In Reply to: RE: Buying & maintaining a vintage cassette deck--Nakamichi? BX-300? Or? posted by Dave Pogue on October 18, 2014 at 18:48:31:
That makes sense. Do you have any experience with what those guys might charge to go thru an old casette deck like that & refurbish it? Too broad of a question perhaps, in the abstract?
The stored-for-15-years BX-300 I was going to bid on is described this way in the listing: "near mint, no scratches or dings, everything works, original carton, owner's manual and pamphlet". I also figured it was covered by the ebay policy that applies if a buyer receives an item that is "not as described" in the listing.
But I sent the seller an e-mail anyway, asking if he'd checked out all the functions. He replied:
"I have not checked every function, this unit was working 100% when boxed away more than 15 years ago. I will connect it today and verify that all functions are in proper working condition. I will give you an honest assessment, but cannot provide any guarantees and must sell this 'as-is'."
It sounds pretty contradictory. Like the seller is trying to have it both ways. Of course I guess I have to realize that a 30 y.o. tape deck may need repairs every so often. Heck, the slightly used TEAC RTR deck I bought in the late '70's needed repairs twice. That was over a 15 year period, but the 1st time was w/in a year after I bought it. (Fun lugging that monster to the shop!).
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- RE: Buying & maintaining a vintage cassette deck--Nakamichi? BX-300? Or? - WoodyWW 08:56:48 10/19/14 (1)
- RE: Buying & maintaining a vintage cassette deck--Nakamichi? BX-300? Or? - Dave Pogue 13:53:54 10/19/14 (0)