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Anyone else having trouble getting cartridges back they sent for repair?

Cartridges Technics 100C and 205PMk3 sent over two years ago to Axel...nothing.
travbrow
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chakster
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@nandric first of all i'm talking about rebuild now as the solution which is works great (new nagaoka cantilever and new tip fitted in the original technics plastic holder) and i have tested at least four 205 mk4 and one 100c mk3 rebuilded by Axel. 

You situation with Axel is clear, no need to repead. If he will refuse the cartridge from my customer then we will get the confirmation about it. But at the present time i have no confirmation and Axel asked me to send him the cartridge in May 2016 to check if suspension repair is possible, i wonder why? To chanrge inspection fee and return it? This is strange, because based on your info he could tell us from the start: "suspension repair is impossible, please don't ask, i can not do that etc".  

I knew about Andy and what he has done for John Jones, pretty weird, so i will not recommend him to anyone else based on John's experience. 

But what about Dominic at NorthWest Analogue or Van Den Hul who has done the job for Raul for his P100c mk4 in the past? When the term"suspension refresh" was born in Raul's thread. It's almost impossible to find technics with perfect suspension, but so many people on this forum are happy about p100c mk4, someone fixed suspensions in their carts, how could it be?  This is a very strange story. 

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nandric
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Dear chakster, The probably implicite assumption is that Axel

inspect the received carts direct. But more logical seems to be

that he stores the received carts according to the receiving date.

Otherwise he would need to remember all the details, say,

12 months later when the cart get its ''turn''.  This can explain why

 he does not return direct those carts which he can't repair. He

obviously need to first inspect a cart before he can decide one way

or the other. But if the waiting time is , say, more than one year he

can't answer this question before his inspection.

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hal9k
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I knew about Andy and what he has done for John Jones, pretty weird, so i will not recommend him to anyone else based on John's experience.



What's the deal with Andy? I've sent him lots of business never a problem.
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hal9k
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I would love to support a Canadian retipper but it seems like you have to belong to a secret society to get any info on these services.
harold-not-the-barrel
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You need to take into account that a cartridge repair can take a very long time nowadays, even with a professional. A few of years ago I sent my Audio-Technica AT-20SLa + another cartridge to Dominic Harper at NorthWest Analogue in the UK for repair & checking. 1 and 1/2 years later I asked if he had have time to repair my carts. Two weeks later he sent them back in perfect operational condition for a very reasonable price. A few months later I sold them both for a very good price on eBay. I couldn´t be more happy for his services.
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