Personally I wouldn't buy a ten-year old bike for $1200. For someone who's new to the sport I'd go to the LBS and spend the $1200 on a decent aluminum that's going to fit me. You might be looking at a 4700 Tiagra or r3000 Sora equipped bike, but that's still very decent. Plus you will have a warranty with it.

The lure of having something 'high end' for a fraction of the cost is tempting for sure, but as someone else on this forum once said, the purpose of your first bike is to find out what you want for you second.