Thanks for your input. Thinking of this from a third-party perspective, I have to agree with you; the post is not very helpful without inherent credibility.
This can only be achieved by including the actuals: the invoice, the payment details, the email exchanges....all of it. Only when armed with that level of data can a wary third-party commit to a course of action with confidence. Anything short of this is wasting people's time. I will fix it.
./j

**UPDATE**
AKminer got in touch with me and they have agreed to refund my payment.

According to AKminer:
"we spent much time and did some investigation on this order ,you did not pay full payment for this order which placed in 6th July and also payment had 3 days delays and reached our wallet on 9th July ,that is why our order system did not recognise this payment .
Anyway ,please send us your USDC address and we will send 18935.67 USDC ,sorry for any inconvenience of you ,thanks~"

After speaking with them about the situation today, I do not believe they acted in bad faith. This was a transaction anomaly and I would consider another purchase.

./j

Agreed, the transaction summary alone proves just about nothing to no one. In the context of this unfortunate incident and coupled with silence from AKminer, well it speaks volumes. I will take your advice and create a new post with all of the sordid details. Thanks for your insight.

Transaction ID: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/b38aa2998d651b2ae56f5d5d61122e718d2765f08d0bbea6112f7b0b02ded704

I would never deal with AKMiner again and caution any and all to find an ethical vendor, of which AKMiner is not. I ordered 2 DR5s from AKMiner in July. After I sent payment they cancelled the order and claimed they never received payment. I’ve sent them screenshots of the payment, the transaction ID on the BTC blockchain, and six months later, I’m still waiting.