I understand your frustration too. I've been waiting on a taxidermist to finish a whitetail shoulder mount that I delivered to him in November, 2002. I understand these things take time, but what really, really bugs me is the fact that on several occassions (beginning about a year ago) he has promised he would have it finished within a couple of weeks and he hasn't finished it yet. And the thing that really, really, really, really bugs me is that he has promised numerous times to call me back and tell me what the status of it is and yet he never, ever has called me. I've had to initiate all contact. The next time I talk to him I think I'll demand my deposit back and tell him to shove that shoulder mount up his nether regions. It's not that important to me anyway.

I blame myself to a large extent for this. I had never used this guy before and I didn't check him out beforehand by asking around. I won't make that mistake again.