cross-country parts transactions

I bought some parts on here recently that were advertised as "Hardware included" and it was the mounting bolts made for use with the parts.
I immediatly paid what the seller was asking and got the parts with no mounting hardware.
I contacted the seller and was told, "they must have fallen out while the items were being packaged for shipping"
The seller told me that he would look around for them and get back to me.
That was days ago, so I am calling BS and will not buy from this seller again.

It's not a big loss, or even a big deal as I went out and found the hardware locally.
I'm not even going to ask the seller for a partial refund for having to buy the parts that were supposed to be included because the parts were still worth what he was asking without them.
It's just one of those clue's.