Well, they (Tower Hobbies) finally broke down my resistance to mail-order balsa with a "$20 off a $50 order" offer--that's a 40% discount, for the math challenged--off prices that were already significantly lower than my LHS. I couldn't resist even though I like to hand-pick my wood.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I said.  Try it and see, I said.  How bad could it be?, I said. 

OK, got the wood.  Plywood looks good, 5 ply, standard aircraft grade, cheap, 40% off of cheap, I'm happy.  Balsa, basically looks good, pretty straight edges, clear grain. 1/16" sheet weighs 7.5#, pretty good.  1/8" sheet, 9#, that's OK, I can use that. 3/32" sheet, 9.3#, ditto. Various sticks, no problem, around 10#, OK for LEs, etc.  1/4" sheet, well, that varies from 12# to 16#, pretty dense I'm afraid. Not sure where I'll be able to use it.

But all in all, for the money, I'm not complaining.  Delivery was accomplished in a timely manner, about a week I think.  Packaged nicely, no damage (I wondered how that would go).  Would I recommend them? Well, not if you're looking for 4-6# wood, no.  Otherwise, sure, general quality is good.  I'm satisfied.

--Ray

just keep in mind that if the airframe weighs 25 oz. with 8 lb. wood, it's going to weigh 50 oz. with 16 lb. wood.  Decent weight stunters really can't use wood over 8 lb. except for very special parts or in very small quantities.  Even for sport flying it makes a huge difference.  An extra 5 or 6 ounces of wood can really kill the performance of something like a Ringmaster.