Rebuilt laser any good?


My Theta Data Basic II transport worked perfectly for 3.5 years after I got it but recently started skipping. The nice Theta guy says a laser rebuild runs about $400 and offers about 95% of the original performance. Search of the A-gon database shows others have already been here. Does anyone care to say how your repair results affected performance?
rockvirgo
The nice Theta guy's 95% was in response to the fact that the CDM-9 pro is no longer available. Has anyone else been there, done that?
The Data and Data II are the laserdisc players and should be avoided at all cost. The Data Basic and Data Basic II are CD only. I've never seen a working Data Basic II for $400. If you have one, please let me know.