Well I may have to retract my ebay statement..

I am still waiting for the seller to send my last purchase, it was $70 including registered post, and wouldn't you know it, literally 2 days after I paid, she's no longer a registered user. She marked the item as payment rec'd on the 15th of Jan, no contact since, I've emailed several times asking when she has/will send it. Nothing.
And because she is unreg now, I don't think there is anything ebay can/will do. And because she told me it would cost $5 more for paypal, I didn't do paypal, so no back-up there. ARGH!!

I've never had this happen before. So not impressed and SO not telling DH!!