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#522038 Thu Mar 20 2014 11:36 AM
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Hello all!

I am soooo ticked! I bought this broken pennzoil, and a Wasco lens. So here is a picture of the before and after of the pennzoil.... The guy didn't pack it right! He just put some packing paper and some bubble wrap in between the lenses and fill the box with peanuts. When I first saw the box, I said to my self "Oh gosh, one of the lenses is broken into more pieces then when I bought it...." Picked it up, and heard glass shaking around. mad mad Man, when I opened it, I saw pieces down to the bottom of the box.... The box is small... maybe 18" wide at the most and 7" tall or so. With 2 feakin 15" lenses in it! More history is destroyed.... frown

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It just scares me too bad to ship globes...You sweat from the end of the auction til it arrives.....I bought 2 on Ebay awhile ago and traveled over 2 hours to pick them up.. Sorry to see that...Can you glue it back togh any?


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I dont think you lost any money value wise, but you defineley need to buy more glue Noah...


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Ima gonna try for sure. I have 1 other lens brake, but it was a repro. This just makes me sick. FYI, there less then 10 of these known!!!


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OK MM, from 5 pieces, to 15 pieces? I think that would affect it...

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Wow that is a very cool lense!!! It stinks that it ever got broken. But I agree Noah, it really stinks to see it get worse!!!


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Let me guess....they also wrote "FRAGILE" on the box.


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Gas globe guy.... Apparently you read the following thread ( How to box and ship gas globe lenses), so it looks to me like you would be bearing a fair amount of the responsibility for the additional breakage.
The lens looked to be incredibly fragile from the start, so it should have been packed even better than a normal lens. Did you give them any instructions on how it should have been packed?

http://oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=85015&Number=517917#Post517917

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I'm with mm you didn't lose any money on this as it was already broken. It's just a little more broken now.


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No. I didn't give the guy instructions... heh... I thought that he might have read the packaging posts(he is an Oldgasser)And we are all good, just felt like venting...


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I thought a 1000 piece puzzle was worth more than a 100 piece puzzle.

On the bright side, the other 9 known lenses are worth a little more now.


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Originally Posted By: Dave's Garage
I thought a 1000 piece puzzle was worth more than a 100 piece puzzle.

On the bright side, the other 9 known lenses are worth a little more now.


Good one Dave! But there are probably around 5 of these known... It would have been on top of a oil cabinet. Does anyone else have one of these???


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Ill bet all those BB gun shots didn't help the cause.

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I just recently wrote in PCM Magazine about packing globes and TELLING the SHIPPER how to pack signs, globes, etc. Did anyone read this??? YOU MUST TELL THE SHIPPER HOW TO SHIP AS THEY DO NOT KNOW!!!! Scott B.

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Originally Posted By: GGG
FYI, there less then 10 of these known!!!

Originally Posted By: GGG
But there are probably around 5 of these known.

Is that 10 Good lenses & 5 Broken like yours?

I had to Brake to keep from hitting the kid .
Without protection it'll Break.

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