When will the madness stop!!!!
After almost a month of radio silence the seller actually shipped the items (eBay informed me that tracking information was available) but not only that, he left me a positive ("Great communication. A pleasure to do business with."). I sent him another eBay message and no answer...maybe he changed email addresses and haven't updated his eBay profile???
Well, at least the items are on my way. I expect them to arrive next week.