Is this a normal carb purchase?

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I think I'd be a little upset...

My suggestion? Give his name to Frank to be put on the "Don't buy from this guy" list. those aren't worth $20, let alone $55.00, IMHO.

Yeah that is beyond the pale. Pretty much round file fodder.

The corrosion in these is extreme
Did he soka them in salt water or something?
I doubt that any of the passages would be free of the corrosion so evident in the float bowl area.

Clearly he never opened them up the crushed float isnt repairable by cleaning now is it?

So I purchased a set of carbs from a user here on the forum for $55 (Mikuni 34s). On his website he advertised that he had opened up the carbs and they looked good just needed some cleaning. When I first opened them up, this is what I saw.

www.bluetigersurfer.com/images/nasty2.jpg
www.bluetigersurfer.com/images/nasty3.jpg
www.bluetigersurfer.com/images/nasty4.jpg
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I replied to a post-sale PM from the user because he asked me to advertise his little shop to some other guys on the forum. I was not asking for any money back, just commenting on how I was disappointed with the condition of the carburetors, saying it was clear he had not opened up the carbs because the dried up gasoline dust spilled out when I opened the bowls. If you cant tell from the pictures the floats were crushed on both carbs and one was even broken off and laying insde.

The user replied "What that is crusty old gas. Used carbeurtors have to be rebuilt and cleaned. If was to clean them and rebuild them, then the set would have went for like $300. You clean carbuertors by useing a hydrosonic cleaner or boiling them in simple green. I have a set of carbuertors for one of my bikes that was a lot of worse. GS650 rack. When you are buying carbs they are never cleaned. "

Does this sound like a normal carb sale to you?