An update for this situation:

After making contact with AllMotorMike asking if he could afford to repay me in payments he responded with:

Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:51 AM

yeah i should be able to do that, i actually just got laid off after 5 years at my job so im gonna see if i can make it on side work for the time being but yeah if u wanna do the 50.00 then im ok with that.


mike

I subsequently sent him a paypal money request and never heard anything more. Periodically, say every two to three weeks, I send him a payment reminder (with little hope) and have never heard anything from him.

I fired him an email today attempting to reassess the situation but do not expect much.