I sent a tape to a customer in North America and he got in touch saying the tape was blank, no sound at all. The tape played fine before I sent it. I have no idea how this could have happened. Just curious if any sellers have experienced this or know how this might have occurred? (buyer tested player with another tape which played fine)
demagnetizing tools in customs control?
That's weird, I work at the post office and I know we scan packages but everything is essentially just barcode readers. Cant imagine what would erase a tape, were the tabs out? Wonder if he accidentally hit the wrong button and walked away.
I was thinking it might be something in customs but I have never heard of this problem happening so I really don't know. Also can't remember if the tabs were out or not.
In my experience, the tabs are almost always still in, and I end up taking the out myself.
Don't know why but it happend to me a couple of times, pressing the play and nothing, stoped the tape, pressed play again and played fine... why? No fucking idea. I believe your costumer tried to play it multiple times so, I guess that's not the deal here.
Weird indeed ! The magnet probably is the only explanation since you had checked the tape and the guy tried several times, with other tapes too. But it had to be a strong magnet and in very close distance to completely erase the tape, and still i guess there would be some music / sound leftover somewhere. Don't know. Sounds unlikely to happened but not impossible though.
I don't think i have ever had any tape damaged in post that way or another. From time to time, I have recieved some tapes with extreme unbalanced volume levels between both channels at a side or both, but that's a dubbing problem already existed likely, especially since other tapes in the package were fine.
I think with the real old Scanners from the Customs you should have "only" Quality Changes, but the don't erase the whole Tape to nothing. Have had it in the Past several Times with tapes and VHS Tapes, but they where playable with a Shitty Nonsens, but not completely empty
Thanks for all of your answers. I guess a magnet could be the only thing that could wipe it completely though it seems strange as it would have to be quite close. Who knows. Hoping this doesn't happen again.
I call bullshit.
I would tend to agree!
tape either never duplicated(kind of rare but possible) or as prior-bullshit.
I'd definitely bet on human error at your and/or his end :)
Quote from: Cementimental on February 24, 2017, 03:26:43 PM
I'd definitely bet on human error at your and/or his end :)
very diplomatic! or fence sitting!
Sounds to me like someone wants a free tape. I've ordered and shipped hundreds of tapes from every corner of the world and never had this happen. I've gotten a few where the dubbing was fucked but never blank, especially ones I played before sending.
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Sounds to me like someone wants a free tape
or that yeah.
fuck 'em then
You listened the tape before you send, it was OK. Then it's not your fault what happened after it left your hands ! Is he someone you had deals with him again ? Or someone just ordered once and comes back with this story ? If it was me, if we speak about a 6-7 euro new tape, and you have more in stock, i would offer to send him another copy only if he pays the shipping cost. And that's only cause i am generous when it has to do with other people's items haha !
Quote from: Theodore on February 24, 2017, 09:28:00 PM
You listened the tape before you send, it was OK. Then it's not your fault what happened after it left your hands ! Is he someone you had deals with him again ? Or someone just ordered once and comes back with this story ? If it was me, if we speak about a 6-7 euro new tape, and you have more in stock, i would offer to send him another copy only if he pays the shipping cost. And that's only cause i am generous when it has to do with other people's items haha !
Tape was 2nd hand bought from a gig, played fine for me. I have no reason to doubt the buyer although I haven't dealt with him before. I will just leave this as bad luck. If it happens again then I will become suspicious but don't think the buyer was trying to rip me off. If it was a tape from my label then I would most probably send out another one to him.
Offer to wrestle him naked in front of a roaring log fire.
Quote from: Leewar on February 27, 2017, 08:14:40 PM
Offer to wrestle him naked in front of a roaring log fire.
less of the fire you homo
For the first time ever I received a tape from Summer Interlude and the tape case was smashed to a fuck, so badly that it even fractured the cassette itself to the point it was warped and would not properly sit in the player, because it was warped from the crack. Tom did a great job bubble wrapping it up like he always does and I've gotten many packages from him and everything is always A1, but for whatever reason it seems like the carrier "went postal" pun intended! On this perticular package.