It seems clear to me that jsearles is not interested in actually settling this $500 matter.
It also seems clear that he seems to enjoy the attention that comes from the whole matter, and is intentionally dragging this out for as long as possible.
If he said, "I disagree I owe you $500, and I'm never going to pay, end of discussion", I would think he was being really shitty, but at least wasn't trying to rub salt in the wounds.
I believe he is using this situation as a means of trolling, and everyone is sick of it, myself included.
I am going to ban his ability to post until he proposes a plan to solve this, via PM (to me), and sticks to it. That is, some sort of escrow will need to have occurred before he can post again here. The escrow doesn't have to be to me.
BTW, handicapme, I don't understand your threat to donate to skatz or VPR. Go ahead and donate to them. I am not in competition with either of those forums, especially VPR.
To be honest, I had very limited time on the internet over the past 1-2 weeks, which is why my posting here was pretty much been reduced to infrequent, short messages during that time. It's also why I couldn't do radio on Tuesday. I would read some threads here and there, but didn't even get to read this one until today.
Also, anyone is welcome to quote anyone else's (actual) messages in their signature.