One more extremely friendly chap I met on CR - Ralph from bikeville.com, the Ebay seller of the two sets of Campag narrow rail seatpin parts one of which I offered for re-sale earlier today.
I had intended to protect myself from any discussion re NOS parts, what makes them NOS, and how long they stay NOS, so I wrote that I thought the items I have for sale might not be.
Minutes after posting I had a long and very friendly worded mail by Ralph who offered to buy the parts back. I had not intended nor expected this and I think that this is customer service (he is a professional seller) of the highest grade. If I were an Ebay member I would certainly deal with the seller again.
Perhaps I may quote myself, saving grace, so to speak: I wrote that the set I bought now "graces" my Cinelli, and as I was very pleased with the parts, NOS or no, I meant that. Same goes for the second set.
Regards, Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany.