I’ve bought plenty of parts that were flipped within a week of their picking, that had been cleaned, rolled, re riveted, that I would’ve preferred to have been able to do myself.
I won’t mention any specific examples, because I would probably offend some of the people reading this thread.
To Mikes original point, if you’re just intending to flip it, which in most cases, you know you are.
THEN DON’T FRICKEN MESS WITH IT!
It doesn’t help the sale to doll it up.
We’re a somewhat savvy bunch, and would actually be more enticed by something that looks, as found original.
Just think, if Neil Armstrong had looked out of the Lunar Module, and someone had swept the place and left out a Welcome mat.
They would of just fired off the retro rockets and gone home.
We like the untouched, so that if we the collectors, are going to keep it for our collections, then we are the ones, who get to decide how much if any cleaning and detailing is necessary.