If I buy something from a seller on ebay who thn deletd his acc, can i skip communication in paypal resolution?

I bought a piece of jewlery, he took money and deleted his ebay account. i opened a paypal claim but then want me and the seller to talk it out. only problem is he doesnt have an account. any quicker way around this?|||Tell paypal you attempted to communicate. You did. But his account is closed.