if they stall open a PayPal dislute a.s.a.p.
Nope. Open it now.
I still have 20 days to open a dispute thankfully. I'll only be waiting a few days before opening one though.
Here is what you do.
Open the Paypal claim right now ....like right freaking now.
In the text of the case, write that 'Case has been opened as a courtesy to make sure seller is notified of refund request. Currently no issue but have not received response and want to make sure we are all on same page'
And leave the case open, cut and paste any correspondence from him yourself into updates.
Do not close the case no matter what until you are refunded, then leave a thank you message in the claim case that the seller was easy to deal with.