Whats Fair?

[SlapinTheTrunk 10+ year member]

I recently bought a sub off of a member on here that is a dual 1. The sub was wired up correctly to have a 2 ohm load. When I first started playing the sub it barely moved, but i thought it was just because i was underpowering it. After less than a minute of play time on low volume, i feel the sub and it is very hot and smells. I didnt know what the problem was so i contacted the seller and asked what was wrong and he asked me if i switched the wires, because he sent me the sub with some wires hanging on it. I said i did because i was wiring it in series and the way he had it wasnt. Then he told me that when the sub was reconed the terminals were switched up on one side and he thought he told me, but he didnt. After he told me that, i wired it up with the switched up terminals and found out that the sub had blown. I am just wondering what is fair. I asked for a refund and i would pay return shipping, but he thinks that is not fair.

edit: I forgot to add that he said that the same thing happened to him, but once he wired it up the right way the sub was fine.

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[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

if he did not tell you like your saying then i think what you offered him is more then fair.

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

Life isnt fair. But he should return it because he didnt tell u that the terminals were switched.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

You knew it was reconed? I would have popped the each coil with a 9v batt to see polarity first. I'm undecided on who is wrong here still, it's obvious you hooked it up wrong, and he claims to have told you about the reversed recone issue, so it looks like it's on you.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

what you offered is fair if he didn't mention it.. thats like selling an amp with the terminals marked wrong and the buyer blowing it.. not because they wired wrong but because they wired it how it was marked

 

[SlapinTheTrunk 10+ year member]

yea but he didnt tell me that they were switched. i looked through every single pm from him and it states nothing about switched up terminals.

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

You knew it was reconed? I would have popped the each coil with a 9v batt to see polarity first. I'm undecided on who is wrong here still, it's obvious you hooked it up wrong, and he claims to have told you about the reversed recone issue, so it looks like it's on you.

ur wrong.

Then he told me that when the sub was reconed the terminals were switched up on one side and he thought he told me, but he didnt.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

You knew it was reconed? I would have popped the each coil with a 9v batt to see polarity first. I'm undecided on who is wrong here still, it's obvious you hooked it up wrong, and he claims to have told you about the reversed recone issue, so it looks like it's on you.

the seller thought he told him.. we will see what the seller says.. and any proof of pm's..

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

I would go so far as splitting the recone with him, I always check polarity of any sub I buy before power goes to it. That would have told you what the deal was.

 

[SlapinTheTrunk 10+ year member]

yes i can take screen shots of every one, but ill have to do it later because i have to go to work right now. i also told him i wouldnt include his name, because i dont want to bash his rep. i just want more opinions on what is fair.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

I really think it's 50/50, you should have checked, and unless he can prove it, he should have told about the reversed terminals.

 

[krainium 10+ year member]

yea but he didnt tell me that they were switched. i looked through every single pm from him and it states nothing about switched up terminals.

If this is true your offer is fair IMHO.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

If he didn't tell you, I would go so far as to say he should pay for return shipping too. It was his mistake, why should you be out anything for it? But that's just me...

 

[CobraStang98 10+ year member]

I've bought tons of subs through the years and i've never checked a single one of them, prolli 90% of us won't check the polarity of the wiring.

 

IMO if its really like the OP says then the seller is at fault for not telling him that the wires were reversed. Just like another poster said, its like getting an amp and having the ground/power terminals switched and blowing the amp because of it.

 

[Tone415 10+ year member]

if i sell u a used car and didnt tell you that i switched the brake and gas pedals and you bought it thinking it was a normal car and you crashed it soon as u drove it, it wouldnt be ur fault because i didnt tell you they were backwards. and 99% of the time terminals arent backwards!