Here is basically what happened. This is like my 3rd attempt to type this.. Well, Im big enough of a man to admit when he got beat.. Yes, silk roaders, I was ripped off. It just stung me, didn't hurt too bad. The emotional part of getting ripped off to me, is almost worse than losing the money. Im just glad I didn't lose more than I could afford. Someone else on the board was taken as well, but he had the good sense to use an off site escrow service that I never heard of. Im sure he will get his money back. His name on silk road is ScoreB so buyers beware. He says hes from canada, but I have found ainfo about him that will hurt him. he Actualy lives about an hour or two from the boarder, not right across like he wants everyone to believe. If you go out of escrow, dont pay more than you can afford to lose. I guess thats a good rule of thumb. That way, it doesnt hurt as bad. Im just glad that I gave him bogus info and my a good friends/relatives address to send to. But, I have a lot of good info about him. Anyone that can help me find his location, would be a great help. Im really close. im just fortunate that im in a position to where I could lose a little bit of money. I just wanted those touch pads. I only blame myself, no one else. Its in my nature to trust, I will adjust to shit like this, but I wont let it change who I am. I always will be an honest, giving, loving person. When things like this happen, naturally, it makes you want to be like them, and screw the world. but, im bigger than that. Ill take my lumps. Its sad when you cant trust 99 percent of the world today.. My best word of advice is never go out of escrow unless you know that person and have done more than one transaction and if its out of escrow, never pay more than you can lose and always keep it to a minimum. People that scam are just scum of the earth. Cant earn money on their own. He gave me thiis shpill that he went in for a job interview on one of the first days and it seemed like a minimum wage type job. what a fucking loser.. But, im over that. Ill be posting all the info i have regarding this scum. Ill do it after I have used it, he he....I dont think he realizes the resources I have (and friends) I just dont want any more SR'ers to lose money to this type of scum. Ill be ok. (ll be having a fire sale to help me recover from this, however, lol) At the end, he wanted more money, (this is when it was confirmed that i was scammed) and I had a hell of a time messing with him.. he thought he was going to get it a million times.. Just because you get scammed, doesn't mean that you are stupid, lol So, if you want to help me out, you can when I have my fire sale next week..Trust me, they will be great deals... Don't feel sorry for me, just learn from it. Dont trust anyone.. The funny thing is, (now, you Canadians, don't take this personal) Ive only been scammed by canadians. maybe its because most of them are very nice natured and are very believable.. but i thought that was interesting.. PM me if you would like any more info.... EDIT: The good news is that I was able to get a 64gb white touchpad (they were only released in France and not many were made) the person on ebay didnt know what she had and I got a great deal on it. I didn't realize that you can put linuz (ubuntu) on them as well as android (soon).. so, this device will be very handy. its so fast, i guarantee you Ipad lovers would like them.. But it will be nice to be able to have 3 different operating systems on it.. Plus the 64gb is nice too.... So, theres a silver lining......