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RE: Dented & Scratched Gear

In Reply to: Dented & Scratched Gear posted by geezerrocket on September 8, 2016 at 06:36:00:

Over the years, I have bought and sold a lot of gear, and along the way was given a lot. Nearly all of it was cosmetically good or better. Some of the speakers did have water rings on the top from drinks or plants, and most electronics were dusty on the inside, and had greasy fingerprints on the face plates and gunk on the knobs; but very little that couldn't be cleaned up.

I guess I must move in different circles, as I really haven't seen that much stuff that was really abused. No, wait, I take that back. I used to drop in at a local shop that had a small repair bench. That's where the atrocities are found. Kids like to put coins into the slots in receiver covers. One receiver had cherry flavored cough syrup in it. Speaker center domes regularly pushed in, cones with tears, and missing knobs.

A lot of minor stuff seems to come from stacking components. That leads to scratches in the covers and knicks in the top edge of the face plate as a piece is slid out of the middle of a stack. It also leads to damaged RCA's and cover dents as the piece on top slams down on the one below. Bottom cover screw heads also take their toll as the back feet slide off the top of the lower piece, and the screw heads hit the top cover and the edge of the face plate. When most consumer grade stuff went to aluminum covers in the late 80's and into the 90's, dents were a lot more common. My NAD C350 has a thin aluminum cover that I can dent by staring hard at it.

Jerry

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Topic - Dented & Scratched Gear - geezerrocket 06:36:00 09/08/16 (10)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Bold Eagle 09:00:43 09/11/16 (1)

Loved it! Please don't stare at me! I use that same phrase when - alaskahiatt 11:42:32 09/16/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Ross 14:53:36 09/10/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Uncle Mike 02:56:48 09/09/16 (0)

I'm 59 years old and pretty dented and scratched; the years'll do that to you. Nt - viridian 19:34:10 09/08/16 (0)

HK Cit-II Door Stop find - Charlie8521 12:48:47 09/08/16 (1)

RE: HK Cit-II Door Stop find - airtime 14:41:13 09/08/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Crazy Dave 09:51:09 09/08/16 (0)

Don't you know nut-in - airtime 09:04:55 09/08/16 (0)

RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Palustris 08:29:42 09/08/16 (0)

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RE: Dented & Scratched Gear - Bold Eagle 09:00:43 09/11/16 (1)

Loved it! Please don't stare at me! I use that same phrase when - alaskahiatt 11:42:32 09/16/16 (0)

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