I phoned the seller about this yesterday as he wanted to deal over the phone. Agreed a deal at the asking price and was verbally told he wouldn’t sell to anyone else.
By early evening he’d blocked our chat and removed the bike from marketplace.
Make if that what you will..
If someone did gazump me, I hope they didn’t pay much more… as stated above the frame definitely needs a respray and it’s covered in the worst iteration of xt.
My plan was full rebuild getting rid of the tat and building it properly but hey ho…