I don’t have a dog in this fight, but as the conduct of the thread is becoming a discussion I’ll happily give my experience for the sake of a balanced view…
I saw the thread at the same time as everyone else. I fancied Fast Striker and I’d been looking for ages.
It came up for $1000 which I thought was the very top end of what it might be worth, and so I held off. Plenty of opportunity for people to take
@mltv up on his initial offering.
It was quickly dropped to $800. A much fairer price I thought and so I messaged.
I was obviously quick enough to have been first at this point and the sale was agreed in principle.
Even so, I was sent the images that had been missed off of the first post, and a quote to include international shipping (UK) to make sure I was completely happy before I paid.
I paid up, and it was dispatched in a day or so and I was sent the tracking number.
All very fair, and very good (and friendly) comms too.
I have to say from my point of view I’ve had a very good, and very fair experience. It’s frustrating when things don’t work to your favour, but that’s the nature of chasing rare(ish) stuff. There’s an element of luck to it.
Of course, if the package turns up and it’s just a neatly wrapped house brick, I’ll be pissed