I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

Bought it used but it works like it's brand new.

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

The vendor contacted me to tell me that deck was no longer available but that he had an alternate deck to ship

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

Seal tape on box was tampered

The tape deck WILL put the CD player into play pause mode, so I know they're communicating, but the signal to start the process (press pause on the tape deck) is apparently being ignored

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

I purchased a used deck since I could not find a new deck with Dolby B/C noise reduction for a reasonable price, but I was worried that it would fail due to old age (cassette decks are mechanically very complex)

However, I have run the deck at least 60 hours and it performed excellently, as good or better than my old deck (long since broken).I had originally selected a different used deck