I must say Fender... it is challenging to read your posts and get a good read on what exactly happened here. It sounds as though the seller was stating information that he 'thought' to be correct in the auction, and then found out otherwise. It also seems he was not only willing, but actually fixed the problems for you at his loss. What is wrong with that? Perhaps he was being dishonest initially, but he seems to have stepped up in the end.
That's what I seemed to have read in his quoted email???