Not this time. The purpose of the posting was to remind people that you always have to inspect even new parts to make sure they are of good quality. In this case the brake kit was of excellent quality but the packing and shipping was substandard. The vendor was made aware of the problem and promptly replaced many lost and damaged parts. Ed
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:54:13 -0700, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >I think that if it was a commercial vendor, we need to know who the vendor >was..... > >> >> The lesson learned here is you can't assume new means good condition. >> There >> is a lot of junk out there and sometimes things are damaged in transit. >> You >> have to inspect new stuff carefully, remembering that it has never been >> assembled completely and 100% quality control never happens. >> |
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