Hi folks!
Just wanted to give you all a heads up about a certain "preowned" dealer: Prakasam, from Chennai... you see him all over quikr, though on quikr he posts his location as Bangalore.
Now this story begins about a year ago, when I wanted to sell my Krell FPB 200 power amp, to fund my purchase of the Accuphase. So I contacted this fellow as he is known a couple of other FM's as well.
This gent, shrewd as he is, settles to buy the amp for 90k INR + Shipping (about 3.7k) - half its re-sale value. I decide to sell it to him. Then this fellow asks for a favour - he says he will pay in 20 days from the day he receives the amp.
Till date (almost a year now) I have received only 70k - that too in parts. The last month or so, the gent has even stopped taking my calls.
Now I know that this unscrupulous fellow is not going to pay me, but the least I can do is warn all of you unsuspecting 'philes...
On further investigation, I have been advised my many FM here that this guy actually buys stuff in non-working condition from abroad and re-furbishes the gear and then sells it on...
Since I have never bought from him, I cannot say if that is fact or not... but, I thought i'd share what i have experienced and heard.
Please guys: Beware of this seller...
Just wanted to give you all a heads up about a certain "preowned" dealer: Prakasam, from Chennai... you see him all over quikr, though on quikr he posts his location as Bangalore.
Now this story begins about a year ago, when I wanted to sell my Krell FPB 200 power amp, to fund my purchase of the Accuphase. So I contacted this fellow as he is known a couple of other FM's as well.
This gent, shrewd as he is, settles to buy the amp for 90k INR + Shipping (about 3.7k) - half its re-sale value. I decide to sell it to him. Then this fellow asks for a favour - he says he will pay in 20 days from the day he receives the amp.
Till date (almost a year now) I have received only 70k - that too in parts. The last month or so, the gent has even stopped taking my calls.
Now I know that this unscrupulous fellow is not going to pay me, but the least I can do is warn all of you unsuspecting 'philes...
On further investigation, I have been advised my many FM here that this guy actually buys stuff in non-working condition from abroad and re-furbishes the gear and then sells it on...
Since I have never bought from him, I cannot say if that is fact or not... but, I thought i'd share what i have experienced and heard.
Please guys: Beware of this seller...
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