I can't remember the last time I saw a good 200 block go for 5-600?!!!

Know how you feel though mate, I bought an engine off someone on here when I bought my saph as a temp one in 2006 as when I bought it off a mate it needed a rebuild.
Paid £1500 although a mate picked it up for me and dropped it off. At the same time I was buying a house and although I had fitted the engine it didn't want to run right and just got left. Eventually got round to it and oil/water had mixed so assumed hg failed. Took it off and the block had cracked round 3 bolt holes!! Obviously messaged the guy but he said it was fine when he has it and how does he know I didn't use it/rag the shit out of it etc blah blah, it had never been on the bloody road 😂😂 paid an expensive lesson that day!!