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We bought this shredder in January and it no longer seems to shred.

The motor is running (so it isn't due to overheating) but it won't actually grab the paper. I usually shred 8 or fewer pages. Please help

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Drive mech depending on type it may either be a drive belt or adjustment of mech

Posted on Apr 30, 2015

Testimonial: "it is pretty new. we bought it in Jan. would this be covered under warranty? Does Omnitech or you have somewhere you recommend we take it to get looked at?"

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