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Yeah, those "cosmetically damaged" ones actually look pretty good for the most part.
And, I've recently found out that my soldering skills are terrible, so I'm glad that it already has pins on it!
Practice makes perfect - get some perf board and some pin header, and practice soldering on pin header. To make it easiest on yourself, use leaded (63/37 or 60/40) solder (lead-free solder doesn't flow as well, and needs higher temperatures). Soldering on pin header is probably one of the easiest soldering tasks, and you will inevitably need to solder on pin header sooner or later. Crappy perf board and pin header is dirt cheap on ebay.
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I got my (cosmetically) damaged Pico today! The one I got isn't all that bad, so I'm pretty happy about that!
And, I've recently found out that my soldering skills are terrible, so I'm glad that it already has pins on it!