That stinks man, glad you figured it out and controlled your loses. There is one of those to good to be true in Phoenix AZ, it is a slightly used EX 6 Smoke Fire for 89.00. Yeah right slightly used when y]they stole it out of some dudes backyard or garage.
Yes a 1000% savings on a pretty clean unit is alittle tuff to swallow. But I would love to own one.