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I've bought two f&f's that I couldn't find anywhere else from him in the last two years.
The first time I did everything over the phone and this went super smoothly.
The second time more recently I did everything via email and I had a moment of panic as I didn't hear anything from him at all for about 5 days after I'd paid. I dropped him another 'friendly but slightly concerned' email and the f&f was hand delivered to my work place the following morning, but still slightly oddly without any communication.
I would echo what pretty much is said on every forum where this is discussed (...and it really is discussed a lot). If you want something from him it will go probably be fine BUT there is a chance that he will be erratic. If this isn't acceptable then simply don't buy from him.
It's definitely not the way I would choose to run my business. I also struggle a little that someone might be buying stuff from peer forums to turn round for a profit rather than for use themsleves, though I realise that this sounds woefully naive, However he often has hard to find stuff that I would need a fair bit of luck or time to otherwise source so as a customer I will continue to take the chance.