What do you do when someone from OUR forum possibly has stolen your money?

Maybe hold out on the trash talk until you actually get the amp you paid for? No need to piss off someone who has what you want
 
i have not called. i filed a dispute, still waiting to hear from them about that. do you think calling them would still help?

Calling is ALWAYS more effective than just filing a dispute and waiting around. You will actually talk to a human that doesn't want to lose their job due to an unhappy customer.

Personally, I would have filed a dispute within the first 1-2 days of no info. Lack of communication is the first sign of a bad deal. I always send whomever I'm dealing with my contact info including phone number so they can directly call me if there is an issue.
 
Do you still think PayPal won't work, even if i show them a screenshot of the conversation we had as proof that i marked it as such although i had not received it?

Luckily, my family has a friend who is an investigator, so i am going to see what can be done with that.
 
I was gonna say, do you have a screenshot of the convo with dates and such, along with dates of payment from paypal...

Nice little paper trail to take along to the cop shop...