Is this ever going to get confirmed? I'm sure they did this on purpose.
Is there anything I can do to get my money? I'm willing to pay a fee for it.
yes... it seems they did it on purpose
if their intention is to save fee, they could've done payments in batches, 1 input and several outputs
1 input 1 output + 1 change address with very small tx fee and chain payments...

smells like bad intention
anyway you can gather up all the victims and do one big coordinated CPFP?