Been rotating Stern pros for a few years, they hold their value really well. Even if you get a dud like Kiss, if you only hold it a year plenty of people will think they code is aboot to get updated anyway.
Better if you csn pick up and not ship because you'll have to eat that but that's the the absolute worst case? You lose 1k a year to have a new pin? Like, big deal.
50% of new buyers on pinside easily throwaway hundreds the first day adding mods they'll never recover the cash from

Save up with 1 and get 2 rolling... That makes it a lot easier.