UPDATE - I received an e-mail from another buyer on Yahoo, asking if I'd received my items. He said that he hadn't received his either. I went out to the seller's feedback, and it looks like he started dumping torn-up cards as Yahoo Auctions ended.
Yahoo! Auctions User Rating (emily_rose_refractor)
I'm posting this as a warning in case anyone runs into this guy, but will not post his real name & address.
I also found an incident on ebay where he was buying cards, claiming he didn't get them and got caught selling them on NAXCOM. I mentioned that, and he said he didn't use either website. But when I posted his private feedback, he suddenly became "not a registered user" on ebay.
I updated the dispute to a claim on July 10. Within 1/2 hour, I received a profanity filled, threatening, bad rating from Yahoo! Auctions. I received a couple more threatening e-mails since then. According to Paypal "The seller's deadline for responding to this claim is Jul. 20, 2007. If the seller does not respond by the deadline, the claim will be decided in your favor." Which he didn't. So I guess, per their rules, I win.
Not a lot of fun, but I guess the good guys do win in the end, even on the internet.
I will let you know if I recover anything.
thanks for listening -
fdgowin