I started this thread so I feel it's fair that I post the conclusion.
After several weeks of lack of communication, possibly due to Bogdan's
travelling but also to the lack of any reply from a distributor, the matter finally
took off. After ordering the mono (directly from Bogdan), it took less than 3 weeks till I got the invoice and after that about one week for delivery from Ucraine.
So overall I would say it was a satisfactory process, apart from the initial problems. Now I have to try it....
