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All I had that was reusable was 7 screws that the threads were not stripped or filled with aluminum so running it over made me feel better, not one other part was suitable for reuse. The saw had been reassembled with all dunnage parts from several rebuilds by the previous owner, there was nothing else fit for swapping over to another saw, nothing I needed anyway. Sometimes one just needs to bite the bullet and let it go, I should have been pissed but in the overall scheme of things I had collected far more saws that were in much better shape costing me far less than their worth, I was far ahead of the ball on refurbishment of dozens of desirable saws so one must bite the bullet occasionally, well just once in my case.
Thats exactly the way I look at it as well- I have many saws bought at bargain basement prices that fix very easily. I am way up on the good side of the scale and did not get burned on this one.
Had I paid $3-400 of ours for it- I might be a touch angry, but I didn't, so cant complain.
It is all part of the online buying risk- it is calculated on the worse possible outcome, despite what the seller gleams over or neglects to mention- you pay what you are willing to risk on the minimum any certain saw might return.
Over here, I have been quoted by parts suppliers here $50 for the 7th AV for one of these- the big spring out the front- so what little is left unmolested is still holding some value and I have plenty of 288 parts stashed away- just short on genuine carbs.
About three days after this abomination arrived in a box- a nice 268XP showed up that was apparently seized and also very cheap. It had a fairly new 20 inch bar and chain, complete unmolested saw, very tidy cosmetically, came with a spare recoil starter cover and had simply been straight fuelled- I ridded the cylinder of transfer, took the piston off a 268 sitting here than has a snapped crank, fitted a new ring and badda boom badda bang- runs like new.
I have way more wins than losses.