Agreed HWB has no responsibility for monetary loss but they could ban the party guilty of bad behavior. In my case someone fairly well known ( strong island ) and thought to be trust worthy has been stringing me along for six months. After the last communication below he just ignores PM's yet he has a new for sale thread @OCN.
https://www.overclock.net/forum/14786-full-systems/1714412-fs-high-end-r6-1080ti-i7-8086-build-hard-tube.html