If you sent payment via US Post Office, then you have a case for mail fraud. About 10 years ago, I paid a member of a different forum for some merchandise that I never received. He insisted that he sent the items, but had absolutely no proof that he did. Not even a receipt from the PO. After 2 tracers sent, nothing found and he refused to return my money. If he could have proved he sent it, I would have just wrote it off as a misfortune on my part.

The postal clerk gave me the form to fill out for "mail fraud" along with a copy of the cashed MO. Two weeks later, my refund arrived in the mail with no explaination.

Just something to think about. James