copladocus wrote:
Indeed, it all looks like it has been through a war BUT, all of it is quite serviceable. If pristine cosmetics are important to you then equipment auctions are NOT for you. If there are defects that affect performance, we make an effort to find and disclose those issues. For the rest of us, as long as it serves its purpose then how it looks is not important -- especially if we can get good equipment at a fraction of the cost when new.
The layers of dirt and dust shows that on top of being worked hard it has also been left in a dustbowl - showing off a level of care (or rather not) that this stuff has been exposed to.