Wellll lesson learned

It’s my fault for being so trusting butttt... I got ripped off by an “appliance repair” man. My washing machine is making a peculiar sound. Since it’s Christmas and I don’t have much money left over after buying presents, I looked on Craigslist for a repairman. Gave him a call, he said he does free service calls so we arranged for him to come this passed Monday. He comes and tells me he will do the job for $80 including parts, $40 cash right now to buy the part and the remaining $40 upon completion, which was supposed to be on Tuesday. I gave him $50 since I didn’t have the exact bills, he leaves. Tuesday rolls around, he doesn’t show up. I wait an hour after the scheduled time to text and ask where he is. He says he had an emergency and asked if we could reschedule to Wednesday (yesterday). He never showed up yesterday. I sat around and waited for an hour again, text him and didn’t get a response. Called him, and my number is blocked.