I can't say for sure and I'd hate to steer you wrong... just got a bad feeling. Nothing was big and really jumped out at me and said "don't do it" but there were a lot of little things, and maybe it means nothing. <shrug> The feedback was one thing. Also all the AS-IS and other fine print just made me wonder... reasonable enough I guess, but my take on it was that he just kinda struck me as a hard person to deal with who was trying too hard to cover himself. I wonder if it was really "new in box." It was only a 3-day auction too, and he accepts only PayPal and nothing else. I don't know... just a feeling. Maybe I am just way too skeptical though. Like you said, his history looked fine.
I e-mailed him once and got a very prompt reply, but when I sent him another e-mail with some follow-up questions such as why he was selling it I didn't get an answer and he had plenty of time. I was on the brink - if he just said, "hey, I wanted to tie it into something else but it wasn't compatible", I'd have gone for it. I assume that's probably what the "NOT ALPINE - KENWOOD JL" on the listing meant. Still it was hard for me not to go out on a limb since it was half what they retail for. I decided not to do it with 16 minutes left for the auction. I figure even if I have to shell out more at least if I get it retail I'll be in a better position if I have problems with it.
He also ships FedEx Ground, and I do a lot of shipping/receiving through work - anything that goes Ground spends more time in transit because there's no hurry on it, and they tend to get very beat up in transit. Not a big deal though because for it to go from Michigan to Florida I would have paid more to get insurance on it and have it shipped at least 2Day just to minimize damage potential. But the red flag was his flat fee of $20 for shipping ground - ground is the cheapest way to go, and I think that is a lot more than his cost. It isn't that heavy either.
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