Sorry to hear of this unfortunate incident regarding your cash purchase.It is always a good idea to pay for large purchases with a credit card so there is no chance of things like this happening. You are lucky you had another hundred dollar bill to give him as I would never carry several hundred dollar bills with me when shopping in Philipsburg! When things like this happens, it does make you wonder how honest some people really are and how careless the banks may be in neglecting to check the money they are handling.