I feel for you!! Lucky has not happened to myself, but I have often wondered about, what if a seller was sick? in the hospital? What happens to their listings. I think that there should be some kind of note on a seller's/buyer's page, indicating an emergency, I am not availale, going for operation, vacation,etc. And am I wrong? does not ebay/paypal have our phone #'s.
It may be far fetched but I have seen on some court shows, alot of ebay seller's/buyer's going to small claims court on cases like this. Because if no one ever does a thing about it, these blankly blank's will continue to steal.
Were you able to give feedback to them?