I gotta say that even if Harpal is legit, that it was a complete crap move to go on vacation, right after having "been robbed", and without communicating it with his customers.
Yeah, maybe a measly couple hundred dollars is nothing to him, but if I send that to someone, it sure as heck isn't pocket change to me.
Even if he were to have actually shipped these products, I would recommend him as a bad trader, just for being an ass with no care what-so-ever for his customers.