That should be a no brainer. Rybski is very well aware of this thread, yet choosing not to come here and make things right.
He can easily log in and either state that the OP has been misleading, and is giving us inaccurate information - and tell us his side of the story - but he's not.
He can also easily come here, and admit to some wrong doing, and even perhaps the inability at this time to be able to re-compensate him. We all make mistakes. I have a very good feeling the OP would be fine with receiving payments over time, and also be amiable to working out some other solution/agreement. Like maybe the guy could build him a bass?
That's not happening.
Also, didn't say this in my last post, but I think talkbass is an excellent place to air this kind of thing out. We're the community that will make or break someone like Rybski, and if he's a theif, well it should be known. Here. If he has any integrity he always has the opportunity to right his wrongs. Not sure why he isn't. If he's reading this (which I'm going to guess he is) I really think it would be in his best interest all around to work something out with the OP, apologize, and be done with it. It's not that hard so long as we have the willingness to say, "Hey. I goofed on this one. But I want to make it right,"