The problem with fungus is you don\'t know if it has damaged the glass already or not. You also don\'t know how thorough a clean will be to get rid of it and don\'t have it spreading again after a few months. So basically you don\'t know what the damage is until you\'ve opened it as said above.
If you really really want it you could ask the shop to send it for clean and service and *if* it comes back nice and clean you pay them the $1800 plus whatever they paid for the service.
Personally though I wouldn\'t touch anything with fungus even if it was given to me for free.
Jun 11, 2015 at 05:22 AM
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