Hi Mozzer and welcome to LTG; can't comment on the price but it's generally understood that Guild glued its bridges down to the finished surface ... as opposed to the raw deck. As a result of stress, the bridges are susceptible to lifting ... sometimes, but not always, messing up the bridge plate underneath. Before you think of this as short-sighted, consider the risk of splitting up the fibers of the raw surface of the deck in the event the bridge-to-raw-deck glue joint failed.
Here in FL, re-fitting the bridge and maybe the plate too runs about $100-$125. Rather than seeing it as a defect, I think it's easier to think of the repair as just a cost of ownership or, alternatively, if the guitar's being sold out of a shop, either a price discount is in order or, if the shop is capable, maybe doing the work for you on the cheap.
If it's coming up, no force on earth will stop it and, if not addressed, can lead to a belly in the top below the bridge that normally goes away when the bridge is straightened out. Good luck with your decision.