Todd,
I am 'new' to the sight, read your Email and kinda thought this is crappy...
I am from Alberta Canada and am planning to buy a ZR-1 unfortunately probably not until the new year though, and things like this taint things for all of us.
I took that guys phone number and reverse entered into
www.canada411.ca phone directory and this is what pops up:
R & C McLeod
70 Third Ave
Manitowaning, ON
(705) 859-1898
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It appears the person is from Ontario, a little suspect as Ted had pointed out he registered it as (AL). This probably does not help but I sure hope it is nothing more than dropped communication or something like that.
Good luck and as you said thank goodness money did not exchange,
Doug