Has anyone received the Ames A/P Transformer yet?

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  • My gold showed up today dented… The bonus poster also dented...
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,323

    My gold showed up today dented… The bonus poster also dented...

    Did the tube get dented or the prints inside were already damaged? Ames Bros uses those PVC like tubes. I have never had a damaged tube / print from them.
  • demetrios said:

    My gold showed up today dented… The bonus poster also dented...

    Did the tube get dented or the prints inside were already damaged? Ames Bros uses those PVC like tubes. I have never had a damaged tube / print from them.
    Whomever rolled them up didn't know what they were doing. They got damaged from the person packing it...
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Dumb - sorry Tempo
  • Dumb - sorry Tempo

    Hopefully they have spares put aside. The poster is gorgeous. I want this on my wall...
  • lotsalemon
    lotsalemon Boston Posts: 2,739

    demetrios said:

    My gold showed up today dented… The bonus poster also dented...

    Did the tube get dented or the prints inside were already damaged? Ames Bros uses those PVC like tubes. I have never had a damaged tube / print from them.
    Whomever rolled them up didn't know what they were doing. They got damaged from the person packing it...
    that stinks....won't frame out?
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  • demetrios said:

    My gold showed up today dented… The bonus poster also dented...

    Did the tube get dented or the prints inside were already damaged? Ames Bros uses those PVC like tubes. I have never had a damaged tube / print from them.
    Whomever rolled them up didn't know what they were doing. They got damaged from the person packing it...
    that stinks....won't frame out?
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Ouch. Return that
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,108
    I thought you got a chrome, Chris?
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  • on2legs said:

    I thought you got a chrome, Chris?

    Both Tom.
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,108

    on2legs said:

    I thought you got a chrome, Chris?

    Both Tom.
    :lightbulb: Aha!

    I hope they exchange that one for you. Pretty cool looking either way though. :smiley:
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  • on2legs said:

    on2legs said:

    I thought you got a chrome, Chris?

    Both Tom.
    :lightbulb: Aha!

    I hope they exchange that one for you. Pretty cool looking either way though. :smiley:
    They really are nice posters both the gold and chrome. It'll look great right next to my Pendleton Skyline poster!
  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,028
    I emailed ames on wednesday about my print damage... no response yet. Hope you have better luck tempo, mine will atleast frame out, yours is pretty bad. Whoever packaged these is an idiot. The damage is 100% consistent with someone grabbing them on the edges too hard and rolling them improperly
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  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,028
    Tempo, my gold arrived with two dents in the exact same spot. They're smaller than yours, but still there. 2/2 i got are dented. Still waiting on response from Ames. Unreal.
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  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,028
    And the bonus print was chrome and scratched to hell
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    2021: Asbury Park / Ohana Encore 1 / Ohana Encore 2
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    2023: St. Paul II
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  • Tempo, my gold arrived with two dents in the exact same spot. They're smaller than yours, but still there. 2/2 i got are dented. Still waiting on response from Ames. Unreal.

    It's a shame that better care wasn't put into rolling up these posters. Hopefully they make it right and have backups in their shop. For $250 a poster better care should be taken...
  • brewdog123
    brewdog123 ATL Posts: 685
    Got the regular in today, sturdy plastic tube, no end caps?! Just packing tape on ends. Got lucky with no damage, but seems like a rookie move by an established artist.
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  • lotsalemon
    lotsalemon Boston Posts: 2,739

    Got the regular in today, sturdy plastic tube, no end caps?! Just packing tape on ends. Got lucky with no damage, but seems like a rookie move by an established artist.

    They've packed this way for a long time - personally I've never had a problem with damage, I have a feeling most of the issues are with how they roll them, and the type of stock they use to print on. The paper seems delicate and probe to creases etc.
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  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,028
    I've said it before but the paper they use is terrible. It's like, soft, and creases so easily
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    2016: Ft. Lauderdale / Miami / Jacksonville / Greenville / Hampton / Columbia / Lexington / Philly II / New York City II / Toronto II / Bonnaroo / Telluride / Fenway I / Wrigley I / Wrigley - II / TOTD - Philadelphia, San Francisco
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    2021: Asbury Park / Ohana Encore 1 / Ohana Encore 2
    2022: Phoenix / LA I / LA II / Quebec City / Ottawa / New York City / Camden / Nashville / St. Louis / Denver
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  • High Fidelity 2000
    High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439

    Got the regular in today, sturdy plastic tube, no end caps?! Just packing tape on ends. Got lucky with no damage, but seems like a rookie move by an established artist.

    They've packed this way for a long time - personally I've never had a problem with damage, I have a feeling most of the issues are with how they roll them, and the type of stock they use to print on. The paper seems delicate and probe to creases etc.
    This is my first time ordering from Ames. No end caps??? That's insane. Call me crazy but wouldn't the end caps help minimize the tube from crushing under pressure during transit? That whole outer-force-physics shit... ;)
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