On the advice of some members I tried to see if he would provide a few e-mails of customers for verification purposes, he declined stating customer privacy (reasonable I suppose),

He did say his name is Gait Heutink and he left the chip collecting hobby to start focusing on airplane models by F-toys

And he said he now has an Ebay account under the name twente but he only uses it to buy and not sell.

Finally he said he understood my concern and offered a partial payment where I pay half + shipping now, and the other half due upon receipt of item.