I posted on the 8th of March that I had sent Richard Bradshaw a deposit on the block that he and Bill at Chicago Connection are involved with, that post drew some negative responses,I had done my research and read all the bad publicity and did it anyway, took the chance. I picked up my block today and it looks good, there was a little lack of communication on my part or it would have been here last week, Richard always answered his phone and had an answer for any questions I had, so if I was in the market for another block I would not hesitate to do this again.I will get it to the machine shop and see if I am still happy !!! If I end up using this thing for a door stop the shop will always be open.( It's heavy) DK