I don't know if the fires are causing problems or what, but I emailed him about some of the mel frank seeds about two days ago and haven't heard anything either. I'd give it a couple more days and try again... and yeah, that paypal thing is weird... I actually like it now that i'm used to it, but when I first ordered I wasn't expecting it and had to cancel and reorder to make it work... I don't know if it will work, but you might want to try creating a new account with pay pal... pay pal seems to be a little different than it used to be... now you just give them your card # and it is good to go...