I got a 38 (didn't even know there was such a thing) tank, stand, hood, and light, with a Marineland penguin 330 (for 50-70 gallons), heater, decorations, larger sized air pump, quad air hose hook up, a couple larger long air stones, and a fair amount more of other toys that I am not going to list. I was pretty excited to get a bubble tube that will shoot bubbles up the back of the tank. I have always wanted one but never got one. Yippee!
The set up was in petty fantastic shape. I think we found one minor scratch that was 3 inches that I had to look twice before I actually saw what my husband saw, I found one surface chip on the inside, and maybe one or two smaller scratches that we really had to look for. We spent 15 minutes going over it and being nit picky. Even the filter was pretty clean...as good as you can get for anything that had been used for more than a month. There was no obvious damage on the stand at all. They took care of it and cleaned the whole thing up really well.
We got the whole shebang for $140. I almost felt bad asking for less than they listed given the condition and the extras, and what it would cost new for the same things, but they could have said no and we would have gotten it anyway.
I was trying to find an alternative to spending $200 on a brand new 29 gallon tank, stand, hood, light set up that would have been my Christmas/birthday present if nothing great came up on craigslist. This set up is just short of being "new" quality, and I got a bigger tank than I was wanting with more toys for less money. Even my husband did not argue.
I have it filled checking for slow leaks then it gets packed away until December.
