[Jeffhs]

Nolan -

I am very sorry to hear that your Zenith radio was destroyed in shipping. The damage sounds incredible. The MJ1035 was a very good set in its day, from what I understand (I've never owned one personally, just seen pics of them here in this forum and on ebay). What I can't figure out, try as I will, is why on earth the set was damaged so much if it was double boxed, bubble wrapped, the whole nine yards. I would think anything packed that well should withstand anything thrown at it, put to it, etc. The only thing I can come up with that makes any sense is that the box must have been hurled around, dropped, and maybe kicked across a floor a few times before being loaded onto the truck. I've heard that packages are often subjected to such abuse by FedEx and even UPS, although all but one of my antique/vintage Zeniths were delivered by UPS and every one of them arrived here without a scratch. (The one set that was delivered by USPS Priority Mail, my R-70 Zenith portable, also arrived here in good condition, with only normal wear on the case around the tuning dial.) My K-731 came to me from Miami (over 1000 miles) and was in excellent shape when I unpacked it (the seller had bubble-wrapped it and packed it very well).

You have my sympathy. I hope you get things straightened out as far as damage claims, etc. are concerned, and also, I hope you find another MJ1035 on the 'bay soon. That model isn't scarce (yet, anyhow--I see them every now and then in my frequent searches of Zenith radios), so you may find another one fairly quickly if you do a little looking.

Good luck.

Kind regards,