Sorry to bother you with this again! I'm hoping for a little bit more advice, if you get a moment.
As everyone expected, eBay sided with me (in around 180 seconds) but I am now being told to return the items to the seller. However, when I created the return request I only stated that I was missing 24/32 items and the 'projected return amount' eBay is showing for me is for those 24 only. So, if I return the 8 I received I will still be out of pocket because I'll be receiving a refund for 24 items, not 32, and have no items at all. Hopefully that makes sense! So what do I do? Should I send the 8, and square it with eBay afterwards? Or send an empty box? From the way the seller has acted, I'm not expecting them to make it easy for me to get the refund whatever I do.