When buying used speakers are cosmetics important to you?

Those speakers look great. It's only an issue come time to resell. I go to great pains pains accurately grading, documenting, and photographing every issue, so I just have to roll my eyes when someone follows up with "how is it cosmetically, are there any scratches not shown here?". As if this would somehow be missed in the process, and as if such a defect makes it sound bad or break down sooner. Just buy new, at (or near) MSRP if you're so averse to minor cosmetic defects. It's getting to the point now I'd rather just give gear away locally or throw it away than risk dealing with a clown lol. 

I'm venting because I'm pretty much through trying to sell crap in this market.

@dekay 

Yes I bought them. 
I felt the same as you on the scratches.  Were they worth $15k more for new?Absolutely not.
I’m 74. I don’t get OCD much anymore. But I do get anxiety waiting for UPS and FEDEX deliveries of audio equipment and vinyl. 

I have Totems now and one characteristic of their DNA is they disappear in the music

I always put on my makeup before I buy speakers. 

Nobody’s perfect though some speakers come pretty darn close. 
 

Call me shallow but we all know that looks matter.  The proof is all around us.  

We want a positive all around experience.  Perfection is nice but overrated.  I can live with minor defects but I want my babies to look the part.  What does that mean?   Who knows…other than one pays for perfection and it does not come cheap.  
 

No.