**Advice Needed**Damage To Imported Speakers**

Sound like you're SOL!  Are you handy? Do you have woodworking clamps?  Could you maybe use wood glue and close the seam without it being noticed?  If there is air escaping? Can you remove woofers and seal the seam from the inside with silicone? That's about all the advice have!  Sorry about your misfortune.  Lesson learned, buy from a reputable seller in the US next time.  

Maybe an experienced local/ish cabinet maker could repair the damage.

Take it to a cabinet shop as suggested above.

Disputes relating to damaged goods following shipping are generally with the shipper and not the supplier.unless there is fairly categoric proof that the goods were damaged before shipping or (possibly) that the supplier was negligent in how the goods were packed. Unless immediate action is taken against the shipper e.g. following evidence of obvious transit damage to the packaging local to the damage to the speakers it very difficult to succeed in a claim. As regards Kronos AV which is based in Northern Ireland (constitutionally part of the UK), any legal proceedings would have to be taken in that jurisdiction.

Did you ever try calling either the dealer or Heco since emailing didn’t work?

Remember, once you attempt to repair the cabinet, all bets are off and you may void the warranty. I would mail a certified and regular postage letter to the manufacturer and audio shop. Document phone calls and attempts as well. If you don’t receive a response, I would leave comments on every social media platform possible, share your experience, and warn people about the seller and manufacturer. I would bet a paycheck that if you leave negative comments on Instagram, Facebook, etc., someone will reach out within hours.

If all else fails, find a custom woodworker, not just a regular cabinet shop, to repair the crack with structural epoxy - possibly T88. It’s hard to determine the best method without examining the speaker cabinet. Best of luck!

I don’t think we need to tell OP the lesson he should learn from this.

Adding pictures to the post would help.  Has the OP determined what he would like Kronos to do about the damage?  If it was to be covered by insurance with the carrier, it’s probably too late for Kronos to make a claim.  Maybe getting a local estimate for repair and asking Kronos to cover it would be the best way to proceed.  Perhaps the repair could even be accomplished at the same time.

Are you sure it wasn’t sold as a "B" grade item or something (’B’ for Brit 😁 ) while you were talking with him? got lost in translation somewhere? I ask because he did give you a "killer deal"... a killer deal for a handy man/self made/ hardworking carpenter apparently!....If that’s not the case and all the packaging seemed solid (didn’t look like it got bashed and fell 10 feet on a ship or something), it could be that he just screwed you.

For anything perceived as a "higher risk" purchase, you should consider making such a purchase with certain types of credit cards with very good "purchase protection" benefits. The good ones will cover up to 50k at times for a consumer card. Typically, they’ll require a very high credit score, an annual fee, etc (miniscule in comparison to the cost of hifi). In other words, all credit cards are not the same. You will need to go with the big banking dogs and not some wimpy li’l credit union... The big dogs have more ways to cover you and screw him.

chipped off piece off the cabinet can be easily fixed with wood epoxy. I've done that many times with zero to miniscule visibility of repair. That's a lot easier for me than go litigation or financial war with outlanders that sent you these speakers. To hold repair together, you will need a rubber ribbon loop around the entire speaker cabinet. Rubber ribbon you can probably get at pharmacies. That will ensure minimal and invisible gap. Make sure to wipe off all excessive liquids. If you are ready for such "surgery", you can post pictures just in case so advise would be more precise on how to safely put it together.

Lets see,where to start..
1:I did say "decent deal"NOT killer deal..Factory sealed A grade..Was not a dealer trying to screw someone..
2:This was not from shipping,it was a factory defect..
3:As Heco is selling speakers in this country now I assume they have SOME type of Warranty support here.If that is the case why couldn’t they address this??
4:Tried posting pics,guess I’m to dumb to figure out how..
5:Never tried calling but might give that a shot..
6:When the time comes that I need to downsize completely I’ll probably just donate them to the USO & write them off my taxes...
Thanks for input folks..

@freediver

I’m don’t know why you’re sure that it wasn’t shipping damage, because it could be, but the most obvious question is why didn’t you call the dealer that you bought it from? It is their job to help you and resolve this. It seems strange to me that calling them wasn’t your first impulse.

That said, I would probably just glue and clamp it as @czarivey said, and be happy with it.

The U.S. dealer/distributor will be of no help as you bought from out of the country and not from them.