I never worry about "resale value" of things, unless I dealing. If I buy it I expect to get my monies worth out of using it. But what would bother me is the repair. When it was damaged the insurance company determined the cost to repair it right would be more than the value of the unit. I have bought totaled equipment, returned it to serviceable condition, and used it. But while working on it I took shortcuts to reduce cost. But I know the short cut could bite me in the donkey at a later date. If the only thing the stealer was to get out of the TT was what you paid, do you know what shortcuts where taken? Remember the bite is your donkey.
Now it is possible that the dealer, while doing the repair, used it for training monkeys, and expect a value from the better techs.
