eMates are a dime a dozen. There's usually no less than 5 or 6 on eBay at any given time. There's no reason to buy a broken one. There's no sense saving a couple of bucks on one that needs repair to end up spending more money on parts to fix it. (Not to mention the added cost of S/H on said replacements parts.)

I'm looking at that auction now and shipping to me would be $10.85. So you're already in the hole about $30 bucks and you still need an adapter. Another $10-20. And then you need to fix it. Another $10-20 for parts.

It would stink spending a good $50-60 on an eMate and not know if you can even fix it. I'd wait and just pick up a working unit.

You might get lucky. I scored one in the box for $25: http://appletothecore.me/files/emate_300_1.php

and a better looking one for $36: http://appletothecore.me/files/emate300.php