Rookie Mistake...
I'll see what happens but I just submitted a formal complaint with the NC State Attorney General Consumer Protection Division. Not a lawsuit but it does establish a public record and it will give him an opportunity to either: 1) make me whole based off of what I'm asking for or 2) dispute it in which case I have already been given the name of a good lawyer to take to small claims court should he not wan't to mediate a way out of this.