They are probably just trying to get as much as they can off of shipping so ebay don't take as many fees. I hardly make profit selling on ebay after selling fee, paypal fee, and paypal fee to get the money from paypal.
I have one of the crew chevy's and it is good. I don't have one of the dodges but I do have other stuff from them and its good. Of course their is some cleanup but overall good. I would just ask them about it. He has a facebook page and answers pretty quick.
It seems i sand them off. But after i finish painting the paint looks perfect until i clear coat and it fully dries. Then the lines start ghosting back. I tried primer sealer but it still happens. The paint i use is duplicolor primers and basecoats. This last time i used duplicolor primer sealer over the primer before the base coat.
I would leave the side trim painted. it looks better that way. there is one small strip of chrome that runs across the top of it on the 1:1. that might look good.
I know. I was just letting them know to keep an eye out for them. the HL by me didn't have any but when I was in Sugarland and Rosenberg over the weekend they had a ton of it. I don't know if all the HL keep clearance in the same spot but here locally in Houston area its kept on the back wall in the craft area or even in the middle displays. just to let anyone know that may have not known that.