not sure if this will help any or add to the confusion...
Long story short, i was working a deal with him to purchase 19 long boxes of back issues. The deal ended up falling through
(1) because his pricing was higher than what i was looking to pay.
and
(2) because i made a large purchase before he could get back to me.
During the conversation, i had mentioned that i might could pick them up. At this point he said something that kinda struck me as odd, but I didn't really think too much about it after that...
i thought it was a little strange that if i were to pay freight to have them shipped, HE would work the deal, but in person, it would be his SON
Kinda Glad it fell through now, i could just see driving a box truck out to purchase a pallet of books to be greeted by a child...