Exactly. I told him I wouldn't have called that mint personally, but that I was more than willing to give a pass this time around given the price:
- very superficial marks from very minor playing and polishing. None that wouldn't buff out, in fact I buffed out most already anyways.
- couple small shallow scratches on the headstock very likely from a slightly careless change of strings. Not bothering taking out micro mesh paper and buffing compound for those though, as that could go wrong quickly.
Putting a picture of it in the listing and not mentioning it (letting the buyer think it might just be dust or something) still doesn't' make it mint, which is exactly what happened.
My idea of mint is: zero signs of use and identical to how the dealer received it from PRS.
Anything else, including polishing marks that are clearly not from the factory, falls into Excellent whenever I list something even if it can only be seen with a high intensity spotlight.
Granted very few sellers align with my 'concept' of mint
