Checked My Ebay this morning. No messages from Ebay, nor a response from the seller. (I still hadn't paid.) I went ahead and sent the seller a message that I would not be paying for the item since they were removed from Ebay as a registered user. I would expect to see some response from Ebay concerning the situation.
Hello I toobought, the day afterthe sellerwas notregisteredso Imade a reporttoPaypal "item not received",buton March 17the seller has givenanumber for package with Chinapost but indicating"unknown". Since lastMarch 20thenumberindicatespackagepostedtomy country... weird!
NowthatPaypalhad to refundon March 20asked me towait until 6April
emailed seller, waited a few days, opened case w/ ebay and said seller did not respond and is not registered, received decision and refund within a day or two
Did you sign for it when it came? If you didn't, it might be easier (although sneaky) to claim 'item not received' with ebay. If you say you got it, but that it was 'item not as described', ebay might ask you to send it back registered, which would cost you a fortune.