I have had a few conversations with the high bidder and he seems to be legit but you never know who's on the other end of the keyboard. He said he's new to eBay because he usually buys his bikes off (www.marktplaats.nl).
Yea, those shipping fees are for ups and at the time when I placed the ad I wasn't aware of other shippers. I looked at DHL Express and found them to be much less. If you're and international buyer pm me and I will give you a much better shipping quote.
The fender is gone and the booster will go once I get some m900 brakes. I'll probably ditch the grip shift with some m900 brake/shifters later on down the road. I'm just taking it one step at a time. The next step is having the fork rebuilt and fresh tires.