I purchased a HOTAS Cougar with the FSSB R1 joystick mod from him and it was shipped and arrived very promptly.
Unfortunately, due to a packaging problem the throttle arm was damaged during shipment, but we were able to very rapidly and amiably agree to a mutually acceptable resolution.
Other than that the HOTAS Cougar is just like new as advertised and the FSSB R1 modded joystick works perfectly.
Thanks to Red_5 for a very professional transaction and the willingness to rapidly make good on the throttle damage problem.