I opened a dispute last night and it will get escalated very shortly. Those posts about him signing on to messenger and leaving without even a post on here clinched it for me. Getting this settled is either a very low or non existent priority for him.

Some things to keep in mind about paypal disputes. You guys have only 45 days after the transaction to open a dispute or you will not ever be able to. Some of you ordered FWIs early in August, so keep that limit in mind. Once you have opened a dispute you have 20 days to escalate it to a claim or else it will be closed permanently. So don't just leave it as a dispute for too long. Also note that paypal says that once you open a dispute they freeze that amount in his account so he can't empty it and run (if he hasn't already). So it is a good idea to open the dispute quickly so hopefully, YOUR money is frozen and he can't pull it out. Otherwise even if you win the dispute there won't be any money to draw from and you're SOL.