Hey Ramsale,
I bought my LS-200 at Guitar Universe so maybe i could be some help.
If you decide to buy a guitar from him, he will send a secured link to enter your credit card information. Just like buying something online. (If you use Microsoft Internet explorer, check to see that there is the little yellow padlock on the lower right of the screen when you're at that link.) Real simple and painless.
I had a few very light scratches on the back of mine as well but i took that Dunlop 65 carnuba wax and it took them out. Very light handling scratches, gone with some wax.
I thought he quoted me about $200 to ship a guitar to the states, but i just noticed that he is the one that is selling all the tokai's, greco's, orville's, aria's, etc on eBay and he is quoting $106 shipping to states. $106 is a good price. It is much faster than if I sent it USPS from the military base i'm at and it's only $20-30 more if he sent it.
I dont think there would be any problem if you had someone look it over at the store. I'm not sure how many LS-200's he has.
It does come with a hardshell case which is very nice and a good measure of safety when shipped.
I think it you will get a guitar that as fresh as probably you can get. I too was a little leery of getting a banged up guitar, but besides the very light scratches on the back, it was perfect. Maybe the scratches werent even from him, could be from factory. Like i said before, wax took them right out.
Well, i'm out the door for a party, i'll check in later.
Good luck!
Dana