I have bought several pins sight unseen. Some were exactly as represented/as I had expected and some were disappointing. Nevertheless, it was not the end of the world and it has never been anything that a litte time and effort could not fix. I prefer working on the machines rather than playing them anyway.

I cannot recall ever having test driven any car that I bought. I typcially order a new car from the dealer and give them a list of all the options I want. Many of them were models of cars I had never driven before I took delivery of mine when it was finally assembled.