Well I finally decided to order the frame. I ordered it today August 8th. Hopefully it doesn't take too long.
18.5" frame
UD Matte
BSA bb
full carbon fork with 15mm axle
There is a 5% "sale" going on and this one had free shipping. The fork was an extra $48 so I figured I would give a shot. The total was $445.55. That seems pretty reasonable for a carbon frame and fork.
So what's the safety record on these forks? I'm not really looking forward to losing my front end on a hard hit.
Timeline:
August 8th (sat AM) - Ordered frame and fork on ebay
August 10th (mon AM) - they emailed me requesting phone number for shipping documents
August 14th (fri AM) - got an email with a tracking number
August 17th (mon PM) - emailed them on tracking website
August 18th (tues AM) - replied with website
http://www.17track.net/en/August 18th (tues AM) - tracking numbers are now active
August 22nd (sat AM) - received bike and frame. 2 weeks from order to arrival
So far everything seems to be on track and accounted for