No, after clearing some details, Walt has agreed that they made a mistake and are making it good. Tim ordered the rock on my behalf and specifically asked for what I wanted, as seen on a copy of the order. Probably just a bad day at the packing station. Still a bit of a mess to deal with, but hopefully I'll get out of it without too much pain.

Ugh, you have ALL the bad luck! Don't bother with lotto tickets - you won't win anyway! ;) In all seriousness, I think Walt Smith will be good to deal with over this matter.

Yes, the lottery thing isn't working out well either.

Walt has been great, and is sending replacement rock to Van. I have to cover it to the Island, but not a big deal.
Since I have rock here already, I can't really send it back to Fiji, so selling that, and everyone involved is eating a bit of cost, probably me included. Perhaps not, if I can work out one more good deal with someone starting a large tank that needs some seed rock. We'll see..
It's not a perfect solution, but reasonable, given the circumstances.

^ Yeah, it's tough to replace rock. It's not like you can just send it back. I hope it doesn't end up costing you more than you planned on spending - that's the main point.

Brad, do you need someone to pick up the rock and put it on the bus?
Or whatever transportation?

Well, I hope to be able to sell it all, and the difference in cost and my sale price is being absorbed by Tim. Which is great, as it's not really his fault in any way. I have almost half lined up, and I should be able to get the rest gone. Costing me more salt to cure it, as I have to do two batches now, but that's not too terrible. Overall, I think I should come out ok, and as long as I get the rock I'm after, I'll have gotten over it in a few months :)

Thanks, but no. It will arrive at the airport and get transferred to Harbour Air to fly right into town here.

Now I know why this happened... it's the never win a lottery effect that I am plagued with too. ;)

Tim, I like to believe it's a "yet" issue. Maybe this week :)

Kudos to Tim for rectifying this. Gotta love vendors that care.. Good luck brad