Hello everyone, because I am a moron I am somewhat reluctantly contemplating buying a name-brand used carbon fiber road bike from eBay: I have enough money to buy a fairly upscale road bike (though not enough to buy one brand new, and Craigslist has proven fruitless for my area), however the dangers present with buying a used carbon fiber bike without a prior in-person inspection (and relying solely on images and the vendor's word) presents obvious and glaring problems.

Does anyone here have experience with doing this? Good and bad stories? Additionally, what should I look out for in terms of weaseling out deceit or verifying the legitimacy of a posting? I apologize if this is an inflammatory topic, but this is my first ever post on /n/, thanks