A question for solidsignal.com CECB customers... - Page 6

I'll give you whatever you paid over the coupon.
and pay for the shipping to me
if you want to unload those two boxes.

I needed a few boards (without chassis's)
for expreriments on my end.

Just an offer.

Totally out of the question.

The damage boxed CM's are going back to Solid Signal tomorrow, as per Mae.

No prob, just had to ask.
Hated to see them go to waste.

Maybe "SolidSignal" will read this and make me an offer for them.
They sure can't resell them otherwise...

I ordered a CM7000 and a RC-BP9V battery holder (for my Venturer/RCA STB7766G1) Friday from Solid Signal. Arrived safely in box with pillow, must be because of 2 item order. So far, so good!

You Solid Signal folks (or someone down the distribution path) need to rotate your stock. The two CM-7000s I received a few weeks ago have lower serial numbers than the one I bought from you about four months ago. Product boxes look different too.

Those two units and two 970As were packed very well in a seperate box with air pillows (no problem with the previous order either). I don't know about the 970A serial numbers since my previous Zinwell ordered was a 950A.

No can do - FedEx has them

Ty for you consideration on the matter none-the-less.

The part where he said "Perfume" tells me they are piecing together a string of damage claims that lead to the one claim of the person that (Sadly) opened their box to find their perfume broken and gone...

Well, keep me in mind.
I have two coupons I'll let you use to get $80,
if you'll cover the shipping to me if/when you get them back.

Like I said in my private message to you,
I only want the boards,
and you'll (Hopefully) get reimbursed from from UPS (Pronounced "ooops")
before my coupons expire on 08-03-09.

Reimubursment from UPS,
and $80 minus combined shipping sounds like win-win for you.

And I get boards to integrate into larger appliances.

I think the reason they are so cheap is that they picked up a truckload of old CM-7000's. The one I got had the same lower serial number than my older one and the different box.

I was going to order two. Are they old enough to have the VBI problem? What date is the software version? Is there anyplace else that sells the CM-7000 that accepts the coupons?

Nope - Thats not it at all. We get what they ship us. All stock is new and recent.

yes

An apology is in order, after verifying this, it appears that a lower serial number does NOT mean an older unit. (See my post in the CM-7000 thread)

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Your speculation is of no value.

Well, as an update to this thread, my gf and I are so happy with the CM replacements...all I can say is that Jerry, Mae and Solid Signal is a CLASS ACT by itself!!

I'll know tomorrow. Two CM-7000 anxiously inching their way to my house, I'll let you know.

A better question is: Did they arrive safely, regardless of how they were packed?

Yes, and even after getting the answer, you still drone on and on and on.....

They ship CECB's (not other products) in the original boxes.
They do so because they have a low percentage of shipping issues using this approach.
They will package them in 'shipping' boxes with packaging material, if requested.
They will replace any CECB's not received in proper order, if requested.


Or a matter of how little consumers are willing to spend and what they are willing to accept when spending little money.

End of story.

A working product is all that matters. The outer packaging is irrelevant.

See my post #164 right above yours.

Sube, the thing is...there's MORE than the properly packed replacements...IF you get my drift.

Although I'm glad things worked out for vwoom I still don't regret for not purchasing my CECB from SolidSignal even though they had what I wanted at a good price. Why? I had no reason to believe they would properly package the CECB even if I made a special request for them to do so. I would then worry if the package would arrive in decent shape. Then even if the package looked decent I would worry that the CECB wouldn't work (shaken up from delivery, not due to a faulty manufacture). And then, to cap it off, I would finally find myself chasing SolidSignal for a replacement. They would claim they have a no replacement policy and that I would have to take it up with the CECB vendor.

Maybe a large majority of folks who purchase CECBs from SolidSignal do not experience such drama. But I didn't want to risk it. Obviously SolidSignal made the business decision of not properly packaging CECBs to reduce costs. IMHO this burdens the consumer with too much risk.


_Lazza

You are confused. Others in this topic have already confirmed external boxing is being done on request. Others have received units shipped in nothing more than the original box with no issues after using, and I don't recall anything about a unit shipped in the original box that was delivered with no obvious issues having a problem. Others have already said they have received replacement units without issues. All of your 'worrying' about these things is your own problem, good luck with that.


Although your logic in getting to this conclusion is lacking, it's always your right to decide how to spend your money, and voting with your pocketbook is always a good idea.

Yes, what is the 'more'?

The package arrived as described throughout this thread, two display boxes taped together with a shipping label applied to it. One corner of the 'cube' did have a little 'crushing' like you may expect from something tumbling down a pile of boxes as it was unloaded, but internally, no distortions were really there.

With the CM-7000, it is pretty much 'double boxed' as shipped from the factory. The only exception is the top of the box, which only has one layer of cardboard between the converter and the outside world. Had they been taped 'top to top', there would have been double boxing all around (this doesn't include the remote, but due to it's weight, it wouldn't be a problem).

The boxes arrived in operational condition, and I'm still 'wringing them out' for any hidden faults (I don't really anticipate finding any, but I'm sure going to look).

Ordered two boxes back in Dec.2008... one big box containing two converter boxes - nice clean shipment and got it in only 3 days - fast. I'm a happy customer of SolidSignal.
Zinwell 970A + Dish TR-40CRA (105) = $17.95

Order direct from Dish ... ships original box slapped with one shipping label at one end of the box and that's it (only the shipping label on one side is holding the box and it's content from spilling into oblivion).