This joker i had the issue with has now changed his ebay user name to mememyselfonly

Looks like he has changed his name a bit in the past-

mememyselfonly 15-Apr-08 Present
vipersbargains 22-Dec-07 15-Apr-08
vipersports1969 23-Oct-07 22-Dec-07
5683neil 30-May-06 23-Oct-07

I looked him up...why didn't you leave him negative feedback?

even though negative feedback is really the only thing that ebay buyers can do, fake sellers will just make new ebay accounts which wipes that negative feedback off

:/

Yes, but still it may prevent others from buying.

I don't know if I am allowed to say this here, but if not, mods can just remove my post. What some people, me included, did when dealing with assholes like that is to open up a new Ebay account and purchase all of his Buy it Now items. This way, he actually looses quite a bit of money in listing fee and potential buys.

Also, I know some shady sellers, this one included, when they know their item is not gonna sell, ie. have 1 hour left and no one is bidding, they use their other acocunt or get their friends in the same business to buy their product (no payment), and leave each other positive feedbacks to boost their rating.

I have seen some pretty shady business practices. Your best bet is to file a claim with Paypal and get your FULL money back.