Bent pressure gauge face plate

I've just bought an Azoo regulator from eBay and its lower pressure gauge face plate
was bent. The arm couldn't move pass 35 PSI mark. So I opened the cover and pushed
the bending part back. It seems to work OK.



This issue is similar to VICTOR and DUAL STAGE REGULATOR PIMP CLUB - Page 8

I wonder if this issue can be from bad handling in shipping? The seller said he's
inspected it before shipping. But I think it was already bent before shipping, since
the housing looks OK and if there was a major hit, the clear plastic cover would not
survive.

If that is the case I would leave neutralfeedback to the seller.

What do you think? Thanks.

 

Not sure if it's true about the ‘functionality’ of the bent face plate (are you kidding?).
But since you get it bent too (and another person who also bought from the same seller).
So I would take it that it's OK to tolerate. Thanks.

 

Biollante,

I got it $74.94 shipped, about half the price of that is being sold in Thailand, it's $146 here.
After bending back the bent part of the face plate, the needle can move all the way (could not before).


Philosophos,

But in my case, it's only the low pressure gauge that was bent (looked more like a wrinkle
than a bend though), the high pressure was not. And the needle couldn't move pass 35 PSI
mark unless I pushed the bent part back. I hope I didn't damage the gauge mechanics
behind it (I had to push quite deep). And there are other Azoo regulators with normal, not bent,
face plates.

Well, I will leave neutral feedback. Because the seller should have noticed it first.
And I wouldn't have bought it if I had known this in advance. Thanks everyone.