Absolutely....there is nothing criminal here for the police to even consider. I was in law enforcement for well over 25 years, and we got these type of calls all of the time. Dispatch won't even bother sending a unit.....it's a civil matter all of the way, but not limited to just the buyer. The case is with PayPal and the Credit card folks as well...and can get very complicated. Yes, I know what the agreements state, but I would contact your states attorney and start with their consumer affairs division first. You should be able to recover the machine....I realize the laws favor the consumer here, but they were never intended to be punitive towards the supplier either.

Everyone needs to stop thinking of the "friends and family" part of PayPal as offering some sort of protection....THERE IS NONE.....Period. The only thing F&F does is to allow the sender to pay the percentage PayPal holds for facilitating the transaction. Outside of that, there is no difference in protections offered. The sender can still do a chargeback, they can still make a complaint, etc. End result, you can get just as screwed with F&F as with any other CC based payment.