The only way this situation is probably going to work, out other than someone knocking on his door and giving him a beating, is smarter online transactions. No offense to the OP, I learned the hard way myself and if Alaska wasn't somewhere in Canada I would have "collected" my funds. Yesterday I sold a Corbin seat for a CB1100F, printed the shipping receipt, sent the buyer a pic of the receipt, and then
waited. When the funds posted to my PayPal, I shipped the package. When I buy or sell things over $150, I use Goods and Services on PayPal and include a description of the part. Sure you take a small hit from PayPal but its more secure. OP you have my sympathy and I hope everything gets resolved in your favor. Its a small community and for what its worth, his name and ID are on my little Shop's wall of shame. One of us WILL run into him some day...

-Michael