8TS30 with 12" conversion.

[GeorgeJetson]

Hasnt anyone here had good shipping experiences with tv's?

You may never find the model you're looking for locally,so sometimes shipping may be your only choice.

Don't get me wrong,I worry too,but if the person selling it is a collector too and they pad the living hell out of it?

[jeyurkon]

I've had one good experience and one bad. The bad one was a Motorola with a Bakelite case that was cracked to start with. The packaging was mediocre, the carriers handling barbaric. I have a major puzzle to reassemble.

The good experience was with Vintage Transport moving a combination console for me. They knew what they were doing and were very flexible in delivery. They also drove through horrible weather.

John

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by GeorgeJetson

Hasnt anyone here had good shipping experiences with tv's?

There are so many variables that it's impossible to generalize. The way that a TV is packed makes a huge difference. So does the carrier. Some can safely be shipped with the picture tube in place. Others were never designed to be transported that way -- the picture tube was shipped separately from the factory -- and you'd be crazy to ship one without removing the CRT. Some, like my metal Hallicrafters T-54, have sturdy cabinets. Others have fragile Bakelite cabinets and should not be shipped without removing the chassis.

I have had generally good experiences shipping TVs, mostly because I was willing to pay an outfit like Craters & Freighters to pick up the item and build a custom crate (or crates). If you rely on a seller to pack an item, it can be a crapshoot. Years ago, my wife bought me a TV as a Christmas surprise. The seller did a lousy job of packing and it arrived with a broken cabinet and damaged chassis.

This 8TS30 is one whose picture tube should travel in a separate container.

Phil