$350ish eh? Well that certainly explains the low price. If someone had the money and time to invest into a complete re-haul then it would have been worth $300. Too bad it would cost a small fortune to do such a thing.
At least you got some quality trip time between the 3 of you out of it... even though you didn't end up with what you wanted, hopefully you all enjoyed yourselves to some extent in doing the whole trip madness