[Arran]

 I would not have said "no thank you" but I would have communicated that the $250 was too much. I've heard claims that a chassis was supposedly "gone over" or "overhauled" but I usually ignore that unless I know who did the work or can see what was done. To some people, including many who should know better, that can mean something as minimal as changing the filter caps and maybe the audio coupling capacitors. It's rather like saying the set works because the tubes light up and they might get some noise out of the speaker. Aside from the electrical side of things both of these cabinets need to be refinished and or repaired, I'm not sure but it looks like the X model set may have the wrong knobs, it's supposed to have a set of either black rosette knobs or hex knobs, I can't tell what kind it has but they look like they may be a set of 1936-40 Philco knobs.
Regards
Arran