How to get a refund

[Deeplean]

I purchased two machines on January 2021 the seller never shipped them out. I didn’t open up a dispute at the time and years down the line. I’ve been trying to get a refund to no avail, pay pal says it was left too late I feel like there’s nothing I can do as I sent the money as friends and family I have screenshots of the messages from the seller he just ignores me apart from one time, when a buyer from Instagram messaged me about my experience with the seller, the seller replied soon after but tattoo machines weren’t posted after too Is there any way PayPal can help?

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Deeplean 

Not only did you negate your buyer protection by sending using the friends/family option but also even if you had used goods/services it would be too late to open a paypal dispute unfortunately. Paypal offers buyer protection for up to 180 days only.