the guy obviously has a short fuse and doesnt have much regard for those with tighter financial reins than he has. it also appears that Audio Classics is responsible for shipping the unit, so that timetable is up to them, or at least he doesnt want to make any effort to intercede here either. that said, regardless of how irritated he has become, it seems apparent that he fully understands his obligation in this transaction, so i think you will get either the receiver as agreed, or a full refund (he just doesnt seem to want to put much of a priority on $250 of someone else's money).

if you do get the receiver, $250 aint bad for a 2270 that has been gone through by a tech (i am assuming that Audio Classics know what they are doing), and its supposed to be one of the better and sweeter sounding receivers of its era.