Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Rob, you are ignoring that the subject seller was thrown off eBay. How will OP communicate with him if he can't message him through eBay? Also there is unlikely to be any escrow of the payment. The seller most likely already withdrew it from his Pay Pal account. And the seller likely has no more payments coming in to Pay Pal for them to confiscate. eBay/Pay Pal is going to have to take the loss on this one.
Indeed - totally missed that the seller is deleted. Saw it in one of the other posts - didn't realize the initial one had a deleted seller as well. Yup - just file it now. They may make you wait but go ahead and file as you know it's going to be a crap show.