Kano it was not just that it happened for a short time period (as if I had been paid on time with my payouts set for 2 hours) but due to the fact the pool did not make payments for over a week+ so it effected a larger amount. Also when the payments went the other way when the difficulty went down... how many would have noticed their pending payments going up?? heck that is what most expect to see a increase when they mine on a PPS pool, so unless you were watching the moment of difficulty decrease nobody would notice this larger increase in their pending payment.  Since payments have been so delinquent people are watching them closer now than ever.  Also I have seen my pending payments in the past go up sometimes due to the pool fixing payments that were missed or not done right or payments that did not go thru, but once again nothing is said so most never know what happened.  ( this rant was to answer why or how nobody came forward or notice when the difficulty went down and they may have received more pay than they should)  These are things that should be fixed with out submitting a "ticket" and sounds like s0br has done this.