Ultimately my situation was finally resolved, I finally got the $1700 credit in my account almost a month from him agreeing to cancel my order and a few weeks after I actually returned the product.
While I waited I was able to secure a cover from another vendor and got it installed and I LOVE it.
I would say that NEO just may not have been prepared to run the online business and deal with the unexpected and handle customers the way some of us expect to be treated. He is a one man operation and other events seemed to get in the way of his customer service ability. Pricing is great, but that doesn't matter if the other elements of the business transaction aren't met. I really hope he can resolve things with his business because he was a valuable resource on this forum when it stated.