That makes a lot of sense from the customer side. There's no way somebody would pay a breeder for seeds while he was pollinating a plant waiting for seeds to drop. I know the comparison is a stretch but you're still being asked to pay for something they haven't even produced yet. If a shop had a 5 star rep and a decently long history then that's one thing, but those seem to be hard to find as far as the preorder crowd. Hope you get some kind of resolution to your order OP,it sucks trusting people and getting burned. I think a lot of us have had it happen at one time or another if we've been around long enough.