: Have you considered contacting U.S. Customs? Since 9/11 goods crossing the
: border into the U.S. have been held up for inordinate amounts of time for
: a variety of reasons. I realize 5 months is a long time to have to wait
: but time means nothing to customs agents.

Customs is not a problem as I live in Ontario. Shipping was by unspecified cross country trucking company. As I cannot reach Mr. Morris, I have no way of determining what method he would choose.

: There are a myriad of possibilities here but I have a really hard time
: believing that Robert Morris would intentionally rip you off.

I would really like to think so too, but the total lack of response to emails, voice mail and a registered letter (received and signed for by R. Morris in December) is not conducive to kindly thoughts.