Sigh, when I saw that he was selling bellyrub I should have requested my funds from bellyrubbank. Luckily it was only 20SBD, but that was like 10% or so of my income hear on Steemit. I had hesitations on doing it, but as a witness and leader in multiple communities, I thought it was an ok gamble.
Live and learn I guess.
You wouldn't have gotten your money back, request or not. I've submitted a ticket to Poloniex, I don't know if it will help, but it can't hurt to try:
https://steemit.com/scam/@trending/please-help-stop-zeartul-from-getting-away-with-his-scam-make-poloniex-aware-of-it
If he would have refused to payout I could at least saved everyone a months worth of lost steem.