That's when you should've smelled a shunk....the fact that he had your gun should've covered any deposit.
Geeze Homeless,don't beat him up,at least he named who ripped him off so others can learn from his experience.If you discourge this type of posting with "monday morning quarterbacking" we will all be on our own with dealers/gunsmiths/suppliers who do it to others and they will continue their bad business practices!
Wouldn't you have liked to know that dealer who ripped you off did it to someone else before you wasted that shipping money??