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VPI Super Platter out of square-will it work?

After years of looking I bought a NOS Super Platter in July. Yesterday my Rim Drive Super Scoutmaster was delivered so I took the Super Platter out of the box for the first time and I could feel the edges of the 3 layers thru the plastic! The outer surface is not square. One or the other of the 3 layers protrudes or recedes as you run your finger around the circumference. Sometimes the steel layer sticks out, sometimes one of the acrylic layers sticks out. This platter is new but its as if the acrylic shifted slightly here and there. I don't seed how this could happen with the shaft in place. Is it usable? I contacted the seller for a refund because I don't want to chance losing the $1000 I paid by mounting the platter. Is this what VPI refers to as "thermally unstable"? Is it a partial melting of the acrylic? Someone must have had a similar problem since VPI cancelled production due to production problems. Thanks for the help.
manorraul

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canam
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I am the one who sold Manorraul the super platter. Some of the posts here suggest there is a question as to whether he can get his money back. I have assured him that as soon as the platter gets back to me (which will be tommorow according to USPS) I will refund the full price plus the cost of shipping it back to me.
Like Manorraul said, it is a NOS platter which I bought about 3-4 years ago. I inspected it when I first got it and put it back in the box. I did not notice the out of roundness then. It may have happened during shipping, or just sitting in my closet for all that time.
I will contact VPI when I get it back to see what they can do, but I won't accept the aluminum platter. If they can't fix it I may try myself, or take it appart and use the stainless steel portion for a platter build of my own, if that's possible.
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