Scammed - Need advice

[Biz112]

Long story short - I paid someone a few hundred dollars to do some web design work for me. In the terms of the payments and in the invoice the person stated that I could receive a refund at anytime no questions asked which made me feel comfortable sending the money. However, fast forward a month later and the seller has been unresponsive and uncooperative with me and when I ask for my money back he gets hostile. I have all correspondence between myself and the seller. Also, about a day after initially paying the seller I stumbled upon some unfalttering scam reports online about the seller. I immediately contacted paypal to inform them of the issue and to have record that I made them aware of the fraud early but agreed to give the seller a few weeks to proove himself.

However, I have lost hope and feel like I am about to become a victim of a rip off. I am a student and don't have a lot of money so this few hundred is a lot to me. Will paypal take notice of the terms in the invoice that the seller agreed to and write out himself and give me my money back? 

[snowshoe]

Unfortunately this type of issue happens a lot.  One has to keep in mind that this type of transaction is considered a service and per the User Agreement, there's no buyer protection.  Not so honest people are aware of PayPal's Policies and know what they can get away with.  There's a good chance that PayPal won't do anything in your favor and most likely tell you that there's no buyer protection transactions like this.

If you paid with a credit card, it's possible your card issuer may be able to help you out.  You would need to contact them for advice and/or assistance.

[Biz112]

Even with it point blank in the invoice that I will receive a refund at anytime? 

I fid it hard to beleive that wirtten proof gets no respect from paypal.

[snowshoe]

It's a moot point.