I shouldn't admit this, but I sometimes do send messages to sellers about what they base their asking prices on or other silly questions. There was a woman that was asking top dollar for an Onkyo TX-4500(?) maybe a TX-8500 Receiver that had the piece of glass screwed down to the face plate. I asked her if she was aware there was supposed to be a piece of glass there covering the tuning dial. Her response was that it was listed "as is". A guy had a Sansui AU-7700 (?) Amp that all the original knobs were changed to some off the shelf knobs, of course his response was "that's the way I got it". I usually don't have any interest in buying the stuff, but just enjoy the responses.