thanks for the kind words Jimbo, but really not necessary. I choose to make this decision, so I take full responsibility in not using better judgment
Hector, I hope you don't wait and contact your credit card company now. It might actually push PP to do something if they hear from the CC co.
Re PMs, we know this is a privately held message board, so they pretty much own everything, but Arch has on occasion said they don't "normally" and I'm paraphrasing, look at pms unless both parties agree. Doesn't mean they can't.
Paid with Paypal balance not CC
Same thing I did with AjaxFarrel ...
Sucker