Hey Ernie, I know these guys.....I talked with them and they remember your order and attitude.  Said you used a credit card alright but wanted shipping to a different address other than the billing address.  Master card and visa rules require purchases to be shipped to the billing address and proof of delivery signed by the card holder.  They also said they made an exception in your case to ship to your buddies place of business after verifying more info.  And that you kept calling everyday wanting rush shipment, triggering their online security department and demanding that shipment be made to buddies place----couple that with the fact that you made a LARGE ONLINE purchase.

 It seems like there has been numerous cases of ATVs being shipped into florida especially the miami area and I think it is called "INTERNET FRAUD".  Another major ATV onliner besides these guys have also lost numerous ATV's in Florida due to fraud after shipping to "other than billing addresses".  There is dudes bashin around down there on FREE ATVs.  I know for a fact that there is a black ATV and a green ATV that are now classifed stolen after a fraudulent transaction because I handled the investigation with the shipping carriers security team.

I would be gun shy about shipping large purchase on credit card sales too---especially if a guy was calling every day demanding rush shipping to a buddies place and a large transaction amount.

Seems like there is always two sides to a story.  And they also said you are way out of line about the 4 weeks thing because they have the documentation on when they processed your payment and the signed delivery reciept from your buddy when he took delivery of the three ATVs.

Sounds like to me that you may have backed the guy in a corner and he was protecting himself from you and any possible fraudulent transactions.
IMPO (in my personal opinion)