Buying dj gear off the internet? Is it New? Look at the box.

Short video, ladies and gentlemen, on buying stuff off the internet, especially DJ gear. Always comes in a box. Check the box. If the box has been opened or tampered with in any way and the cellophane seal has been broken or the plastic has been broken... Then buy beware. A couple of times what has happened to me is I've had a second-hand item, well when I say second-hand item, I've had an item that's probably been in a shop, in the showroom, people have played it with it and then they put it back in the box, the original box, and sent it to me. Because I don't know that, do I? But of course you do. Basically because of this, right? Here's the box that I had my mixer in, Citronic Mixer, the DJ Pro 8, whatever it is. And you'll notice here that the box is open, logically because I've had the mixer out.

Here at Citronic, what they've done is they've put an original sticker on the box and then they've covered that with cellophane. That's a very good idea because it means that if that sticker has been broken and the cellophane's broken and you receive it in that condition with sellotape over all of that, then you know someone's already entered this box. At the end of the day, you have bought a new item. This is the first step. To knowing if that item's new, because basically if the box is in perfect condition, as you can see here, I mean this is the original sellotape. Even though it's only a thin piece of sellotape, and it's only one piece, you know that it hasn't been opened up there, because at the end of the day, it's still in one piece. So there's a good chance, well no, not a good chance, no one's taken the item from the bottom of this box. But if, let's say, you look at the top,

And you can see three or four pieces of sellotape over there and it doesn't look right, then it's been tampered with. Someone's actually been inside the box and messed around with your piece of kit. Just the same when you take it actually out of the box, you'll notice everything's always got sellotape, cellophane around it and it's all stickered down etc. Whether it be a mixer, a CD player, a turntable, it doesn't matter. At the end of the day, if you have paid... For a new item, you should by law receive a new item. So if it isn't new and you reckon it's second hand, contact the shop the same day, okay? Explain that you're not happy and they are in their right, or sorry, you're in your right for them to collect the item at their cost, take it back and you are in your right to get a brand new item. So I hope I've been a help. Don't forget, check everything. Bye bye. Made a note.

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