Would you buy a piece of gear with a defect?

I'm always wary of picking up a defective unit for substantial money unless I have a pretty good idea of what's wrong and can either fix it myself or have a good idea of how much it would cost to get it repaired (if possible).  I also always assume that the current owner has looked into it and decided it was not worth their effort or there was a issue with repair.  I had an 80's McIntosh SS amp that had issues of my own making but found it very hard to find replacement parts - I know you hear that McIntosh services all of their equipment no matter how old, but there are some parts you just can't get anymore.  I trashed a couple of volume pots and I thought, how hard to get those?  But McIntosh nor my local vintage repair store wouldn't touch it because they couldn't get the exact part - the Mc contact called it a "boat anchor".  I finally did track down a pair of long shafted pots with the proper value, cut the shafts down to the proper length and fixed it myself, but what if it was something more substantial?  Some resistor values and ribbon cables for older Mc's are really hard to find.

One just sold on eBay from Overture for $2224 and free shipping, tested and in excellent condition.

Has anyone noticed that OP has not posted since the original. He must not have truly wanted help or opinions. Maybe this was the seller, not the buyer. Time wasted...

Hey man! I still have not made my decision to purchase or not. What do you want me to say?

My current pre is an Ayre K5xe-mp. I keep switching back and forth but every time I put the Parasound back in I like the bloom that it has.