Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment?

For five bucks or maybe ten, you should be getting an LP with a near flawless surface, assuming the particular example is not some collectible item. (Some very minor scuffing might or might not create audible problems, but why take a chance?) Don't buy crappy looking LPs.  That visible damage cannot be corrected by any level of washing or preservative. Which is why I never buy on-line.  Visible inspection and a high rejection rate will still not fully protect you from buying an LP that is worn out, once in a while.  When that happens, I bin them.

Life has surface noise

@surmuz it’s shellac, not vinyl, they are mono and probably played to death with steel needles in the 40s. Those are made before RIAA was invented. It’s different technology.
So you need completely different needle to play those 78rpm today, and you can’t compare them even to old microgroove (stereo 33rpm) high fidelity LPs from the 60s for example.

ibmjunkman - I love my SAE 5000A too. I tend to only use it for vinyl that has a scratch as it does remove some high frequencies, eve when set at the optimal level. It's certainly better than the click, click, click on every revolution!

I don't play anything below a VG+. Surface noise is not my cup of tea. I've always cared for my albums since I was a kid. Dirty albums and high $$$ cartridges are a very poor match. It took me a long time to get to this level of equipment and I will not destroy it purposefully with dirty albums. And that is what you are doing to your inexpensive cartridge also. Anyone who thinks SN is a normal part or vinyl playback knows little about vinyl. Even with my inferior equipment I never had big issues because I always kept my hands off the grooves and put the records back in the sleeve after play.