Nichol1974 - Hi Jason - as far as I can tell, there are no visible scratches, generally speaking. The only ones I can see (I’m not sure if they are scratches as they are still black!) are below the spout, potentially where the cup touches when putting it back on top of its wooden place holder. You can see on the 5th picture on my second post.
The grinding seems fine to me - I can easily choke my espresso machine, and I’ve been using a variety of different coffees going from approx. setting 10 to setting 20 - for the coffees I drink - so that’s the operational range, if you like.
And yes, I have reduced it to £350, collected. You are more than welcome to see it for yourself before going ahead with the purchase.