Wow John, sorry to hear you got screwed by that asshole.
To be honest though, Im a bit surprised. I thought you were a bit more shrewd as a business man. I spotted his bullshit from day one. I wouldnt have trusted a word from his mouth anymore than I would french kiss a rattlesnake.
I am pretty serious into home theater and one day I was cruising through ebay for front projection screens. I saw a screen and I noticed the user name was etraylorIII. I watched the bidding for a couple of days. After two or three days he changed the listing to read, "the screen is ruined, its all torn up".
Dont know what happened but Im sure it was nothing more than some slimey way of getting out of the bidding because he wasnt getting what he wanted for it.
He's a compulsive liar and a scumbag of the highest order, I'm surprised you did business with him.
Im sure you will get it sorted out though. Sorry to hear it happened.