Wonderwoody - I am not happy.

Sorry to hear about this, I've only been burned about 2 times in about 15 years buying and selling online.

I learned that if you dont know the person and is across state lines, you need to use paypal and with the fee.
Even then there is a time limit I believe its like 60 days or something(someone correct me)
That extra fee is what gets you your money back if the sale goes bad.

BTW, I hate to say it but if you can Paypal in this day in age, you probably should be paying anyone online either.

Yeah postal fruad, call the FBI, the BBB. In reality these guys wont go after anything that is not going get them money back for their investment.

One thing YOU can do is have a yelp account. Use their name and address as a store front and give it a bad review and warn others.

Usually forums have "Halls of Shame" for such purposes.