Quoted from BC_Gambit:Sucks, but people keep happily paying premium $$$ for games sight unseen. We're "lucky" Stern has not wised up to JJP's model and started taking in the $$$ years in advance...
I was leaning toward buying the NIB IM VE but now thinking HUO may be a better bet- at least you can examine and test it. Even if it affects only 1% of machines, why does anyone have to deal with this when buying new.