1mudman, I am a new member on this forum but have been a member on many other forums for over 10+ years. I had the same issue you did with Uncle Z, sent him payment, then sent him the info. He asked me to confirm the money was available for pickup, I rechecked on WU website. Everything was good, reconfirmed with Uncle Z. Next day he said when his guy went to pickup the money it wasn't available. I checked with WU and they said it was picked up. I had WU investigate this on their side and then they sent me proof that it was picked up by that person that I had requested the money to be released to.
Uncle Z still denies that he or any of his runners ever got the money, and he said I have to prove it to him that it was his guy. He didn't care what paper work I had from WU. He pretty much told me I was sh-t out of luck! I have used many suppliers in the past and used 3 other suppliers after him. No problems with any of the other suppliers but Uncle Z is not legit. If you run a search of him online he has pulled the same thing with at least 3 other people. There are other people on other forums that have said the same thing. I do see that many people get all there stuff and most of it is legit but I know that he pulls these scams on certain people..I don't know if it was random or his runners are lying to him, but in the end we get ripped off.
After my issue with him many other members on other forums asked me about my transactions with Uncle Z and I provided them with all the info including the proof of the transactions and emails. I know the people I spoke with probably won't be ordering from Uncle Z. There are many suppliers out there who are totally legit but there is no reason to order from someone who rips his customers off even if it occasionally. Ever other supplier I ordered from has sound business practices. This is the first supplier who replies back with two or three words in his emails. He doesn't even complete a full sentence, so for get about writing a proper email reply.
FYI, one of the other forums I am on there are 23 pending complaints against Uncle Z, and not a single one has been resolved.