Although I am out of the crate money & will never build a crate again until I receive the funds.
The purchaser in this incident had a story that I think is true, but in reality you never really know. I backed out of the deal even though he offered to overnight a M.O.

it sounds as if you would not be out of any money for the crate and the bird would have been sold it the buyer was still trying to work with you on this deal. its sounds like you did not have the warm and fuzzy even when the deal started hum......