"That's a good one. Not to be a skeptic, but next time I auction something, I am going to have an anonymous post from the factory vouching for its great condition and quality."
If one were actually interested in the frame, rather than just armchair-quarterbacking, that would be easy enough to check into, wouldn't it? I don't think it would be terribly hard to look up Serotta's phone number (maybe even Heiden's, if one were curious enough).
There's a very unpleasant rush to cynicism here, and a fairly direct smear of the seller's honesty, all based, far as I've seen, in absolutely nothing but guesswork. I'd call that rather less than cricket.
Peter Bridge SD CA USA (Who has yet to be disappointed by an eBay aquisition, and who, three times now, has been upleasantly jerked around by CR listers, but who still chooses to believe that the great majority of people, whether on eBay, CR, or elsewhere, are regular, decent folk.)