way.

Oh yes it is! I've had to pay some quite heavy import taxes on some Mark Levinson gear I've bought in the past. Not only the import tax but our mail service also charges to pay the customs tax for you and then there is service tax on top of that!

[nthall]

Oh yes it is! I've had to pay some quite heavy import taxes on some Mark Levinson gear I've bought in the past. Not only the import tax but our mail service also charges to pay the customs tax for you and then there is service tax on top of that!

The Postal Service has never asked for their cut. I think it's messed up that I've never had to pay customs on anything from China, but anything from Europe seems to get valued at whatever they decide it's worth.

Russia is even worse. I brought in a crate of albums because I thought the Cyrillic writing on the jackets was cool. Customs was more than shipping and what I paid for the albums combined.

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[montesquieu]

These look fun and worth a play with, unfortunately considerably overpriced I would say ... Beard M70

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beard-m70-...gAAOSw-0xYTc0O

[nthall]

These look fun and worth a play with, unfortunately considerably overpriced I would say ... Beard M70

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beard-m70-...gAAOSw-0xYTc0O

They have an interesting design. I've never heard one. I've always wondered how they sound compared to an st-70. That's a ton of el84s.

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[Audio Al]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Akai-Hi-Fi...MAAOSwA3dYkLLT

[nthall]

I'm surprised that hasn't sold. That's not a bad starter system. 23 reels included.

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