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Old 12-08-10 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox
Me being an idiot aside.... Tell me what you're seeing that I'm not.
+1 While I am one of the first to call out a bent fork, I really don't clearly see the damage in the ebay listing either. OK, on the full bike picture, the top tube looks a little tweaked. And if I stare at the picture of the front brake caliper, I almost can see that the DT is tweaked. But this is only after having the benefit of knowing the bike is damaged. Had I looked at these pictures without knowing there was an issue, I would not have noticed it.

The angles used in the pictures makes it hard for me to really see the damage. Are these odd angles deliberate? I don't know. But it makes me a little more suspect about the seller. I really much prefer a full side view taken perpendicular with the bike, where problems such as a bent fork are pretty obvious. I also much prefer quality full size pics imbedded into the ad, rather than the often crappy ebay smaller sized pics.

In the end, this deal will cost the seller money, whether it is in paying a claim, getting negative feedback, or whatever. So I guess I will give the seller the benefit of the doubt.

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