I agree that the key part here seems to be that the item has not even started its journey yet. It's one thing if it's received by the post office and gets held up/lost in the shuffle (my experience is that this seems to happen but always seems to get delivered in the end).
But in this case seems most likely that the seller has not even gotten it to the post office yet--could be that the post office immediately lost it, but much much more likely is that it's not been brought to PO (or even put in his/her own mailbox) yet.
It's annoying that the seller has not responded to your emails either (I mean there are always possible explanations--maybe the seller got really sick--but o/w bad bad service).
If it were me, I'd just keep waiting a few more weeks, I think eBay will back you even if you keep waiting. But you'd be within your rights to request a refund...
My one cent (probably not even worth 2)
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