CAJUN ACCORDION DISCUSSION GROUP
"and how the stops 'seem to change the key or something but i didn;t fool with them a lot'." This is standard advice to all contemporary cajun accordionists. Not sure why you think this is odd.
the rule of thumb for accordions on EBAY is that unless it was made by one of the master accordion makers from Louisiana, it is pretty much junk. Note how all the boxes on Ebay or Cajun Or Zydeco.