I was scanning the ads on ebay.de and came across a guy who's apparently offloading a bunch of NEW W123 coupe parts. They just got posted Sat or Sun, so the bids may go up and it might become irrelevant.

I e-mailed and asked if he would ship to the US, but he declined.

Specific items I'd want would be the new(!) coupe seat frame and the new door and window gaskets. The seat frame may get too pricey, right now it's over 40 euros, but the gaskets are still less than 10 euros.

If the price of coupe gaskets is really about $500 each, new, even with higher shipping costs, it'd be a smoking deal if the price for the gaskets doesn't climb too much.

Any suggestions for a purchase? Do you think I can work a pre-paid shipping deal with DHL so all the seller needs to do is drop off a small, lightweight package of rubber parts? Anyone in Germany willing to be a middleman?