Either way, does not really matter. It was simply a statement of fact, you can take it either way.
Lol, that is just silly, a fact is a fact, it does not matter what other people believe. It is still a fact. It is a fact that there is air in the room with you right now, whether you prove it or not. There is no need to be argumentative, we stating something that happened and do not care whether it is believed or not.
Fact: a thing that is indisputably the case.
Indisputable: unable to be challenged or denied.
Whatever OP says c an be challenged because there is no indisputable proof (such as messages, transaction IDs and probable confirmation from an escrow) so there is no grounds to call it a fact.
Again, think what you want, it is of little consequence to anyone here, it is a fact and when the opinions of those here are important, they will be the first to know, advising the OP to lock the thread as it is just wasting the forums resources here for no good reason at all