Is this their screw up or does the alt come without the pulley?

All the ones I ever bought had the pulley but I never bought a Mercedes one yet.

Anyway, always inspect rebuilt parts before you leave the store. They say 10% are bad out of the box and my experience is worse than that.

One time I went to get an alternator, Beck Arnley, and they guy brings it to the counter. I open the box and I say, "they don't even paint them anymore?". He looks at it with a sad look. It was a core.

So we go to the second store (and only other store that had one). Guy brings it to the counter. I open the box. Cracked pulley. Big hunk out of it.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra