It took me a little longer than I had expected to get my Saiga-12 from E-Tac as well, and I didn't have to wait as long as you have, but I purchased mine as a "finished" product off Gunbroker.com. That said, you have A LOT more $ tied up than I did, and initially I thought that I too might be getting "scammed", so much so that I actually checked with my credit card company to ensure that the charges that went through were all on the "up and up". My auction ended on Christmas Eve, which is the night Esteban called and got my CC info. So, with the Holidays and all, I had no problem giving him