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I recently put a MINT Uberschall up for trade in which JC986 responded with his offer of a MINT Lil Fokker. After many days and much deliberation, I agreed and we cross-shipped. He received my amp in perfect condition. I received his amp in seemingly mint condition, but after playing it for about 45 minutes, the clean channel died. I contacted him within 3 hours of opening the amp to inform him that there was a problem, posted a thread in the Diezel forum for help, and contacted Peter Diezel. He responded and encouraged me to work with Peter, claiming that the amp was perfect when he shipped it. I assumed at first that he was truthful about that.
However, after several email conversations with Peter Diezel who helped me troubleshoot the issue, it turned out to be a bad preamp tube socket. During all of our conversations, I kept my trade partner informed every step of the way. After discovering the root of the problem, I contacted the member and asked him to help out with the repairs, but he immediately refused and apparently already had a defense prepared. I became suspicious when he mentioned that he made a video to show the amp worked. If he didn't have any doubt of whether the amp worked or not, then why bother?
The fact is that it takes about 40-45 minutes for the amp to heat up enough to cause the clean channel to fail, so a little video does nothing to support his defense.
There were some red flags that alerted me to his deception:
1. The top left back panel bolt was not secured flush to the panel. The two bottom bolts were jammed so tight to the nuts on the other side of the mounting blocks that Peter instructed me to cut the bolt heads off to remove it.
2. I discovered that the stock preamp tube in that particular socket had been replaced with a different kind of tube.
3. After being in contact with him through the troubleshooting process, his first reaction to my asking for his support was to refer to his video allegedly showing the amp working and saying that he has no responsibility in sending me a defective amp.
4. He insisted many times on filing a FedEx claim even though the package arrived in perfect condition without so much as even a scratch on the box. Hey, I despise FedEx and UPS as much as the next guy, but I'll take no part in trying to make a false shipping claim with them when there was clearly no reason for it.
5. He tried to say that the previous owner must have replaced the preamp tube and that he never noticed, yet later on, he claimed that he inspected the amp carefully and replaced the back panel himself.
Moreover, it makes no sense whatsoever that it would be a shipping issue when only THAT particular tube socket was affected which coincidentally was the only socket replaced with a non-stock preamp tube.
My deduction was that he knowingly offloaded a defective amp and set himself up for a defense with this pathetic little video and shipping bullshit. There's no way a problem like this would suddenly happen during shipping and not affect any other part of the amp. I figured him out:
1. He replaced the preamp tube.
2. He hastily replaced the back panel, thus jamming the two bottom bolts.
3. He took a video to support his claim that the amp was "perfect."
4. He sent the amp off expecting me to acquiesce to his little con, but did not anticipate me being smart enough to catch on.
Rather than ask him for money for repairs after the transaction, I told him to exchange amps back and that I would buy him a new headshell and get the socket installed or send him the parts. He refused all of it. Instead, he made his offer to pay repair costs contingent on a bogus FedEx claim.
I have been in communication with Peter Diezel the entire time, detailing our conversations with pictures we go along. Peter Diezel's support has converted me to a lifetime Diezezl user by the way.
This guy keeps fucking me around and won't be honest or take responsibility for sending me the defective amp. The amp I sent him was perfect in every way, and if the situation would have been reversed, he would have expected some kind of support or trade-back from me. However, he's not an honorable trader.
This slimy bastard traded me a defective amp and tried to play it off as if he didn't know anything about it, and now he won't give my amp back or do anything to fix the amp.
I later found out that the previous owner posted a thread in the Diezel forum about some kind of problem with the preamp tubes, but JC986 did not disclose that to me, only saying that the amp was like new. Moreover, the original owner exbest182, posted that he thought about replacing the preamp tubes but decided not to and sold the amp. When I asked JC986 about it, he said that exbest182 must have swapped that preamp tube, so he clearly lied about it.
However, after several email conversations with Peter Diezel who helped me troubleshoot the issue, it turned out to be a bad preamp tube socket. During all of our conversations, I kept my trade partner informed every step of the way. After discovering the root of the problem, I contacted the member and asked him to help out with the repairs, but he immediately refused and apparently already had a defense prepared. I became suspicious when he mentioned that he made a video to show the amp worked. If he didn't have any doubt of whether the amp worked or not, then why bother?
The fact is that it takes about 40-45 minutes for the amp to heat up enough to cause the clean channel to fail, so a little video does nothing to support his defense.
There were some red flags that alerted me to his deception:
1. The top left back panel bolt was not secured flush to the panel. The two bottom bolts were jammed so tight to the nuts on the other side of the mounting blocks that Peter instructed me to cut the bolt heads off to remove it.
2. I discovered that the stock preamp tube in that particular socket had been replaced with a different kind of tube.
3. After being in contact with him through the troubleshooting process, his first reaction to my asking for his support was to refer to his video allegedly showing the amp working and saying that he has no responsibility in sending me a defective amp.
4. He insisted many times on filing a FedEx claim even though the package arrived in perfect condition without so much as even a scratch on the box. Hey, I despise FedEx and UPS as much as the next guy, but I'll take no part in trying to make a false shipping claim with them when there was clearly no reason for it.
5. He tried to say that the previous owner must have replaced the preamp tube and that he never noticed, yet later on, he claimed that he inspected the amp carefully and replaced the back panel himself.
Moreover, it makes no sense whatsoever that it would be a shipping issue when only THAT particular tube socket was affected which coincidentally was the only socket replaced with a non-stock preamp tube.
My deduction was that he knowingly offloaded a defective amp and set himself up for a defense with this pathetic little video and shipping bullshit. There's no way a problem like this would suddenly happen during shipping and not affect any other part of the amp. I figured him out:
1. He replaced the preamp tube.
2. He hastily replaced the back panel, thus jamming the two bottom bolts.
3. He took a video to support his claim that the amp was "perfect."
4. He sent the amp off expecting me to acquiesce to his little con, but did not anticipate me being smart enough to catch on.
Rather than ask him for money for repairs after the transaction, I told him to exchange amps back and that I would buy him a new headshell and get the socket installed or send him the parts. He refused all of it. Instead, he made his offer to pay repair costs contingent on a bogus FedEx claim.
I have been in communication with Peter Diezel the entire time, detailing our conversations with pictures we go along. Peter Diezel's support has converted me to a lifetime Diezezl user by the way.
This guy keeps fucking me around and won't be honest or take responsibility for sending me the defective amp. The amp I sent him was perfect in every way, and if the situation would have been reversed, he would have expected some kind of support or trade-back from me. However, he's not an honorable trader.
This slimy bastard traded me a defective amp and tried to play it off as if he didn't know anything about it, and now he won't give my amp back or do anything to fix the amp.
I later found out that the previous owner posted a thread in the Diezel forum about some kind of problem with the preamp tubes, but JC986 did not disclose that to me, only saying that the amp was like new. Moreover, the original owner exbest182, posted that he thought about replacing the preamp tubes but decided not to and sold the amp. When I asked JC986 about it, he said that exbest182 must have swapped that preamp tube, so he clearly lied about it.
