I don't understand (as usual):
1. the auction ended because there were no bids - no bids for a Hot at £270??? OK, £270 plus etc etc, but even so.
2. he specified pick up only, but that's not a problem, you just pay and get a courier to pick it up
3. why would anybody go the huge expense of getting de Kerf to repaint a Hot, but not bother to have any decals put on it?
4. without decals or a pic of the frame number or *anything*, how can you tell from the listing that it's a Hot and not any old Kona?
Presumably there's a good chance that it'll get relisted, maybe with a lower BIN, and then maybe Jez will swing into action.