Well, I received one PM from him on 5/31 saying he'd received my $10. I had planned on giving him 20+ pages to work on, but was starting with one to see what his turnaround time was like, and how much I liked the quality of his work. Apparently his turnaround time is non-existent, his communication abhorrent, and his business practices deceitful. I haven't heard from him since the day he received the money via Paypal and I'm out the $10 unless I can get Paypal to get it back for me. I don't know how many others got burned, but it looks to me like there were quite a few. I'm just glad I didn't give him all 22 pages up front. That could have been a disaster ;-)