When plugged in and turned on, hums loudly. If you manually spin the wheel, the arm will move on its own over to the record area. Wheel does not spin on its own.
Paint and stickers have chips, some tarnish to the paint in places. Any new item will be unused.
The box or packaging may show substantial wear from storage, but the item inside will be new. The pictures are the biggest part of the description. The last 2 or 3 digits in our item title are simply a personal inventory number (example A1).