Quoted from chuckwurt:Broken could be anything. Notice I didn’t say basket case. Buy something that mostly works and make it yours. You’ll have to give it attention immediately and it will really show you if you’re willing to do the dirty work. That’s most of the battle right there.
I agree with this take. My first game was a CFTBL that I bought from a retailer. It totally worked, but had some issues that I didn’t notice at the time. I was able to play it with out any major issues, but it gave me some low risk stuff to fix.