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In Reply to: RE: Problem (?) with new 845 tube posted by Rachel@GrantFidelity on November 17, 2016 at 14:43:42
The glowing wire he is describing is a factory defect and should be replaced by you at no cost to the buyer, including return shipping. Your guarantee is very conditional at best if you take the stand you seem to be taking.
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May have NOTHING to do with the tube in question.
Rachel has replaced the tubes once already for 'concerns' of what is likely an imagined problem with a bit of loose material or 'white flakes' inside a tube (or tubes?) and has agreed to a complete refund now that the customer has additional 'concerns' with a glowing wire.
The OP should take her generous offer and STFU!
I've done business with Grant, as have many folks I know, and they are one of the few places I would go to for Chinese tube for the very reasons we have witnessed in the thread.
I will continue to buy from Grant without reservation in the future.
First of all, you have a lot of nerve telling me to STFU. You don't know me. Where do you get off with your pompous attitude?
So, if you saw a giant white flake stuck the inside of a brand new $400 tube, you'd just think it's imaginary? I searched the web and everyone says white flakes inside tubes are not good. So, Grant Fidelity agreed to replace them and I forked out the $40 to send the first set back to Canada.
Then I received the second set and noticed the glowing red hot wire and it concerned me. But I suppose that's imaginary as well. Is it so wrong for me to have asked for another replacement? Would you have just said, eh, a wire that's not supposed to be glowing red is glowing red, but oh well, they already had to replace it once so I don't want to bother them again? It it was a $50 tube, sure, I guess I'd suck it up. But I paid $400 and then another $40 to send back the original pair.
As mentioned I don't want a refund, just a properly functioning set of tubes. And Grant Fidelity won't honor that, saying that the glowing wire is just cosmetic and doesn't fit their warranty for replacement.
Even after I agreed to pay for this set to be shipped back yet again, they still wouldn't send me a new set. They would only send me back the first set they sent me with the flake.
This morning I received an email stating that now all my correspondence would now not be responded to and just archived.
I responded to that by saying fine, I'll take the original set back, thinking the white flake must be less dangerous than the glowing wire.
I'll give until tomorrow to respond to my offer and if they do not, I will escalate.
And don't tell me to not mention the company's name. In this day and age, when you're dealing with a difficult vendor, sometimes the only way to get an issue resolved is to use social media. Had they just agreed to replace the glowing tube up front, I would have never even wrote the original post. It was only after they continued to deny that a glowing red wire was not a defect, that I was left with no choice.
So, please, step down from your high horse and watch what you say to people you don't even know.
I dealt with Rachel and Ian quite happily and the last word to describe these dealings is "difficult."
Somehow I managed to use 845s I've bought from them without even bothering to inspect their innards. Fact is, I can'r remember ever looking inside any tube I've bought from ANYONE. My bad.
I do think it's a defect, but the company offered a refund in full. The OP should have shipped the tubes back and left the company name out of the discussion. I understand his frustration, but I know of no audio retailers who can test high power transmitting tubes under actual operating conditions. Most can't even test a 6L6. As bad as that can sometimes be when purchasing Western tubes, purchasers of Chinese tubes must be willing to accept additional compromises and to expect more frequent defects, both being quality issues generally reflected in the lower cost of Chinese products. Above all, it makes no sense to blame the retailer for any of this.
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