Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn

If this was the order of operations then Barefootsies prevented himself from being scammed by using the PayPal dispute system as it was intended.

I've used the dispute system before in a similar manner... I had paid for an item off of Ebay which was defective and I couldn't get the seller to contact me back. When the dispute period was about to be up I had no choice but to file it. After I did the seller contacted me back (finally) and he exchanged the item for a new one. I guarantee if I would have let that period pass me by I never would have seen a working product