[Amps] RE : Bad tubes and bad shipping

[hermans]

There are bad tubes but there are also bad tongues and fanasists.........!

Jos  

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De : amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] De la
part de Larry
Envoyé : vendredi 29 septembre 2006 16:20
À : AMPS
Objet : [Amps] Bad tubes and bad shipping


My post concerning bad tubes generated some responses that would put the 
blame on the entity doing the transportation.

I personally don't believe that's the case.

The majority of tubes in question were GU74's. They were well packed. 
Each tube was individually wrapped with foam and taped. That package was 
then boxed with about 2 more inches of foam around the wrapped tube. The 
boxes arrived with no indication of having been used for "sporting 
events" in the mail room. They were delivered by the USPS.

These are military tubes. Military personal of any country origin are 
much more efficient at destroying packages than any shipping 
organization. They are younger, have much more energy to devote to the 
project, and have more to prove. These tubes are spec'd for shock and 
vibration. They have to be. A little rock and roll in the post office 
should be nothing for them.

The tubes are obtained by these sellers from unknown sources by unknown 
means. I could speculate about this process but won't here. Enough to 
say that most of them offered for sale now are floor sweepings from the 
factory or depot level maintance facilities. They are not tested by the 
sellers. If there is a problem the seller blames the user for 
incompetance. Win-win for the seller, lottery chances for the buyer.

How about one of these sellers trusting me instead of the other way 
around? I still could use a couple of GS-35's. How about one of these 
so-called reputable sellers sending me a tube. I'll test it and if it 
really is good, I'll pay the asking price for it. If bad it goes in the 
dumpster, no harm no foul. I'm not going to hold my breath waitng for 
this to happen!

Good luck in the tube lottery!

73, Larry

-- 
Larry - W7IUV
DN07dg
http://w7iuv.com

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