Will a hair line chip in lens front element effect image quality?
Light is free… capturing it is not!
Is it possible for you to shoot some test images to confirm the seller's claims?
Shoot towards a bright light - place the lens at an angle to the light such that this tiny crack is in the light and see whether it throws refractions across the image itself
Personally - if it's only a minor crack and remembering that all the lens glass is tightly held by a metal body - it might not make a real difference. Only you can sort this out
Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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