I have only been to that shop once and thought that most of their stock, esp marines, was overpriced but anyways....

I agree with the others though in saying you should hold out for the fish that you want no matter how long it takes instead of just saying 'Oh, that one will do' because 'sods law' the one that you want will probably turn up somewhere a week later or something.

Thats why a lot of people when importing/ordering fish from elsewhere prefer to go and hand pick them themselves instead of ordering a fish that they haven't seen and it turns out to be not what you were expecting.

I just hope the FH this guy is meant to be getting you turns out to be exactly what you are after, especially after being made to wait this long!