1. It's a regular controller.
2. I'd say $30 shipped (add or take a few dollars).
3. Goo Gone to remove it or any alcohol base liquid. IF you use blow dryer have it on LOW trust me...
For people who are using the tracking site and have ordered controllers. If you are for sure certain they are controllers (black/windows) then how much do they weigh? I'm getting a lot of 1 Lbs for my city but its a very big city so someone might've ordered a bunch of vistas...
As long as you get a $100 something you should be fine. I sold each one of mine to some guy for $100 each. I'm not greedy nor am I smart :P. Just wanted to get rid of them.
IMO I don't think so. You can get a Vista and sell it and will probably be able to buy a arcade with new guts. The ones on CL are old models and soon to not be covered by the 3 year warranty.