Yeah, does it look old or did it happen in shipping?Got the new back plate and it mounts up nicely. Problem, though, it's dented. Someone dropped it. Bummer. Waiting on response from the eBay seller.
The backplate is definately damaged either from shipping or preexisting. Either way I think it would be the sellers fault. I would contact him stating what would please you. Could be a partial refund, full refund, exchange whatever you come up with. Tell him you will leave a neg. Review on his packing and condition of product. If he’s smart he’d work with you. Neg. Reviews hurt a seller multiple ways.The seller is being a jerk. Basically says, the plate is fine. Thing is, I need a plate of this size, and this is the only one I've been able to find. eBay does indeed suck sometimes.
More likely he didn’t want you to open a “damaged” case with ebay.The seller totally changed his tune and issued me a full refund. A huge surprise. I didn't ask for this, he just did it. It's too much, actually. I would have been happy with a little beer money. The packing was excellent, and the box was not damaged, so the problem was preexisting. Maybe he was feeling guilty?
Anyway, I'll dress the spindle side and cut the face to fit my chuck. I should be able to skim off at least some of the dent on the OD, because the plate is a little larger than my chuck.