check it in person with your analytic knowledge and report back to the forum.
Or you could respond rationally and accept that it's a cause for concern and either post a hi-res close up and catalogue pic proving it's factory done. I owned a Gios Compact and it did not have a cut through the seat clamp cluster like that, if it did I wouldn't have bought it.
I don't know why... maybe different batch... Italians, different era... working in progress... artisanal mentality and efficiency... 2017 people get stuck... etc etc
Doesn't come across online tbh.
Or you could respond rationally and accept that it's a cause for concern and either post a hi-res close up and catalogue pic proving it's factory done. I owned a Gios Compact and it did not have a cut through the seat clamp cluster like that, if it did I wouldn't have bought it.