Quick update, I've had a refund issued from Paypal due to non delivery, the seller didn't respond to the case, neither has he opened 3 pms that I've sent explaining why I escalated it (or indeed returned to this thread) very strange goings on, just glad I refused to pay by gift and covered the fees.
As a side note the delivery company wouldn't let me know the address the parcel was being delivered to, neither would they help me in any way once they realised I wasn't the account holder. TBH it feels like a complete scam to get cash over the xmas period.