Reimports got a bad reputation because a lot of the guys bringing in the containers were just reselling them quickly doing the minimum needed. Every time I got an opportunity to buy one I always asked "is it a reimport?" because I always expected them to need more work.

Buying a game now is all about condition.

I just cleaned a Whitewater reimport. The story I got was this guy's dad bought it 20ish years ago. I get into this thing and the first thing I notice is that the head was duct taped for transport. The guy who sold it him just cut the tape and left it on the head. I couldn't believe the things holding this game together. So after new ramps, plastics, boulders, color dmd, topper cover(lucky waterfall it was still attached) and many hours of my time, it came out looking really nice. He passed on new side art but i am sure anyone would be happy to buy this game if he ever sells it.