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I recently bought a NEC XG 110LC off of ebay. The item number is 5788895113. I paid a total of $975 with shipping. Now, I have a problem.
I will start from the beginning. I saw the projector and was interested in moving up to a LC. I did my usual, as most here do, and emailed him for tube condition and pics if possible. I told him to rate them based on the nine3media chart (I am switching to the much better one on Curts site). He did and told me they were perfect. I was skeptical, of course. I figured that if they were all "7"s then maybe I could live with it. I emailed him again and asked about shipping. He said that using freight wouldn't be a problem and included his phone number. I saw the email about 15 minutes before the auction closed. So, I called him. I asked him about the tubes again and told him to remove the lenses. It took him a couple of minutes and he said they were 10's. He also stated that the projector came out of his girlfriends bank and was hardly used. He didn't have a remote, so he couldn't check the hours. He did say that it should have less than 2000 hours on them. With this info, I went ahead and bid. I then set up shipping and told him how to crate and ship it.
Now the good part. I go to pick it up and see that he bolted it to a pallet and put a plastic bag over it. I was shocked, but fortunately no damage (Thanks Watkins and Freightquote!). I bring it home and remove the lenses. They were perfect all right. Perfectly toast! The green sets new standard for burn with red and blue probably around "5"s. Checking the hours, I found that it has 9300 hours on it in 7 years. I was a little agitated. I could have dealt with replacing one or maybe two tubes, but right now I am not sure I want to stretch it to all three. So, I called him and he didn't answer. I left a message. I then emailed him with pics of the tubes and said that we need to discuss this. That was Monday. I still have not heard back from him and now his phone is off.
Now, I could use some advice on how to proceed from the ebay experts out there. How should I handle this? Should I continue to try to get in touch with him? Should I leave negative feedback and be done with it? I noticed he hasn't left me feedback yet. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated. I guess I need to email Curt about those $50 tubes.
Ericglo
I will start from the beginning. I saw the projector and was interested in moving up to a LC. I did my usual, as most here do, and emailed him for tube condition and pics if possible. I told him to rate them based on the nine3media chart (I am switching to the much better one on Curts site). He did and told me they were perfect. I was skeptical, of course. I figured that if they were all "7"s then maybe I could live with it. I emailed him again and asked about shipping. He said that using freight wouldn't be a problem and included his phone number. I saw the email about 15 minutes before the auction closed. So, I called him. I asked him about the tubes again and told him to remove the lenses. It took him a couple of minutes and he said they were 10's. He also stated that the projector came out of his girlfriends bank and was hardly used. He didn't have a remote, so he couldn't check the hours. He did say that it should have less than 2000 hours on them. With this info, I went ahead and bid. I then set up shipping and told him how to crate and ship it.
Now the good part. I go to pick it up and see that he bolted it to a pallet and put a plastic bag over it. I was shocked, but fortunately no damage (Thanks Watkins and Freightquote!). I bring it home and remove the lenses. They were perfect all right. Perfectly toast! The green sets new standard for burn with red and blue probably around "5"s. Checking the hours, I found that it has 9300 hours on it in 7 years. I was a little agitated. I could have dealt with replacing one or maybe two tubes, but right now I am not sure I want to stretch it to all three. So, I called him and he didn't answer. I left a message. I then emailed him with pics of the tubes and said that we need to discuss this. That was Monday. I still have not heard back from him and now his phone is off.
Now, I could use some advice on how to proceed from the ebay experts out there. How should I handle this? Should I continue to try to get in touch with him? Should I leave negative feedback and be done with it? I noticed he hasn't left me feedback yet. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated. I guess I need to email Curt about those $50 tubes.
Ericglo