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@vinylvillain
Hmm . . . heres an idea, if you are buying from BLB or 14 no doubt the rear wheel will most likely have a flip flop hub:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html#flip-flop
get them to put a freewheel on the other side (if it doesnt already have one) ride it SS back home, take it to a local park, flip it back to fixed and learn in safety.
This also means that if you dont like fixed you can run it as a SS instead.
Problem solved.