ok Thanks Joe, will take it in.... huge Pita, put suitcase and lose 1/2 day but..... it is still worth used $600 (per ebay) so probably worth saving?
You could not sell it in good faith as is.. anyway?
Cut the price to $300 and sell it with a notice about the drive, and then you could sell it "in good faith". Be aware if it is not covered by Apple Care, repairs could easily run up $300 or more. I am not sure what Apple charges for out of warranty repairs, but $175 an hour with a two-hour minimum plus parts is not uncommon (you might invest in a phone conversation before you make the journey).
There is a third alternative, assuming your iMac has a spare Thunderbolt 3 port, buy an external Thunderbolt drive, like
this or if you have USB 3.3 or 3.1 Gen 2 port and don't mind a significantly slower system a USB 3.1 gen 2 HD like
this then clone your internal drive to the new external drive and thereafter use the external drive as your boot drive and forget the internal drive. (Personally, I would go for the SSD as an investment for use on your next Mac.)
