Westhamsc,
I would like to say that the products from 'Midwest Tongs' are of extremely high quality, and worth a wait.
I have personally imported there products from the US into the UK, and remember they took there time sending them to me after Ihad paid for them in full.
It's not fair to blame 'Matt' and 'Animal Attraction' for delays in shipping from the US, especially as you haven't even paid a deposit, I can understand your frustration, but all you needed to do was cancel the order, and go elsewhere if you needed the product more urgently than could be supplied. No need to put a fella down for a one off problem, a minor one at that.
I have personally found 'Animal Attractions' service top notch, and when I have had a problem, it was rectifyed straight away to my total and full satisfaction.
I know Matt's the type of bloke that would happily take your call and call it water under the bridge, there's not many that would.
The above was just typed before the thread disappeared, but good on ya for sorting it out and appologising.
Just my 2 cents.