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Discussion in 'Closed Loaners' started by sphinxvc, Jul 10, 2016.

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  1. sphinxvc

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    @Hands, can we get an update? Let's keep this for 5 days each like Marv's suggested for Elear and Andromeda. Please post on the 1st day you receive the loaner and the 5th day once you've shipped out. Thanks guys.
     
    sphinxvc, Aug 19, 2016
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    @philipmorgan Told me via PM he was OK with ~2 weeks per person or so, said he's not in a big hurry. Did you hear otherwise from him?
     
    Hands, Aug 19, 2016
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    Nope, then that's alright. Let's go with 2 weeks.
     
    sphinxvc, Aug 19, 2016
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    2 weeks each is fine w/me. :)
     
    philipmorgan, Aug 19, 2016
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    Should I ship this to @Ulises next? (If so, PM me your address.)
     
    Hands, Aug 24, 2016
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    Pm sent. Thanks. Will give it a go for two weeks and then ship to @batriq thanks all.
     
    Ulises, Aug 24, 2016
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    What's the status of the loaner so far? I've got my rig up and running.
     
    HitmanFluffy, Sep 23, 2016
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    It's closed. Lost in transit. Claim pending, etc.
     
    sphinxvc, Sep 23, 2016
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    Oh goodness, that's extremely unfortunate, especially considering how hard to obtain it is.
     
    HitmanFluffy, Sep 23, 2016
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    All the claim work has been taken care of. It's a very sad scenario given how hard it is to obtain this excellent amp.

    If you noticed a while back, I mentioned keeping an eye out on FS and auction sites in case a 120V model pops up for sale mysteriously. Though, most likely scenario is some rando thief took it and is probably not going to think of those channels.
     
    Hands, Sep 23, 2016
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    This amp is so unfortunate. A friend here shipped this amp to me for three times all got rejected by the Russian custom.
     
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    Ugh, I'm so sorry to hear that! Of all the items to go missing too, it would have to be the one that isn't easy to repurchase. f**k those thieves.
     
    Merrick, Sep 23, 2016
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    @philipmorgan - I have to say man, thanks for being so patient through all this. I'm really sorry about what happened.
     
    sphinxvc, Sep 23, 2016
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    This is wild, the hardest to acquire amp is the one to go missing after the first stop. The Russians probably heard one snuck out of the country and took it back to the motherland. In the meantime I make up this poster looking for the theives...

    [​IMG]
     
    JoshMorr, Sep 23, 2016
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    I bet someone (USPS/UPS insider) detected some radioactive material - given that it's a Russian made- and decided to steal & sell it for profit.
     
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    How many of these are left in the US?
     
    zerodeefex, Sep 23, 2016
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    Three that I know about: yours, @Noodlz', and the one I used to own :)

    Thanks for the kind words about the delivery mishap, everybody. It's all in the game, and I've moved on mentally. :)

    Too bad others didn't get to hear this amp. It really shows what a well-designed tube amp is capable of even at a low price point.
     
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    oh man that is so messed up =( Hopefully sometime in the future these babies can be exported out of russia (instead of having to smuggle em out lol) so people can hear how good this thing sounds.
     
    Noodlz, Sep 25, 2016
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