Yes, I personally wouldn't go to all that trouble and expense for
something cosmetic.

Before sending mine off to AOR UK, I called Universal to see if anyone
there would touch it, but no dice. They said they repair the ones they
sell, but no others. And to be honest, with all due respect to
Universal, I understand that repairing the 7030+ is quite tricky. The
folks at AOR UK told me that, when they were selling the 7030+ in the
US, the technicians at AOR USA were not very good at repairing them. I
don't know why the 7030+ would be more difficult to repair than any
other high-end consumer grade receiver, but that's what I was told.

Steve