So my Christmas present arrived yesterday. I know its not Christmas yet, BUT to make sure it made the journey safely, I opened it. The seller wrapped it in pink shrink wrap with no pipe wrap, nor did he (she) brace the dropouts. Ok, I can look past this, no damage to the dropouts.... Oh, there's the dent he sent a picture of (above the shifters), I can live with that. What the F***?!? What are these wrinkles?!?!? So, I am now the proud owner of a semi complete (the f/d is a HURET) Campagnolo NR group and a bent frame I took pictures and stopped by Spectrum (Tom Kellog) and showed Tom the pics, he said it's toast. So what I want to know is what do I do, 1)contact the seller and try to get my money back, 2) get the DT replaced by Spectrum ($150+paint) and that'll kill the chrome headlugs, 3) keep the NR bits and just use the frame as a painful reminder to continue my typical cash in hand deals. The NR parts are in decent shape w/ a little rash on the non drive crank are and the bearings NEED to be lubed.





What would you guys do?