buying on e bay

[1914.1918]

hello ....on sept 8th i won a pair of trench art shell vases out of england for 56 pounds and + 38 pounds to ship to canada wich i thought a little pricey but this is what he wanted...after 7 days with 4 emails to him he finaly got back to me saying he was tied up  and the item was shipped on the 15th but did not provide a tracking number ,i got back to him and asked for tracking wich he did provide so for weeks the tracking stated that the items were being prepaired for shipping  at royal mail so i got back to him again since the sevice was 3_7 days delivered and ask him to check the track number him self wich he did since i thought the items were stolen,lost or confenscated what he said was that royal mail scaned the items and deemed the unsafe for air traval so they had been redirected to suface mail , this i somewhat understand being 100year old artillery shells that have been long silenced but im just wondering if i should open a case of some sort just to protect my self in case of some kind of scam. i have heard of some ebayrs charging top prices for shipping buy air then sending it off surface to pocket the moneys....also the tracking still says being prepared for shipping its on its way at royal mail....at canada post the tracking just states that the tracking is invalid wich means its not here yet or may neaver show up who knows.......do any of yous have any sugestions before i run out of time to protect myself.........many thanks .....leslie.

[femmefan1946]

You bought on September 8

You have not received the items.

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