My Scott 399c looks ugly as hell in nude. I have seen them transform in a elegant beauty when paired with original wood case. So I am always on the look out for original wood cabinet for my 399 for a while now. As part of my auction site ritual, I was checking for wood case for my 399c and I saw a listing for 100 bucks marked electronics.. Just plain electronics and no description. It looked like scott 399c from the thumbnail and I thought they pictured the wood case with 399c. In the detailed pictures it is Scott 399c.
It was my lucky day, whole unit was for sale for a benjamin and 38 for shipping from NY. I live in SF bay area. So 38 is the cheapest shipping you can hope for. Anyway I click the buy it now button and immediately contacted the seller to educate her on how to pack it. But I had to educate her on how to authorize paypal account and link it to her auction site account. After paying 138 for the unit with shipping I got an email after couple of days that shipping cost is $50. Immediately I thought I got into some scam and they are trying to fleece me some more. After contacting the seller, she said I need to pay $12 more or she will not be shipping the stuff. I paypaled her $12 and waited for couple of days for her to send the tracking number. It arrived faster then it was supposed to. It is dirty as hell but good new is it has original tubes. All amperex 7189s and rectifier is scott made bu amperex. It did come with Wood case. Wood case is damaged even before transit, more so in transit.
It was my lucky day, whole unit was for sale for a benjamin and 38 for shipping from NY. I live in SF bay area. So 38 is the cheapest shipping you can hope for. Anyway I click the buy it now button and immediately contacted the seller to educate her on how to pack it. But I had to educate her on how to authorize paypal account and link it to her auction site account. After paying 138 for the unit with shipping I got an email after couple of days that shipping cost is $50. Immediately I thought I got into some scam and they are trying to fleece me some more. After contacting the seller, she said I need to pay $12 more or she will not be shipping the stuff. I paypaled her $12 and waited for couple of days for her to send the tracking number. It arrived faster then it was supposed to. It is dirty as hell but good new is it has original tubes. All amperex 7189s and rectifier is scott made bu amperex. It did come with Wood case. Wood case is damaged even before transit, more so in transit.