Oh good I am so glad that was what it was!!! I was so frustrated the day I couldn't find it. I swear eBay makes changes that absolutely make no sense. 

I would most likely send my seller a polite message and explain your concerns, as you did here. If the item was not received in the condition that is was described, you have every right to question her, even if she was nice. She may have a reasonable solution for you, ex. perhaps a partial refund or a full refund upon return of the toy.

I see you say the toy is HTF, how hard to find is it? Is the price you paid a price for one in mint condition? Just curious? 

The stance still remains the same here Taffeta on fellow collectors asking that an item be ended early  We don't tolerate it.

I think people forget that when you are selling something on eBay, you are contracting with the eBay auction service to list your item for a fee. When the item sells, you have contracted to pay eBay a final value fee for the sale. It is a simple contractual agreement. If you violate the terms of the contract, well, that is cheating in my opinion. The thing is people still do it and make sales outside of eBay all the time. I believe it either has to do with folks knowing each other though or that there are buyers out there that prey on newbie sellers with an item that is in high demand.

I have had people e-mail me telling me an item was "overpriced" but that they would "do me a favor" and buy it for less than the minimum bid, if I would "end the auction early". These types of people are like the "early birds" at garage sales. They prey upon your insecurities and try to buy things for below market value by implying that they will never sell otherwise. "Sell it to me now," they are implying, "or lose your only hope of ever selling it."

If you want you can list the sellers name and perhaps we can take a look and see if this is a trending pattern with them. I know if I was watching an item or items from the same seller and it suddenly "disappeared" I would be like 

Thanks MiRaja that is super helpful information for all of us 

Thanks Lady Starflower! I hope you are able to get what you are looking for Luna.

Thanks Libelle!

I hope you are able to get it figured out.