Darryl,
He is slow in answering sometimes (and at other times is back in literally 5 minutes).
To be honest for off the shelf templates he has the best selection (and they work nicely).
He also makes sure the templates works when X-Cart is upgraded (so you can keep using the same skin when upgrade X-Cart).
I use one of his skins on one of my sites and after upgrading I had an issue installing the skin... he was nice enough to help me fix the installation and did not ask for anything extra (from memory I waited a couple of hours for him to do that).
He also is the only person who offers skins that I know of, who will help you work out why another 3rd party mod is not working with his skin (and help you to get it to work).
It is a national holiday in his part of the world today as well - this might explain why...
So I wouldn't write the 7dana option off this fast... just some comments (even though I understand that first appearances for you have been bad).
Cheers - Asiaplay
PS: I have one additional thought... William Hayes in the forum was planning to offer skins (and he has done some very nice ones for his clients - personally I think his skin designs are up to date and in line with the net / fashion trends happening now)... perhaps check out this post and PM him to see if he has released any skins yet...
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=22067