Yea I had a very bad experience w/ Evolution on ebay. Over a year ago I ordered a Vader electronic chestbox and a saber hook for my belt. Well of course the items took like triple the time they were supposed to just to ship, and they only shipped after repeatedly emailing the seller about the issue. The box gets here and this is what I find after months of waiting: 1) the chest box is literally a different one than the one he pictured. I found the pictures he had used on some prop forum at the time posted by a member there. So we already have fraud. The box he sent me looked nothing like the one pictured at all. 2) all of the greebles were broken off of the box, pieces everywhere when I opened it up. 3) the lights installed for the red and blue squares were both green and the circuit could barely work. 4) He didn't even include the belt hook!!
I contacted Paypal, and even though it had been a long time, they decided to process my claim. After months of waiting for the big "decision" Paypal emailed me saying I could mail the package back to our buddy Gabe. Paypal gives me the address etc, I mail it, weeks go by and nothing. Finally paypal says since they haven't heard fromt he seller that my clain is terminated and i am basically screwed.
A few more month go by and the package is back at my door. The address Paypal gave me was incorrect according to Gabe whom I checked with. Paypal tells me they don't care basically and I am out the $125 plus the shipping I just paid to no one.
I contact Gabe and ask him if he can do anything for me, even give me a store credit, or a refund, SOMETHING, but nothing from back from him.
I guess out of all of it Paypal gave him the interrogation treatment about the fraudulent images he had on his listings so since then he has had to show what he is actually selling. I imagine that didn't really help his sales too much.
If you ask me, while some of Evolution's parts may be worth buying, and waiting for, it is a huge huge risk. From my experience, and apparently its about 50/50 with people on most boards, Gabe isn't a very honest or trustworthy person. I would discourage anyone from buying from him because chances are you are going to get screwed out of your money or get an item that isn't what it was said to be.