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Speaker purchase question

I have been a member here for 22 years, but encountered something today for the first time and would appreciate your opinions. 
I bought a pair of used speakers on Agon and they arrived with no grilles. The seller is stating that the pics did not have grilles (true) and they were not mentioned in the ad. These Rega speakers did come standard with grilles originally. I thought that the pics were taken to show the condition of the drivers. When I asked the seller, he said that he had looked into buying new grilles, but since he didn't mention them in the ad, it should have been obvious they weren't included. 
Am I wrong to feel deceived? I want to be reasonable and would be interested to hear other opinions. 


mcp
mcp OP
9 posts
 
I've decided to move on. Like most things in life, there is gray area. The seller should have disclosed the missing grilles (especially since he is now telling me he recently contacted the Rega distributor about replacing the grilles), but I should have questioned it.
As for how they sound, I don't know! UPS only delivered one box so far, even though they were shipped together. We'll see if the other one shows up today.
jdoris
972 posts
 
That's too bad, mcp.  Given that there are some shades of grey here, I'd probably not want to get into a hassle about negative feedback, even though the seller did not particularly distinguish themselves.
I personally prefer no grills (though a rowdy Leonberger pup forces them on me at the moment), but mijostyn's suggestion is spot on, if you like them: a manageable DIY project.
tablejockey
4,023 posts
 
The sellers "fault" is his lack of awareness anyone purchasing his speakers may assume grills are expected.

His reasoning  "what you see is what you get" unfortunately is correct.

I would have asked before hitting the buy now button. Buyers responsibility to ask everything before purchasing and make no assumptions.

Time to go to Home Depot as mijostyn suggests, if you must have grills.
ghdprentice
7,685 posts
 
Strikes me as someone doing something while driving that is discourteous but not illegal. My course of action would be determined on his reaction. If it showed a genuine lack of thought and remorse for not telling you, I would let him off the hook. If he was being legalistic, I would give him grief and a bad review. It should have been mentioned in the description. Minus one star no matter what.
Also, like someone said... upgraded tweeters... that is a cause for alarm.
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jayrossi13
193 posts
 
@ghdprentice

Bad reviews cut both ways; the seller also has the right give the buyer a bad review for failing to ask questions and--admittedly--buying on (false) assumption.





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