Sorry for the oversized pics, as you can see my photobucket account is overused, so I had to try imageshack. Anyone know how to downsize them? The edit function on imageshack only allows me to rotate it?

never let it be said I won't be the first to eat my words if I'm proven wrong. The seller did respond and was very adamant that he was upset with the person that is responsible for their shipping, and he would have a replacement CC on it's way via priority with tracking first thing in the morning. And he told me to keep the extra SE as an apology. It's become so rare to experience good customer service that I automatically expected the worst. Still an inconvenience, but the seller appears to be doing everything to make it right now.

You can always upload the pics to the forum. Under the main posting box, there should be an option for "file attachments."

Also, I've never been able to grasp why the forum will resize pictures when they are in replies but not in the first post. I mean, I know WHY it works that way (first posts and replies are two different animals in this software) but I don't know what the developers were thinking.

Imageshack has an "image resize" drop down menu on the page where you upload the image. It's right below the "Enter your email for an instant free account:" input window.