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@pajamas
+1 on that, ninety just doesn't even make sense.
I know everyone kind of holes up in London (the London bike stuff always goes for more) but it's well worth checking the map and looking at train ticket costs buying a week in advance and doing the collection yourself on bikes/frames - discount ticket prices will be very similar or less than the seller is asking for postage. I appreciate not everyone has that kind of time if they have families etc. but a weekend jaunt 150 miles somewhere gets you out of London for the day and gets a bit of reading done, check a city or town out - you'll be back in plenty of time to get your usual Saturday night pints in etc and you ensure the bike / frame is as you expected it to be and you can pay cash when you're happy (I'm basing this on a "normal" buy here rather than the Pope's Colnago.) Then again I used to be into collecting soul records so maybe my appetite for long buying treks is to be looked on with pity.
Jeez I've travelled 150 miles just to flick through a thousand records with utter disappointment..