The item I bought wasn't delivered even though the tracking page said it had been left in a "safe place". I reported this to the seller and to eBay. Then eBay very quickly refunded me and closed the case. The item I bought turned up this evening. I found it left on the ground by the front step when I went out to put the wheelie bin in the street for tomorrow's collection. Whoever left it there (I suppose that it had been delivered to another address nearby, in error...

Aah sorry, I did mis read your post, and believed the seller needed repaying, my bad. This looks then, like a Simple Delivery transaction whereby when an item is declared not received, eBay refund the buyer and the seller gets to keep the payout. All you can do as suggested above, is to contact Customer Services, see if they want their money back and how. Doubt a refund can be stopped when initiated. As said, it will be i...

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