As you see the seller asked to paid as a gift (this was not by my request) and as soon as he questioned his actions he refunded the transaction and I paid him an additional amount to cover the transaction fees. I also offered to cover shipping because i get a large volume discount, he choose to ship USPS instead, which is fine by me, it saved me the cost of shipping. In addition I purchased another cue yesterday, a Nova, without incident via PayPal with another AZ'er who was very pleasant to work with. The transaction took a whole 5-7 minutes from negotiations to him receiving payment. The whole process with the seller with the Peppers cue made me uncomfortable and I was trying to protect both of us by paying COD with certified funds which even JB said is the ideal way to do business and least risky for both parties. I will not be addressing this again. Hopefully the Lee Peppers cue, which i do admire, finds its way into somebodies hands that will appreciate it.