Ripped off on Moparts

The postal service can be very slow.
The lady who runs our local post office says it can take anywhere from 2-3 weeks if it is going or comming from some where that does not have a large amount of volume to move. They wait until they have a truck full to ship larger items.

No communication is bad.

I bought a transmission from a member here in CA I am WV.
The trans came within 2 miles of the local ups hub.
Ups said the container was compromised and shipped it back to CA.
The seller drove 30 miles to his ups terminal and they told him the container was compromised and shipped it back to WV wtf?
It finally arrived at my house about 2 months after the seller shipped it.
But we stayed in contact. Sometimes crap happens.