Okay,
 
I have a rather big problem on my plate and I 
dont know what to do about it.  Let's say you had 
accquired a cel that you would honestly deem a 
dreamcel, and you had paid more for it than you 
ever thought you'd spend on a cel.  Let's say the 
seller doesnt tell you what kind of condition the 
cel is in. The scan they show you is fine (albeit 
old), you have no worries.  But, when you get 
your "dreamcel", it has terrible damage that not 
only ruins the joy of the moment, but also makes 
the amt of money you paid for it ridiculous.  
What would you do?

a) Keep the cel, even though everytime you look 
at it all you feel is regret and betrayal. 

b) Get the cel fixed or restored (and no, I dont 
mean having a friend do a correction layer for 
you, I mean really restored) and pretty much 
destroy the value of it in the eyes of the 
collecting community..all the while still knowing 
it was damaged in the first place (remembering 
what you paid for it, and then knowing you had to 
spend even more on the thing to get it fixed).

c) Confront the seller about it even though you 
are 99% sure it wont amt to anything.

d) Try to sell the cel, even though you waited so 
long to have the particular image.  You know you 
will never get another chance to own an image 
from the scene, AND there's the added bonus of 
getting nowhere near what you paid for the cel.

Im in this situation now. I tried to let it go, 
but it's just haunting me.  I think Im going to 
try suggestion b first.  But after that, Im 
really struggling over what to do with said cel.  
Any helpful advice or anything would be grately 
appreciated.  I hope no one else -ever- has this 
happen to them...it's very very disheartening, 
and has been bothering me for some time now.  I 
know a lot of verteran collectors are around 
here, so Id like to hear what you all have to 
say :).