Would you buy a used iPhone 4S that you KNOW has been dropped a few times?

A friend, who's quite the businessman, wants to sell me his 2-year old iPhone 4S. He's dropped it a few times and had the screen replaced twice. Most recently the speaker was fuzzy. He took it to get repaired by a local shop (not applestore) and was told it was just some dust interfering with the sound.
Alternative is to buy online (ebay or such) and hope I get one that's been taken better care of.
Thoughts?

"A friend, who's quite the businessman..."
If he can convince you to buy his damaged iPhone, he really is a good salesman.

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