Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware)Any immediate cancellation after purchase made is subject to 20% restocking fee to cover non-refundable purchase transaction fees posted by eBay among other things. Our listings are high ticketed items which accompanies careful attention to details, ZERO Defect protocol, packaged very well and shipped fully insured so as to eliminate any potential hassle like fiduciary, time and effort resource loses for both of us. This is why we do not accept return nor exchanges posted on our listing. This overrides eBay money back guarantee for what ever reason as a clear fine print you must consider prior to purchase.We have been in the Sony Service and Restoration business for over 35 years and best at what we do (or dare you to find somebody better). We have seen pretty much every tricks from tens of thousands of customers we have done business with for over 3 decades and as a result have been very protective to any types of loses and hassle against the few careless, fickle minded and trickster buyers we try to avoid. Every merchandise are very well tested, protected against swaps, tamper resistant with internal identification, sealed and photos of serial numbers taken for record filing on every transaction fulfilled with no exceptions. This is how meticulous we are and how we operate with integrity. We manage to stay in business were the majority of our competition has already folded because of it. If this is not acceptable to you, please heed our advise and simply seek other sellers elsewhere, spare us both the hassle.***FYI - This technology / device is 28 years old which required a complete age restoration performed whether or not it is used by the original owner. Age restoration required replacing all aluminum surface capacitors on all circuit boards (tip of the ice berg) among many other things to be able to operate properly and reliably (just like when it was new). This is what you get done from all devices purchased from DoctorSony (the renowned finest Sony Corporation Technical Specialist and Master Tech of these devicesin the USA) and for your peace of mind carries a 90 Days Courtesy Service Warranty (not a return for refund).***ZERO DEFECT POLICY - A high touch is provided without exception on every devices - complete functional aging test prior to packaging on the last minute or we wont ship to avoid any kind of shuttle hassle to all buyers - we are not after volume sale but elevated buyer's satisfactory experience). If you ever experience any issue with the device - please do not jump the gun because it could only be attributed to your bad media or most likely from freight / package being banged around during transit by the courier (while we do the best we can to protect the device these are beyond our control and responsibility. The cosmetic housing may survive harsh handling but the delicate mechanism and electronics may not. This is the special attention all our buyer gets. This is also fair warning against exploiters and dishonest people who only wanted to use our devices then fabricate “Defective/Not As Described” to exploit eBay Money Back Guarantee all at our cost – we have seen a few of them doing this on eBay for 24 years and counting. Please move on and find another victim of your ploy. Let it be a CAVEAT.A little background - In the early days, DoctorSony always been called Doc, Surgeon / A-Tech by people who witnessed his specialized knowledge / understanding, highly efficient diagnostic techniques, expertise and precise skill sets from Sony, Tandy, Circuit City and enumerable smaller repair shops outsourcing tough work to him before he finally establish his own practice and cater directly to end users locally & now practically globally while limiting his services to mostly Sony devices ergo DoctorSony. If you own any of these SONY devices and requires repair or restoration, visit our doctorsony dot com company website and inquire. Feel free to check our fully restored sony devices available in-stock as well. ***To explain the concept of "Full Restoration" does NOT mean making the device to "New Condition" because this is simply impossible to achieve due to the following factors of:ISSUES YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF ABOUT Media Tapes (before you purchase): Media Tape issues are more prevalent now a days than not. We are well aware being in the service business for over 35 years and these get worse thru the years, so part of our service process is to maintain good sets of quality controlled media tapes in testing phase to ensure every device is perfect before it gets shipped out. The following are the top most significant factors affecting Media Tapes deterioration (all formats Beta, VHS, 8mm, MiniDV, microMV): 1) Age of Media Tapes – magnetic particles erosion starting from ribbon edges are the first to go (much like the end to end tip of a shoe lace). Linear audio & tracking issues from weaken to complete loss (mute video or blue screen) of signals residing on the tape edges for Beta/VHS) 2) Wear and stretching of tape ribbons – every playback wears and stretches the media tapes as it passes to the video heads with some degree of friction (tapes should pass these devices in silky smooth fashion to keep friction at the minimum which is not the case from no-maintained devices) which gets worse until the device reel tension is adjusted thru proper maintenance (to add - not all servicer do this unfortunately from lack of proper tool). 3) Recording devices - as they age also develops issues in electronics and wearing mechanism which translates into overall poor recordings. To be specific - from mechanical wear which skewed the overall angle of recording stripes along the tape ribbon. It is common that the recordings made will playback with no to little issue with the same recording device since recording stripes matches but most likely way off already from industry standard tolerance. To see the proof for yourself – try to playback a known good pre-recorded movie tape (best would be a movie tape that is sealed in a box and has never been played before on any machine to insure no wear, stretching or playback damage induced). 4) Contaminations - resulting into snowy to no video & mech jam (Dust, loose particles from erosion, grease, soda splash & worse mold). We professionally clean every devices internally. However, nothing can stop it from contamination when a bad tape is loaded and made contact to the device’s internals. Contamination is instantaneous. Wet alcohol-base cleaning tape may help all depends on severity (soda/sugar base & grease are bad news)
It’s our common practice to restore the device to its near - like new condition performance wise the best we can but unfortunately, the typical media issues - we can only explain for your awareness but beyond our capability to solve as professional servicer. They are not an integral part of any device we restore, therefore – they are what they are. | ||||||||||
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These are actual pictures of a fully featured Sony CCD-TR400 Hi-8 Stereo camcorder. One of the few models that are build tough to last a lifetime. It utilizes an all aluminum FL-Mechanism that are no longer found on newer models cheaper built "tin can" mechanism. Originally retailed for $999.95. This camcorder has been fully restored - it is in excellent working condition inside and out. | ||||||||||
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CCD-TR400 Camcorder , AC-V25 Adaptor Charger, Stereo RCA A/V cable and shoulder strap only (No NP-80 rechargeable battery).
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