I know Indo very well. Actually I travel there every month. As a precaution, I'd avoid buying anything of value there, unless you can afford and accept a full write-off.
I don't know this particular gentleman, but that's the baseline policy I'd recommend, and this for BNIB, second hand or vintage.
I know quite a few vintage and second hand shops in Jakarta, and they're minefields, except that prices are Park Avenue high.
I still remember a dealer at Gajah Mada Shopping Mall changing the spring of a 16600 SD with little else than his bare hands and a couple of sub-par screwdrivers, directly on a glass counter in his shop. Scary and a pass. Save yourself the trouble.
Selamat sore.
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