Unfortuantly i'm in melbourne, so won't see up close and personal. It appears this guy does this sort of stuff for a living so i guess, to some degree, its buyer beware.

he has been helpful though. I asked him if the stud holes were elongated and his reply was:

"stud holes are good, very good condition. the wheels sit well on hub and centre up well, i had them on my car before fully restoring them"

So yeah - its one of those things on ebay to take the benefit of the doubt