Ripped off!!!!

That's why you use paypal or a USPS money order. Paypal you can always get your money back. A USPS money order has both names, both addresses, and and what it's for. So only the person with the name on it can cash it with proper ID... So if they do screw, you have a leg to stand on. I would take it to a small claims court. I would take somebody to court if they ripped me off for a couple hundred dollars. Sorry it happened to you man, sucks!

Paypal or credit card is the 2 best ways to pay. You really have no more saftey with a USPS money order. I paid a guy with a USPS money order and made him sign for it and still got screwed to the tune of $490.00. It would have cost me more than that to fight it out with a lawyer, so I lived and learned.
I am very sorry for the OP for getting taken advantage of and anyone else, as I know that it sucks. Hopefully marks340 will make things right with the people that he has taken advantage of.
Matt