Didn't say it was shit, said it was a starter package.
Take the electronics off it and you have plastic sides that warp and flex, leadscrews with bearing that are just hammered into holes in the plastic. Probably the all in one Toshiba drives, the early cheap ones so no other than electronics and the rest there isn't much to go wrong with it.

If you look at it as a project to learn you have lost nothing, that experience is invaluable. If you are expecting a working machine with just a few tweaks then I think you will be disappointed.

It really depends on your expectations.