Need your advice

If he is sending them to you first, you should be OK. Just wait until you get them and then check them out. If the models aren't what he professed them to be, just send them back and say "no thanks". You're only out the return shipping cost.

 If it's on the up and up, then that's a good price on those kits.

Thanks J, im just always worried about this stuff (I can thank my mom for that)

Well you're not crazy for worrying.  The Virago I ordered off EBay never got here and eventually (which was right past the deadline for me to file a complaint with paypal to get my money back) the seller stopper talking to me. 

I got one of those ant farms from teh back of a comic book many many years ago....and it never showed up surprisingly enough.  To my moms dying day she said "remember the ant farm!"

I have practically spent the National Budget since that time on mail order...few problems...and if he is wiling to ship first, sounds like a good guy to me!

SSM members are notoriously reliable.  I wouldn't worry.  I've had numerous transactions with them as both a buyer and seller.  I've never been disappointed.

 

I am very surprised tha tthe seller isn't asking for payment in advance... I would.

 

I always use PayPal, though and pay via Credit Card and that way if PayPal screws me if I have a claim (which ultimately they will) I can always dipute it with my Credit Card company.