Wow I am surprised there is an issue here. I talked to this guy for quite a while on Skype and debated buying this rig, had even offered him an offer better than the highest I saw listed here and asked him to get in touch with me if there were other offers because I was very interested.
Then the next morning I checked here and saw your update that the item had been sold, so I figured whatever I guess he found someone local or that offered him a better deal. The whole thing seemed a little shady to me but he typed me quite a lot of text explaining the situation so it seemed fine to me.
Anyway, hope everything works out in the end for you with either a refund or the rig.