A very popular forum in Canada is canadiangunnutz.com, they have a tradder rating system that is just fantastic for this kind of situation, every sale or purchase can be updated by the seller or buyer for all to see for each user.
I feel for you, not much $, but something that always makes me cringe when I send my hard earned $$$ away. If he was in B.C. I would have "collected" for you.
