smoothie. congrats on the Laguna Blue s2k.
I had a friend who's been hunting one as well and I think he was the first one to message the seller, but the seller later told him there's a guy who's willing to offer full price subject to inspection. Had my friend been as firm as you were in his original email, he might have gotten it

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Mint S2000s are just becoming more and more rare these days and one shouldn't hesitate to jump on the opportunity when one comes up.