Apples From Our Family Tree

So far, all of the information I've found, as been done with my own two hands. I've done the research or gotten the information from family. A couple of months ago, I reached out to a genealogy website I stumbled upon online for help locating some documents regarding our Revolutionary War soldier, Peter Simpson.  I've been having a difficult time locating any information about his time in the war and I've since learned that there was a fire and many of these older documents were lost.  But, this particular organization (who will remain nameless, because at this time, I don't believe that there has been willful wrongdoing.) was able to find a couple of documents. I had the ability to pay for copies to be sent to me and I sent a check along with the form they provided to request the copies. After about a month and a half, the check still hadn't cleared my bank and I had not heard boo from them. I reached out...only to receive a sales-pitch type email back