In early November, there was a posting from Jose Goncalves about non-receipt of an HP calculator won on Ebay from seller Bruno Maignan. I replied that I, too, had been waiting for four weeks for an IC wafer which I had won from this same seller. Emailed inquiries had gone answered.
Soon after that, I got Maignan's phone number from Ebay and called. The woman who answered the phone indicated that he had had to leave the country for a medical emergency, and would send his ebay items as soon as he returned. Well, my Si wafer came yesterday, with apologies and several extras as a bonus.
The bottom line: this seems to have been an unavoidable emergency. I trust Jose received his calculator also.
Regards,
Larry