I know this is a really early time to be asking questions about the cutting sale which if i remember is in february, but i have one burning question i have to ask.

See, i would love to get cuttings, i have almost given up on local sources and am very limited internet wise, and think that cuttings are probably the best way to go. But isn't the cutting sale in February? If i do get some cuttings, will they survive being shipped through a foot and a half of snow, all the way across the country to come here to long island? i don't want to plan for growing out cuttings next year if just getting them shipped here is going to kill them.

if packed properly, and without wet paper towel which is sometimes needed, it really should not freeze over. you can wait till after the night temp has gone over 32 to get the cuttings. you can root cuttings anytime of the yr. the reason why cutting and so on happends in fall, winter, and spring is due to trees going dormant. don't really want to cut the tree while they are growing up and start putting on the figs.

If the scionwood is from Jon they have been fine for me in past and im near Chicago.

It's a reasonable question but so far it hasn't been a problem for those of us left out in the cold.

So i won't have to worry about receiving fig-(scion)-sickles? THat's good!

I agree with what pete posted. If packaged without any additional moisture they will be fine.
I did receive partially lignified (semi green) cuttings that were packaged in wet paper towels from an Ebay seller. They were literally frozen solid (24 deg F. for 12 hours in my mail box, your "fig-sickles"). I repackaged them in dry long fibered sphagnum moss and have just rooted them last month. They rooted OK and are now putting out leaves.