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@Dammit
I posted in the Dura Ace 7900 groupset thread mentioning that I'd be interested in the cassette- and promptly got a PM from Skylark, offering me a used Ultegra cassette for £25.
Now (warning- some conjecture!) Skylark works as a bike mechanic somewhere in South East London, and sells the parts that customers ask him to bin when he replaces them on their bikes- in some cases there are some miles left, in other cases (my case) the item should be well beyond use as it is so worn as to be dangerous. A mixed bag, really, and what you'd expect from what is, essentially, bin diving.
Nothing wrong with that but Skylark will sell you anything, lying about the condition to make the sale, and then offering nothing further than "sold-as-seen on second hand parts".
Caveat Emptor.
So- if you get a PM from Skylark, inspect the goods very very carefully before you hand over the cash, and bear in mind that you are buying something that another cyclist has thrown away.