I recently purchased an older Uberti on Gunbroker, offered as “used but looks new.” It was anything but - dings, rust, and probably never cleaned. But the seller was great to resolve things. We finally worked out a deal where I got three Rapine 58 caliber Minie ball molds and two brass revolver molds that were worth more than half the value of the gun. And the gun cleaned up nicely - it was just a lot of work. There are indeed still decent folks out there, even on auction sites.
I still wouldn’t pay $1,500 bucks for any second generation revolver.