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In my case, I purchased an item that never arrived.

When I bid on the item, the person had excellent feedback. After trying to contact the person several times, and no reply, I looked at their feedback and noticed that they had several recent negatives left from people who never received their items. I don't know if the person died, or they just decided "screw it", and left ebay with a bang... or what.

I contacted Paypal and pointed out what was going on, and not only did they not refund my money, but they didn't even respond to me. Ebay ended up suspending the person's account, but I was never given a explaination (which is all I really wanted).

I still use ebay, but I never make a purchase larger than what I am will to write-off.