Another treasure(s) destroyed GE Locomotive

[cwmoser]

To me those old GE Locomotive TVs are not much to look at
when dirty, dusty, and cracked. BUT, when you put them all
together with a good cleaning, and good polishing, they are
a lot of eye candy and the display a very very nice video and
the audio is very good from such a small set.

All is not lost ... just more work.
If you cannot find a replacement cabinet, glue it back together,
sand the cracks and hey, paint it black. Mine is almost black and
cleaned and shiny it looks great. If you could find a Black spray paint
with a touch of Brown to off color the Black slightly, I think it would look great.

Carl

[decojoe67]

My '48 GE "Lococmotive" also had a crack at that common spot on the top near the rivet. The rest of the set was/is perfect. Dont just simply glue the crack/s. Grind a grove in the underside, fill with JB Weld, place mesh over that and put on more Weld. Clamp it and it will be a very strong fix. Mine is practically invisible now from the top.
I agree that these sets look stunning when they are buffed-out and polished. They also work fantastic when properly elec. restored. One of my fav. vintage TV's
Here's mine:

[DaveWM]

wow, that stinks. After giving some thought to the problem I came up with this.

Assuming that telling someone how to pack and hearing back from them that is how it will be done is not good enough these days.

So on to plan b, financial compensation. We used to call it pay for performance, so what you do is offer to pay a 'bonus" if the part is packed as described and survives the trip. Do a video of the opening and post as needed to document.

I know the above seem like something that should not be needed but seems like these days you need to adapt to the situation or just not buy bakelite (which is a perfectly good option).

I recently went thru this and the seller did an excellent job of true double boxing. fearing the worst I did an unboxing video just in case it was not done per our discussion.

He did not over charge for shipping as some seller do, and he emailed me a request for additional funds to cover his extra cost. I had no problem paying as it was the right thing to do.

Now in a less civil enviroment the above would not work but if you simply made arrangements BEFORE bidding that this is how it will be done (pay for performance) then maybe it can be done.

I know this is a long post and I am sure some will think, gee just do it right and this would not be needed, but clearly some things like the subject of this thread may benefit from the extra attention.

too bad really that people have to be paid extra to do what they have been already paid to do, but that is the world we live in.