- #Sme tonearm small copper plug update
- #Sme tonearm small copper plug upgrade
- #Sme tonearm small copper plug plus
In same time, I have give him three wands for Audio-Technica AT-1100 to rewire them with new silver leads supplied by me."piece of cake, come pick up the stuff in two weeks, $70 per wand."Agreed.Five weeks later, I was handed Exclusive EA-10 tonearm in peaces and internal wires completely removed without being rewired and put together.For Audio-Technica wands, on two of them that he had rewired, contacts were completely burned beyond usability (value of them is $400 each ), one he didn’t touch thank god.Now he was asking to pay $110 per wand in USD fund, because aprently all of his transactions are in USD even on Canadian soil, but he forget to mention that the firs time. I have taken Exclusive EA-10 tonearm to him to rewire it, and after unsuccessful trial, he gave up and told me that he can do it.
#Sme tonearm small copper plug plus
So.from the original time i read his website.that price of 350 plus shipping turned into 835.00 cad plus 42 cad shipping.sure hope it sounds good once i get the head shell clip resoldered.and it will sound a little better if Paypal give me a partial refund. Original tone arm tools.i guess that is the very tiny hex key included. The templates were included but no manuals. You would think as well, the ground wires would have a spade connector on them.they were clipped very short and i have to strip and get my own spades.
#Sme tonearm small copper plug upgrade
He did not upgrade the wiring in the head shell.still original. In the head shell, one of the connectors is broken off the wire which I will have to get resoldered. The ones put on are made by Rean which can be bought online for $2.49 each. Those Top Line Swiss 18k gold Neutrik connectors(made by WBT) he said would be put on are ones made in Europe, but not Top Line. The tone arm looks good, but the cable looks cheap.no name on the phono cable but very thin. Alfred had charged me $35.00 usd for express shipping.he actually said he doesn't use Canada post as it takes too long.so he sent it Canada post parcel which cost him $19.35 CAD I unpacked it.
I figured I would file a complaint with PayPal after I received it.Īfter 2 months from the day I shipped it to Alfred, I received it today. The only way for me to get my tonearm back was to pay the invoice. It was in great shape when i sent it, I just wanted to upgrade the internal wiring. He actually was getting angry with me for questioning his charges.i had to calm him down before things got out of hand.he told me all these excuses about how much NOS parts were worth now and that the price he quoted me was the best he could do.and that my tone arm was in pieces.
#Sme tonearm small copper plug update
I asked him why the extra charges.he again said he hasn't had time to update his website. Alfred emailed and said call me.your tonearm is in pieces in an acid bath. I emailed Alfred, included a "cut and paste" from his website with costs, told him it says these parts are all included in the 350.00 rewire charge on the website and to return my tonearm without doing the work. 350 for rewiring, 35$for shipping, 295.00 for parts and taxes. I said absolutely not.I will only pay 350.he agreed, but then said parts would be extra.I was busy so I said email me a quote.He sent me a Paypal invoice to for 680.54 USD. He then received my tone arm and called me.said it was actually 400 usd.he said he hadn't gotten around to updating his website.
After emailing SMEtonearms Canada inquiring about this service, Alfred called me and said it was in USD as most of his work is with international clients.I said ok.but you should make it clear on your website.so i sent him my tonearm. Includes manuals, tools and templates and Top LIne Swiss made Neutrik 18k gold RCA connectors. You decide about his SME 3009 rewire option.Alfred's Canadian Website says that he charges $350.00 for rewiring using top quality parts, includes any original SME parts to make the arm as good as new(bearings etc).
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