How long does it normally take to receive a set of plans after mailing out a check/money order?
I ordered a set of plans for a "Cape Ann Storm" & building manual from one ocean kayaks with a postal money order November 5 & threw away the reciept accidentally when cleaning out my car. If I still had it, I think I'd put a stop payment or whatever it is you do with money orders to stop someone from getting any money out of it. Or am I wrong for thinking that way & plans/manuals are printed in small batches because of limited demand?
I sent a money order instead of a check so that I would get it faster (without waiting for a check to clear)because I rarely have much work mid Nov.,Dec.,& the begining of Jan. and thought I'd be able to build basically full time before getting slammed with work lat Jan. or early Feb. It would be my first time building & I assumed that roughly 3 months of near full time work on it would probably finish it, or at the very least be at a point where I could safely move it.
I enjoy woodwork & the idea wasn't to get it over with ASAP, but to have the work space available when I need it again.
I ordered my router bits & japanese saw from Lee Valley at the same time with another money order, & they've been here for quite a while. I have relatives & friends all over the world, & nothing ever takes this long to get to me or to them.
At this point I'm not expecting to receive the plans at all. Even if I did, without any prior experience building something like this I don't know if I'd be able to get to the point in constuction I'd need to be at, before needing the work space.
At this point I'm pretty discouraged & would probably get rid of the plans if they came in, so that I didn't have to look at them for a whole year before I had another chance to start.