I'll say again - the misunderstanding is my fault - I hadn't realised Firestorm wasn't the OP, he wasn't trying to jump in and snatch it up, his opening mail was
"I am really interested in the saddle. Is it still available ?"
I should have been paying more attention and not assumed it was the same person, as I did (having had a few after work beers before heading home and firing up the interweb)
Really sorry for the kerfuffle