Originally Posted by
tmh657
Nope. I wouldn't be starting a thread about it but I wanted some input before bidding $500+ on a repainted frame.
Reason I asked was that I purchased one from a Southern California seller that I was able to pick up... as long as I paid cash... but he was really hoping I would back out of the deal... (greener pastures elsewhere?)
I won another a year later that he would not allow local pickup... and there was a good reason, the bike was crashed and the damage artfully imaged around.
Took a while to unwind that. Probably only because I knew where he lived.