oh sorry i have been out on a trip and couldn't post before.
Rich, i have been trying to do something about this. Unfortunately i am not in US and there is precious little i can do. I tried to track this guy down via a friend in US. he is still working on that. Paypal seems to be to overwhelmed by the christmas traffic to respond to my claims it seems. I was trying to get my point across to them. Still pursuing that front. Meanwhile Andem tried contacting him via phone. Turned out it was wrong number.
The guy meanwhile is there on msn. eg his present status says "i am hard at work trying to get back on track after a power outtage" makes me believe there are a lot of souls the guy is tricking even now. Ofcourse he chooses not to respond to me.
he ofcourse is active on his site
http://www.extremewebtech.com/forums/members/tim.html
but chooses not to come here
he is quite obviously working there.
Well i have pretty much given up the idea of seeing my money again, but i have decided i won't be letting the thread down. Let others know what kind of a guy he is. I am sure he is waiting for things to quieten down and come back. he remains a "master coder" (sorry for repeated references to this, its a bit laughable, that title, for a person who continues to trick two people right here on this board).
EDIT: oh btw lasto, i don't know how itrader will help too. Its quite possible that people build some reputation to take off with a major haul(please its not meant in general, i am commenting based on the experience i have had and sadly i have had a bad one. I am sure a lot of people will be good and honest here.). at least thats what he seems to have done.