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@Tommaso
Hello,
I am quite new to these forums but I've been in London long enough to appreciate the joys and pains of riding in this city.
To make a long story a bit shorter, I recently had my bike brutally raped by some random people as you can see FUCK YOU. No, really, GO FUCK YOURSELF on Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/3299279812_d781bbe1d2.jpg?v=0@@AMEPARAM@@3299279812@@AMEPARAM@@d781bbe1d2. It was nothing too fancy, but quite a good ride until it lasted.
So being on the market for a new frame, three days ago I won an eBay auction for this beautiful white sparkle Nagasawa 53cm at 390 quid (pics here). (also found on these forums).
Though now I have something of a problem, since the guy who was selling it contacted me right after I won the auction, asking to cancel the sale because the frame was "accidentally badly scratched along the top tube" just the day before the auction ended (closeup pics herefor the curious).
As I said to the guy, I really don't mind too much about those scratches and I am still willing to pay the full ending price of the auction (390 quid). I am trying since two days to arrange a meeting for the exchange (London manual delivery was an option on eBay, so I think he's in London) but he's sort of giving me a hard time and I still haven't managed to meet him... even after asking three consecutive times "where and when" we could meet I keep getting pretty vague replies.
I could post the whole email/SMS thread, but I guess this info gives already an idea.
I have an odd feeling about this... What would you do? Would you end the auction? Any similar past experiences or does anyone know him here?
Cheers,
tommaso