Be that as it may, surely this is a matter between yourself and the buyer from ebay. I`m sure you didn't stroke him, I`m just not sure why you posted this here...
There will always be arseholes on ebay. I bought 2 MIDI interfaces in a row that were broken, off different sellers, and got no return. Tough cheese.
But this isn't the place for bitching.
No, it isn't a place for "bitching", but it is a place to remind others of con-artists like Ideal who are here to extort money from people like Red by receiving goods and then claiming they didn't and hoping they can get a refund in exchange for not posting negative feedback.
I've purchased many items from Redrumloa over several yaers and I've NEVER had a problem. NEVER.
Even if Ideal isn't a con artist, it's been pointed out that the tracking number is genuine and he should be taking it up with his country's customs service.