Pain of buying on eBay

[woojyee]

I was excited to find a JL Audio stealthbox for $300 bucks on eBay. Got it today and was treated to this horrible sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmtpHJNzdQk

Seller claims it had to have been damaged during shipping but the enclosure is undamaged and the shipping box looked great..... Now the pain of getting a refund which he is refusing to do already

 

[DavidRam]

Damn that suuuuuuuuuuuucks... Sorry man.

 

[P71Ryan]

eBay/PayPal is usually really good about siding with the buyer.

 

[woojyee]

eBay/PayPal is usually really good about siding with the buyer.

I even called JL Audio today and asked if it were possible to damage the voice coils like that during shipping which he ruled out but told me they could replace the speaker for $100. I contacted the seller to work something out with him but so far he is resistant. I don't want to return it as I want the box...lol

 

[P71Ryan]

I even called JL Audio today and asked if it were possible to damage the voice coils like that during shipping which he ruled out but told me they could replace the speaker for $100. I contacted the seller to work something out with him but so far he is resistant. I don't want to return it as I want the box...lol

I'd send eBay/PP that email and see if they can do a partial return or some sorts. It's crazy that people have no issues scamming someone.

 

[mtofell]

Ebay is totally on your side. I just went through a situation where the seller completely inaccurately listed the item and basically told tough. Ebay refunded my $$ instantly.

 

[RamminBeavers]

That's F'd up. Ebay, and PayPal are generally good (in my experience) about taking care of the buyer in these instances.

 

[atticusfaul]

Hopefully you get taken care of. That is **** that people try to pull that garbage.

 

[woojyee]

Hopefully you get taken care of. That is **** that people try to pull that garbage.

Thanks, he has a 100% Positive feedback so I am not sure what the hell is going on. He swears it sounded and performed perfectly and is blaming the shipping but there is no damage to the enclosure or the shipping box. I even called JL Audio tech support to see what kind of force would be required to damage the speaker during shipping and they said it would have had to been dropped from such a height that the box would have been damaged.

He started saying that I hooked up wrong etc... But honestly if I had somehow, I would have taken the hit. I made an official request to refund me $100 to cover the cost of repairing it. We will see what happens but all indications are he will fight it. Makes me

On a side note, during my inspection of the box and sub, the specs on the site list the sub as 2-ohm but it is in fact 4-ohm and wouldn't work for my setup anyway as I need 2-ohm.

 

[john94si]

Thats blown or you dont have enough power. What amp do you have on it? I have a JL hd500 on mine and it sounds great.

 

[Graygoose]

Ebay, wont use it unless it's a company and new.

 

[woojyee]

Thats blown or you dont have enough power. What amp do you have on it? I have a JL hd500 on mine and it sounds great.

I have a JL Audio XD700/5v2. The sub is getting 300 watts rms and that video is how it sounds at low volumes, never even got the opportunity to crank it not to mention that is the optimal wattage for that speaker, it is a 10w3v3.

I took the grill off and I can feel the cone rubbing inside when I push on it.

 

[Etroze86]

W3's have always been known to be a little fragile when it comes to power. Chances are guy had a clipped signal going to it and pawned it off as like new.

 

[Graygoose]

Agree^, if it's catching when you slowly push down, VC is crapped out. It's blown.

 

[Etroze86]

Ruined three of them myself not knowing how to use these subs. Not great for getting loud even ported but they are some of the smoothest sounding main stream subs that don't kill the bank.

 

[woojyee]

Ruined three of them myself not knowing how to use these subs. Not great for getting loud even ported but they are some of the smoothest sounding main stream subs that don't kill the bank.

I had purchased a 10w3v3-2 from Crutchfield and bought a $60 box on eBay and it sounds great. I settled on this sub as it was the perfect dimensions and matched the cu ft. requirements for the box. Then I saw this stealthbox on eBay for $300 and I liked it because it was fiberglass and was molded to fit the area better.

So I bought it and was going to return the sub I bought from Crutchfield and try to sell the wood box for $50. I would have had the same sub and a better box for the original amount I had spent but we know what happened.

I put my sub in it and it sounds fantastic. I am not sure what you mean by it doesn't get loud... gets plenty loud and low on 300w rms....

 

[Etroze86]

I am used to sub setups that do 130s as dailies so my opinion of loud is not everyone's opinion.

 

[woojyee]

I am used to sub setups that do 130s as dailies so my opinion of loud is not everyone's opinion.

Haha, that was me years ago but I am old now... just good clean sound is good enough for me now a days