Again, so?
That is quite common on gun boards.
Alaska is a state just like any other-quite easy to ship until you start talking about common carriers such as UPS/FedEx or niche USPS stuff. The way some of you are behaving, it looks like you think it is on Mars.
Those payment options are quite normal in gun board world although I would never go for it with a short term or low feedback member. With the exception of personal check, I mostly use those payment terms when I sell elsewhere.
Not defending the OP as I think the OP is likely the root of the problem here (I doubt he'll spill what the issue is), but the more people post the more I realize how closed off from the real world this board is.