Yes agreed. It’s not rocket science to service a Garrard if you’re at all handy, lots of how to’s on the net.
I’m lucky enough to have a NOS 401 tucked away, I’ll get round to fettling it at some point, it’ll need a good service having never been used.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
Hunter S Thompson