Unfortunately, I appear to be the latest victim of Peter's unreliable sales business. Peter posted a box on the Boomboxery Facebook page in April and I immediately contacted him and paid his asking price via Paypal. The box he listed was a personal grail which is why I acted so quickly. He told me he would send me the tracking number when he shipped it. I waited a month with no response so I contacted him and he told me he had broke some fingers which made it to difficult to pack. He assured me that he would send it out that week. Two weeks later, still no tracking number and no contact from Peter! 
So I contacted him again and he said it had already shipped and should be there in 10-20 shipping days. I waited another month and no box. 
I contacted him again and he said he was on vacation and didn't have the tracking info on him but it should be there any day and if not he would send it when he got back. It didn't arrive :annoyed: , shocker, so I sent him another message asking for the tracking number again. He didn't respond however I can see that he read the message. 
So I sent another message and still no response!
I'm aware that people who purchase boxes over the internet are taking a risk. But I strongly believe that when a member here actively solicits buyers from this website to purchase there boxes they need to be held to a higher standard. Can you imagine waiting 3 months for an item from an Ebay seller and not filing a claim? Probably not, right? Unfortunately, I wasn't fully aware of Peter's reputation until after I made the purchase(I was excited to get my hands on this box), which is why I made a hasty uniformed decision. I even sent the payment at my expense, sending it as a gift versus a purchase(which would have cost Peter a % of the sale).
I have since learned that there are other members who are currently waiting for Peter to ship them boxes as well. So I guess in summary my point is this: If you are going to be unreliable, dishonest or untrustworthy please don't take it out on your fellow boombox enthusiasts!! 99+% of the people I have met here are great, supportive and informative people!
It's just very disappointing when somebody abuses your trust.
Lesson learned. (and yes it was a very expensive lesson)
So I contacted him again and he said it had already shipped and should be there in 10-20 shipping days. I waited another month and no box. I contacted him again and he said he was on vacation and didn't have the tracking info on him but it should be there any day and if not he would send it when he got back. It didn't arrive :annoyed: , shocker, so I sent him another message asking for the tracking number again. He didn't respond however I can see that he read the message. So I sent another message and still no response!I'm aware that people who purchase boxes over the internet are taking a risk. But I strongly believe that when a member here actively solicits buyers from this website to purchase there boxes they need to be held to a higher standard. Can you imagine waiting 3 months for an item from an Ebay seller and not filing a claim? Probably not, right? Unfortunately, I wasn't fully aware of Peter's reputation until after I made the purchase(I was excited to get my hands on this box), which is why I made a hasty uniformed decision. I even sent the payment at my expense, sending it as a gift versus a purchase(which would have cost Peter a % of the sale).
I have since learned that there are other members who are currently waiting for Peter to ship them boxes as well. So I guess in summary my point is this: If you are going to be unreliable, dishonest or untrustworthy please don't take it out on your fellow boombox enthusiasts!! 99+% of the people I have met here are great, supportive and informative people!
It's just very disappointing when somebody abuses your trust.Lesson learned. (and yes it was a very expensive lesson)
It really wasn't my intention to use the forum as a sounding board on this issue. Hopefully, it will give members the ability to make an informed decision prior to making a purchase. I'm still hopeful that Peter will follow through and ship me the box or refund my money. It's just dissapointing that it's come to this. I made the decision to go public after speaking to a couple of members who were also waiting for Peter to ship boxes to them. 
Well I guess it's better late than never? 
I hope that this is a sign of good things to come for the others who were waiting on other items from Peter. I'll keep you updated!