"This should be like pulling teeth" I agree. I asked the seller for alternative means of returning the refund on two occasions - including providing an email or phone number to "send money". In both instances he replied by providing a link to his eBay store for a different item, to make purchase and to send a message to notify that the purchase was for the return of refund only (so they wouldn't ship the item). Originally I thought he was merely providing the link to return the refund by repurchasing the original item (as stated in my thread-starter). Now I am not so sure. In any case, in both instances the seller ignored the my suggestion to provide either a phone number or email to "send money". The other possibility is that, by providing the links, the seller (without being explicit) wants me to send money back by purchasing one of the items provided in the link, both of which have a cost slightly less than the original purchase. If so, then he doesn't realize that there are obvious problems with this, as there is no formal link to the original purchase or item to document the return refund transaction. His last response (providing the second link to his eBay store) was yesterday. I still haven't responded to this, hoping you folks or the eBay help desk might have a solution to this problem.
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