sadly, i did also buy from child_harold (he is not responding by email either):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1440112.msg14584998#msg14584998...
CarlGraph bought 62.5K (old) IOTA for 1.1BTC
txid: 7962f0b788906083ce7d188e9c29b6ad7c892e5340bb71ae74ca967f0a747d08
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if there is a solution, which helps the iota-project and hopefully also the buyers to get back a bit i would be happy about it

but i would also understand, if not. it's our own fault to buy without escrow and it is more important to bring the project forward and to keep trust on to it!
and what happens if child_harrold appears again and says he is willing to transfer the iota's after claiming it, but he don't do so?