Skimmer Thread

[pecan2phat]

Rich,
With Postal insurance, either the shipper or the receiver can file the claim. It's dependent on who has the receipts. Most ebayers will forward the insurance receipt to the receiver since they don't want to do the dirty deed.
But in order to file a claim, you need the following:
Item in orginal package as received and all packing material that was included, insurance receipt at time of mailing, and proof of value. The proof of value usually means the receipt for the item but in ebay claims, you can provide a printout of the Pay Pal receipt as the proof of value.
What will determine the validity of the claim is the original box and packing material. If they deem that the item was not packed securely, they might deny your claim.
So right now since the seller has the insurance receipt, you cannot file the claim unless he sends it to you or he can also file the claim by filling out the necessary paper work and submitting the receipts and have his local Post Office forward the claim to your local Post Office in Far Rockaway. You will need to bring in your damaged package though. One thing you should know though, Mail carriers are required to input a scan that there is "visible damage" on an insured package if there is any at the time of delivery. You did have to sign for it correct?

The 21 day wait is incorrect info whoever gave you that. If you receive a damaged insured package, you can file a claim immediately upon receipt as long as you have all the neccessary documents.
When an insured article is "lost" in the mail, then you need to wait 30 days from the time of mailing.
HTHs

Also wanted to say sorry for your bad experience with the skimmer, I know you were excited to get it and must be madder than a pitbull fed hot sauce so no jokes

 

[Vic8361]

Rich
Hope all turns out well it's sad when you wind up dealing with a person that isn't a striaght up person like yourself.

Vic

 

[lazyreefer]

man sorry to hear rich. I was hoping to see how you feel about DAS skimmer after you fired it up

 

[ctxmonitor]

$hiT!! Sorry to hear that Rich.. I also hate when that happen!! Hope you get your claim from paypal or postal.

 

[SPSluva]

Hey, awesome skimmer thread guys.:cool3:

Cali Reef, if you are still following this thread, I would love to hear your updated thoughts on how your BK is doing compared to your Barr. I am interested in hearing how things are going and which one is pulling harder.

 

[cali_reef]

Barr can pull wet, dry, or medium with a easy twist of gate valve knob. The best constructed acrylic skimmer I have put my hands on. The two down sides are electrical consumption for a huge a$$ pump and the noise the beckett makes.

BK is a nice and quiet skimmer, uses much less power and the column is filled with uniform sized little bubbles. Adjusting is a pain in the a$$, the wedge pipe is a super cheap version of a gate valve and pretty much useless at low flow rate. I use the telescoping connector to make my adjustments, the skimmer does hold the adjusted foam level pretty well once adjusted. I am a little shock to find finger prints melted into some glue joints, it is a shame to see that on a expensive German product.

I would say the Barr is the best skimmer for the money.. As long as you don't mind the noise and the monthly electric bill.

PS. Don't buy MRC, it is a piece of crap.

 

[alrha]

I am a little shock to find finger prints melted into some glue joints, it is a shame to see that on a expensive German product.

perhaps they wanted to make sure you realize it is hand-made.

 

[spykes]

travis point some pics of your BK!

 

[Heinz]

Okay, here they are:

this BK can't perform, if you want it to perform, you first have to set it as it is recommendat by the manufacturer,

first you have to set both returns equel, and yes you need both, or they would not be there,

some of the new BK's come with just one return but the pipe is larger in diameter,

then the one pipe you are using right now for return is to low, you need to rise the "T" and open up the wedge pipe,

 

[Heinz]

looking at the thread you linked earlyer in the thread, that BK 250 is set right, and there is no reason why your BK shouldn't perform just as good as this one, taken from the thread you linked, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=768740

 

[cali_reef]

this BK can't perform, if you want it to perform, you first have to set it as it is recommendat by the manufacturer,

first you have to set both returns equel, and yes you need both, or they would not be there,

some of the new BK's come with just one return but the pipe is larger in diameter,

then the one pipe you are using right now for return is to low, you need to rise the "T" and open up the wedge pipe,

Dude, people ask how the thing perform in real life, not what you have seen in the picture or what you think it should do. Do you get money from BK every time you bash another skimmer brand? Why do you think you know how it work in everyone else's tank? Do you even own a BK?

I have asked Madison about the the single pipe vs. dual pipe thing and he didn't think I would need to use both pipe for the 200 gph or so I am flowing thru, Moonpod says the same for his 400ext. I am now using both pipe since I moved the BK to a different tank and I still don't see a difference in its performance from the way I had it before.

Why are you here anyway?

 

[Heinz]

Why are you here anyway?

i didn't bash any skimmer, and yes i own a BK

but i didn't know i was not allowed to post here,

your picture shows that your BK 300 can't reach his full potential because it is not adjusted right,

i would think you where happy to hear that your BK can do better then that, i guess i was wrong

 

[jhale]

um do you guys have a past history or something?

Heinz, Welcome to manhattan reefs, maybe a bit too late


I'm glad to see a few familiar faces from RC made it to our neck of the woods.

 

[Heinz]

um do you guys have a past history or something?
.

not that i know of,

thanx for the welcome

 

[jhale]

Why are you here anyway?

why are any of us here? I think about this everyday :lol:

can we discuss skimmers without going for the jugular?

 

[SPSluva]

Cali Reef, thanks for the honest update. I value honest updates a lot. Unfortunately, a lot of the time people spend ungodly amounts of money on a piece of equipment and then they feel they need to hype it up just to make themselves feel like it was a worthwhile investment. I am surprised you don't like the wedge pipes on your BK. That is my favorite adjustment point on mine. I find that it offers a very precise adjustment to the water level in the skimmer. I didn't like the gate valves on the MRC's that I used as they got "sticky" after a while due to calcification, which made the adjusments become coarse. But those MRC skimmers are kind of sucky anyways so I'm guessing that Barr puts a higher quality gate valve on his.

BTW, I'm glad I made it over to this forum. You guys have a great and knowledgable group of people over here.:smile:

 

[SPSluva]

Oh yeah, Cali, I forgot to mention my BK has fingerprints too. Maybe it is like a serial number.:scratchch

 

[cali_reef]

I would be mad if I get a Mercedes with finger prints imprinted on the paint

 

[SPSluva]

 

[DevIouS]

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Nice looking crap! :teeth: