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Condition of speakers

Has anyone ever bought a pair of monitors on this site in "mint" condition, but when you get them, the bottoms are all scratched up? Do you even care? Nothing makes me more mad ..and I have learned to ask to see pics of the bottom of the speakers before buying. I don't understand how hard it is to lift the speaker up before you put them on the stands and move them around. Especially when there are spikes on the top plate. Or better yet, use some kind of padding in between. I have received speakers in the past that look like the person was chewing on the bottom of the speakers with their teeth it was so bad. Or it looked like the speakers were dragged around on concrete. The worst thing is when you message the person about the bottoms, and they say "who cares, you don't see it". Anyone ever have this issue?
souljasmooth

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mofimadness
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Lindisfarne...it really depends on the stands you are using.
Some of them use smaller spikes that face up. Kinda hard to
not mark up the bottom of the speaker using such stands.

I was in the high-end business for 25 years, so I've seen
LOTS of this happen. Way more than several examples, like
you have had.
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mofimadness
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I think it's almost impossible to use stand mounted speakers, (on stands) without marring the bottoms a little. I agree it should have been disclosed in the ad, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me unless they had very deep gouges and/or severe damage to them.

I've even seen speakers that were put on shelves where the paint from the shelf rubbed off on the bottoms.
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mofimadness
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Souljasmooth...I completely agree with you. What I have found is that people will tend to turn, (toe in or out) the speaker not the stand and that is what causes the marring on the bottom. Some stands are really heavy when loaded with shot and/or sand or are just really heavy on their own and it's easier to move the speaker than the stand, (especially if the stand uses sharp spikes and are also heavy. The spikes get caught in the carpeting and can cause the whole rig to take a tumble).

I'm not a proponent of this, just stating the truth as I have seen it over many years in the business.

I have used Blu-Tac also with much success.
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