When buying used speakers are cosmetics important to you?

@dekay 

those are the speakers but the Torrent woofers were upgraded to V2 from Totem in 2023 and installed by Gramophone, Totem dealer. 
Would be $20k to buy new now which was under consideration. 

OK, did you buy them, the Ebay ad is now closed?

All of the larger scratches except one "raised" chip looked like they would pretty much conceal with a marker or automotive paint pen if one’s not visually OCD.

DeKay

Those speakers look great. It's only an issue come time to resell. I go to great pains pains accurately grading, documenting, and photographing every issue, so I just have to roll my eyes when someone follows up with "how is it cosmetically, are there any scratches not shown here?". As if this would somehow be missed in the process, and as if such a defect makes it sound bad or break down sooner. Just buy new, at (or near) MSRP if you're so averse to minor cosmetic defects. It's getting to the point now I'd rather just give gear away locally or throw it away than risk dealing with a clown lol. 

I'm venting because I'm pretty much through trying to sell crap in this market.

@dekay 

Yes I bought them. 
I felt the same as you on the scratches.  Were they worth $15k more for new?Absolutely not.
I’m 74. I don’t get OCD much anymore. But I do get anxiety waiting for UPS and FEDEX deliveries of audio equipment and vinyl. 

I have Totems now and one characteristic of their DNA is they disappear in the music

I always put on my makeup before I buy speakers.