con_mon2

Super helpful posts, thank you everyone.

Thank you for the feedback! Might as well post the eBay link as that might help with the assessment: https://www.ebay.com/itm/365766192570 I'm also interested in how people approach this with their own purchases. Generally speaking, any rules to live by when looking for a set of used irons?

Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this! How much wear are you comfortable with? I found a set of irons on eBay that I am very interested in buying, but they have a bit more wear than I'm comfortable with. I have attached a few pictures showing especially the wear on the sweet spot on the PW and 9 iron. Maybe you can convince me that I'm being too picky and I should just buy them? Or maybe I should be concerned about the wear? I'm not really sure. They are Ping i230s which came out in 2022 so they aren't that old. And the seller had this to say about the condition: "Good: Normal wear for their age. Excellent playing condition but they have cosmetic wear on faces and soles. Sweetspot wear is visible. " Beyond the cosmetic, I'd really like to know this: at what point do you start to worry about the grooves being so worn that they have a substantial effect on the shots you're hitting?