NPD....Not working :(

DrJazzTapDrJazzTap Frets: 2168
edited August 2019 in FX
I picked up a voodoo labs super fuzz yesterday. I drove forty minutes. Like an idiot and having previously bought a boss pedal with no issues I didn't try it out.
I didn't want to intrude on the sellers day (young toddler in the house) and said "it all works doesn't it?" "Yeah I was playing with it yesterday".
I drove home and put a guitar cable in the input jack and the light came on. Figured it must have a battery in. So opened the back and removed the battery and put it on the pedal board. I put a power cable from a pedal power plus 2 into it and...nothing. 
The signal is going through the pedal. It just doesn't engage when you hit turn on the footswitch. And the light doesn't come on. 
Initially I thought it must have a dodgy barrell power input. So tried a power cable straight from the 9v battery clip. Tried a fresh 9v battery. Occasionally I can hear the guitar coming through faintly, sounding very thin. Again with no light on. I left the pedal yesterday and tried it later on, the light came on then after a click....nothing.

Reading online I suspect it's the footswitch, possibly a connection to that footswitch? 
I don't really want to contact the seller as can't be assed with hassle. I've no doubt it was working fine yesterday, I've just been unlucky.
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7768
    The switch has probably crapped out
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72311
    Wrong voltage or polarity power supply? It seems too much of a coincidence that it worked until you put it on the board.

    The bad news is that if it is that, and now it no longer works on a battery, it’s probably fried.

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