Good for you Phinnaeus, just be careful.

Apparently he won't even reply to me except to say ... "too late, tough, shit sir!" (paraphrased)

... and the coward will not come out and confirm definitively he will not be returning my coins ... in which case I could initiate counter action ... so still waiting ... but the clock is ticking.

Some kind of business he is running, slippery as an Frenchman ... oh wait he is.