I have sold a few and shipped a few. Here is the deal, and yes I am the one that UPS or Fed Ex always punts across the warehouse. When I ship if I have sold something, I give the seller the price of the plane, shipping, and insurance. He pays me this and I ship the plane, he gets the tracking number. It gets sat on by an elephant on the plane and is destroyed when it arrives. UPS gets the merchandise, and I (the shipper) get the cost of the insurance plus the shipping back. I then return money to the buyer. It becomes the buyers property when it is in thier hands, and not before. That is the UPS/ Fed Ex idea of how it works. If the buyer is slow in handing property over to UPS/Fed Ex then it only takes longer for the process to begin.

So technically the buyer gets to hang out on the limb for a while while this all goes through. My last claim with UPS took 49 days from the initial claim to the day I got the check. You can fight and ***** all you want, they go at thier own rate, no matter what. Routinely you can figure an easy 30 dyas for payment from the beginning of the claim. I will not return money on damaged goods untill I get paid. I have had one buyer demand his money back as soon as the plane arrived damaged. I told him the process and he didn't care, thought he shouldn't have to loose out on his money during the process. Of course I felt the same way, as I was out the property.

Buying goods on the internet can be a gamble, more in the shipping department than anything else. I have never been taken for a ride per say. Not saying it doesn't happen, just saying it hasn't happened to me. I would still buy of the interent, great place to find awesome values. Just understand patience is a virtue. Whatever your flavor, always insure and get the tracking number. Just helps when things get misdirected.