What an interesting range of experiences with nashbar. The combination of the shipping issue and bad/incorrect items still leave me with a bad feeling. Maybe in time I will give them another chance, but not anytime soon. I'll probably give Performance a try the next time I order online.
I know that nashbar didn't intentionally try to screw me. Perhaps if they improve the info about shipping on their site I may try them again. Fedex 2nd day was a couple $'s more and I would have paid that if I had known how long USPS would take.
We'll see how they handle my return.
-Dave