"The fact that we accept Western Union payments is supposedly already proof of attempted scam"
Yup. Like it or not, accepting card payments - and it's not expensive these days, far cheaper than Western Union - provides customers with piece of mind by allowing people to use card guarantees to ensure they won't be scammed. WU offers no such guarantee.
Cherrypal is a minor laptop reseller with a bad reputation, nothing else.
(And the China thing? You didn't do due diligence, and this bit you in the ass. Well, guess what - this is going to reflect on you, from now until forever since there are still quite a few people without units and given it took a MONTH for you to realise you'd been conned...)
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