V1 Returned Units

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Originally Posted by davekr

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Originally Posted by Howdy

I sent my 1.8 for an update last week. The paint on the case is showing wear and tear especially on the corners. When I got it back, the case looked newer than what I sent in. No more paint chips on the corners. No paint chip on the grooves where the suction cup and visor mount goes. The case has a different serial number and label, but it has very, very light scratches. I wonder if VR used a magnesium case from returned units to replace my old one.

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So are you happier this way?

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See, if Mike V would just switch to a nice PLASTIC case he could give you a fresh one at no charge instead of a slightly used magnesium case.

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Originally Posted by hoosier

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Originally Posted by davekr

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Originally Posted by Howdy

I sent my 1.8 for an update last week. The paint on the case is showing wear and tear especially on the corners. When I got it back, the case looked newer than what I sent in. No more paint chips on the corners. No paint chip on the grooves where the suction cup and visor mount goes. The case has a different serial number and label, but it has very, very light scratches. I wonder if VR used a magnesium case from returned units to replace my old one.

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So are you happier this way?

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See, if Mike V would just switch to a nice PLASTIC case he could give you a fresh one at no charge instead of a slightly used magnesium case.

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Hoosier, There are several reasons Mike uses a magnesium case, one is for better heat displacement if I am not mistaken, professor Jim can provide a better explanation as to the technical reasons. Not to mention I think a lot of people would be pissed to pay $359-399 for a plastic box. :(

Here is what Mike V says regarding the issue......

Instead of your expensive magnesium case, why don't you go plastic like every other detector and give us a better deal on price?
- N.G., New Jersey


Our metal case serves as a vault to keep out various electrical interferences from other devices. These interferences are particularly insidious, worse than false alarms, because they can be in there desensitizing your receiving circuits, thereby hurting your warning range, but you have no way of knowing. The magnesium is really durable too, yet it's light weight. You'll notice the really slick laptop computers these days have magnesium instead of plastic cases.

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Originally Posted by davekr

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Originally Posted by Howdy

I sent my 1.8 for an update last week. The paint on the case is showing wear and tear especially on the corners. When I got it back, the case looked newer than what I sent in. No more paint chips on the corners. No paint chip on the grooves where the suction cup and visor mount goes. The case has a different serial number and label, but it has very, very light scratches. I wonder if VR used a magnesium case from returned units to replace my old one.

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So are you happier this way?

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I wouldn't care either way. I'm happy with the service and very happy with the upgrade.

Glad to hear that Howdy, I think Mike V has great customer service.

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Not to mention I think a lot of people would be pissed to pay $359-399 for a plastic box. Sad

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you know, a lot of rollercoasters tracks are now made out of plastic :)

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Originally Posted by Sethy

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Not to mention I think a lot of people would be pissed to pay $359-399 for a plastic box. Sad

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you know, a lot of rollercoasters tracks are now made out of plastic :)

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I am afraid of heights, so I have no clue.... :oops:

I ended up purchasing a returned unit and so far it has been a horrible experience. If you are interested you can read about it here.

http://www.radardetector.net/So-far....arch-9451t.php

but lets not jump on vr to hard give them time! i think vr is upsett with us on jumping on them to quick sorry Mike V :wink: :D

buying a used RD unit can be like buying from an online internet seller you've never bought from before because they offered the lowest price. Sometimes they are great and you get your product top condition very fast and other times it takes forever to have them send you the product and when you do get it it's messed up or not exactly what you wanted.

I like to pay a little extra and have the piece of mind I'm dealing with a trusted company for online retellers. When it comes to VR, they are a very good well trusted company, but with paying a little more and getting a new unit you have that piece of mind. I mean some of these units could have been dropped and returned. They may still work, but something could have been cracked internally or broken loose and you could never tell by looking at the outside.

Although after looking at the internal pictures of the V1 I can say everything looks very secure and well made to where it could withstand being dropped from a reasonable height.

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Originally Posted by Cloud9

buying a used RD unit can be like buying from an online internet seller you've never bought from before because they offered the lowest price. Sometimes they are great and you get your product top condition very fast and other times it takes forever to have them send you the product and when you do get it it's messed up or not exactly what you wanted.

I like to pay a little extra and have the piece of mind I'm dealing with a trusted company for online retellers. When it comes to VR, they are a very good well trusted company, but with paying a little more and getting a new unit you have that piece of mind. I mean some of these units could have been dropped and returned. They may still work, but something could have been cracked internally or broken loose and you could never tell by looking at the outside.

Although after looking at the internal pictures of the V1 I can say everything looks very secure and well made to where it could withstand being dropped from a reasonable height.

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you have a good ponit there but same goes for the same spanking brand new v1 units anyway the return units are new they just put the word in there :lol: but dont get me wrong i understand how you feel 100% :wink: :)

Carlito