That must be photo shopped! That clean saw and even cleaner case. My cases had a lake of bar oil on the bottom. Now that the sting of paying good money for useless junk has probably passed, my Stihl cases will probably just help to start a brush pile fire.
I just keep the saws parked on their side, which seems to conserve at least some bar oil!
Nope- no photo shop.
Just a good case of being in the right place at the right time.
That saw was owned by someone (about a 40yr old guy) that that lived about 2 miles from Tyson's corner, Va. A very dense suburb. He had about a 1/4 acre lot densely wooded. The story goes that he had a black walnut tree die and he knew the lumber was valuable and he figured he could use a CSM and get some VALUABLE lumber. So he bought a new 088, Alaskan Mark II, bar etc. sometime after the 880 came out. He milled that one tree and an oak. He had a 1+ car garage that was basically stacked with stickered wood in 2 inch to 3 inch slabs that had been drying for several years. (I almost bought the wood also).
Apparently his plan had been to move to a more rural area, big barn, etc. and start woodworking. (hence the fairly nice cases)
Then the triple whammy.
The economy took a nosedive so he couldn't sell and move.
A few winters passed.
His wife wanted the #@$% garage back.
He posted it on CL one night, I saw it after it had been up for several hours and I was the third caller in line to buy it. And the first two didn't show up in time.
He had complete paperwork along with a recent bill for a tuneup. When I got there the saw was cold, so I do the full choke, pull, pull, pop, half choke, pull ROAR routine, it fired right up.
Other than a trophy I have yet to find a big tree for it. The small sub 30" DBH trees I've been removing come down fine with my 660's.