Lot's of strange things can happen on ebay. I recently (close to Christmas) made a purchase of an item that isn't common unless you have a darkroom with a certain brand of enlarger. Nobody else bid and I got it cheap. I immediately paid by paypal. Three weeks later, no item. I sent a very nice email requesting status. Four days later, with no reply, I sent another very nice email. Three days after that, I sent a rather testy email, and two days later got a reply that he couldn't find the item, that he had refunded my money through paypal (he did), and that if he ever did find it he would give it to me at half price. The next day I got a notice though ebay that he wished to cancel the transaction. I guess he feared a negative response. I wouldn't have done that, but frankly, I was considering a neutral for the lack of responses. The whole thing sounded a little phony, but honestly, things do happen, especially I guess if you are a prolific seller, which this person is. In the long run, I probably wouldn't have given him any feedback. Of course, I likely won't buy anything from him again either.