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Have just bought backelite 38-12.
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The radio came Tuesday.
The first quick look did not find any problems.
Yesterday I did a thorough inspection and again did not find any damage.

Which is a small wonder as the girl's idea of double-boxing was obviously different from mine.
I explained to her in detail how to pack and she kept asking for clarifications, and seemed to understand and herself suggested using bubble instead of peanuts (which I agreed upon) between the boxes.....only to substitute them for used plastic bags (supermarket type) that upon compression would not even amount to 1/4", and even though she left 2" on the sides....those were left and right sides, and not top and bottom where there was barely 1/2" on either.

But she got lucky, the box at the door looked so untouched and clean (she bought a new USPS box too!) that it almost seems like the UPS was hand-carrying the whole thing all the way using kid gloves!
So, well, with the radio intact I left the positive feedback.
I mean, she did mean well and she tried, besides getting plain lucky.

I however wrote her a letter after leaving the feedback explaining to her her mistakes and advising not to rely on luck for the future.

Well, now I have a 38-12CB.


PS. This said, who makes good repro dial glass for those? The 38-12 regular won't do, it is glass and flat, and this one is plastic and it is stamped. Mine is really yellow and opaque although fully intact, besides being a bit misshapen (natural thing I guess).


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Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-22-2014, 11:33 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Squire - 07-22-2014, 12:19 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-22-2014, 01:49 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Squire - 07-22-2014, 03:49 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-22-2014, 04:01 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-23-2014, 09:42 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Jayce - 07-23-2014, 03:33 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-23-2014, 03:51 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-23-2014, 03:52 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by GarySP - 07-24-2014, 08:42 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-24-2014, 09:45 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by wa2ise - 07-24-2014, 05:01 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-24-2014, 08:58 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Warren - 07-24-2014, 11:01 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-25-2014, 10:03 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Squire - 07-25-2014, 10:57 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-25-2014, 11:29 AM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Warren - 07-25-2014, 01:49 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-25-2014, 02:32 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-31-2014, 02:53 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 07-31-2014, 05:29 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by Arran - 07-31-2014, 08:54 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 08-01-2014, 03:41 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 08-01-2014, 06:36 PM
RE: Have just bought backelite 38-12. - by morzh - 08-01-2014, 08:09 PM



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