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So you think you bought a NOS Sancineto in your size. Pretty much your dream frame, advertised as "new (other)" and "NOS"...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sancineto-Columbus-Max-frame-/331212899153?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
You agonise over buying it or not. Finally you do. Then, a few days later, it arrives. Like a little boy, you leave work a teeny bit early to unpack the goods.
And it seems 100% positive feedback selling rare goods (century finish NOS sheriff stars anyone?) is no guarantee for anything.
EDIT: Pictures are rather huge, sorry about that.
http://i.imgur.com/zad1OX4.jpg (touched up paint on the seattube - looks worse irl)
http://i.imgur.com/tLoyjo4.jpg (nasty scratch on the fork - not the side pictured in the auction obv. also some cable rub on the headtube)
http://i.imgur.com/sdLBf7t.jpg (same nasty scratch + rust on chrome)
http://i.imgur.com/tHsMPI2.jpg (rear triangle nasty rust and badly filled in wheel scrape non driveside)
http://i.imgur.com/BDEAUp6.jpg (flakes on drive side dropout interior, another pic of rust)
http://i.imgur.com/PutrdCh.jpg (filled in wheel scrape)
Cable rub, rust spots on chrome, numerous badly touched up paint spots. Still a gorgeous frame, but not as advertised. Also, no BB included.
Now, having been burned by PayPal "buyer protection" once before (gipiemme and campagnolo are not the same, people), I am hesitant about the way forward. There is a loophole that malicious sellers can use to block the buyer from providing vital information in PayPal claims, BTW.
Ship it back or partial refund? What is the worth of a fairly used frame as compared to a NOS one? Anyone experience with this kind of thing? Paid with PayPal. No pal of mine, no sirree.
Have contacted seller with pictures, saying I am disappointed. Claims this counts as NOS in his book...