If this is not a scam, then why does LTCgear not respond to charge back disputes? Nothing from the emails I sent or directly to my bank. Paypal is of no help and will not provide any additional information with a real name, address, and phone number.
LTCgear stopped accepting paypal right before the TOS change from 60 45 days to 180 days for filing a dispute (11/17/2014). This corresponds quite well to their claimed 'attack' and dragging out this process. We are past the 60 45 day point, so don't expect further payouts from LTCgear.
Huh? LTCgear didn't accept paypal even back to last summer. There was not stopped accepting. The only payment method was BTC. You may have had some special arrangement to use a paypal payment with them, but that wasn't normal.