Ben obviously has a record of his payment too... but he's mostly perturbed by the lack of contact and the fact that freight was taken along with the purchase price when he always intended to organise the freight himself. And certainly, freight didn't have to be paid until the manifold was produced, the pre-payment for the manifold being made in order to help get the project under way.
His e-mail is bensimpson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - he'd love to hear something from you Roland.