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i bought a brand new GBA Micro for $500 from amazon, it was the famicom version

When I took it out of the box, it was like this:
https://imgur.com/gallery/cZjNKFZ

Seller was kind enough to refund $300 of it, but I’m still annoyed by this as I wanted a perfect one.

Any idea how I can fix this? Or get a new good faceplate? Not sure if these are easy to find, but I figured users form this awesome forum will know.

Edit: sorry I realised I posted in Switch section, was meant to be in gba section... I have too many tabs open and fkd up lol
 
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wizra said:
i bought a brand new GBA Micro for $500 from amazon, it was the famicom version

When I took it out of the box, it was like this:
https://imgur.com/gallery/cZjNKFZ

Seller was kind enough to refund $300 of it, but I’m still annoyed by this as I wanted a perfect one.

Any idea how I can fix this? Or get a new good faceplate? Not sure if these are easy to find, but I figured users form this awesome forum will know.

Edit: sorry I realised I posted in Switch section, was meant to be in gba section... I have too many tabs open and fkd up lol
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Can't help you with your search man, but just wanted to say I'm sorry this happened to you.

Spent all that money to get a new one and then an out of the box defect... Oof... That would drive me crazy as well. So sorry, man - hope you can find a solution!
 
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Thanks for the replies everyone!

koffieleut said:
Found one for you on AliExpress.
Here is the link:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/ctOHVM67v
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That looks very similar to my one. I think I will try that.

PityOnU said:
Spent all that money to get a new one and then an out of the box defect... Oof... That would drive me crazy as well. So sorry, man - hope you can find a solution!
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Yeh I was annoyed at first, but he gave more than 50% off as refund, so it's kind of okay. $200 AUD for a small scratch but otherwise brand new GBA Micro is a decent deal, since it's a rare type and hard to find. I saw some GBA Micros for 1,000 AUD lol!
 

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