The Seller is REMOVED and their page says registered in Australia. However with that said.... I have previously purchased items before from so called Australian registered Sellers and the item has come from Pakistan. Yes, eBay did have to step in at the end of this.

I didn't mention eBay but I did mention that PayPal had to issue the refund. I guess that's the same thing, right? I did not realize that if this was mentioned, eBay could remove the feedback.

If a dispute is settled with the result in the buyers favour, I cannot see the problem with mentioning that in the feedback. After all, it was proven to be a valid complaint by the buyer, under Ebay's own rules, yet Ebay appear as though they are protecting their sellers and assisting to make their feedback smell like roses, when clearly it could smell of disputes. Potential customers could then be mislead into purchasing, when they may otherwise would not, if the feedback was not tampered with. Just my take on it anyway.

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@audistarelectronics wrote:

If a dispute is settled with the result in the buyers favour, I cannot see the problem with mentioning that in the feedback. After all, it was proven to be a valid complaint by the buyer, under Ebay's own rules, yet Ebay appear as though they are protecting their sellers and assisting to make their feedback smell like roses, when clearly it could smell of disputes. Potential customers could then be mislead into purchasing, when they may otherwise would not, if the feedback was not tampered with. Just my take on it anyway.

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A claim being decided in favour of the buyer isn't proof of anything, least of all the complaint being valid. 

It's easy enough for buyers to state what the problem is without mentioning a dispute or claim, and I suspect the reason the comments are removed has a legal basis, likely to protect eBay, rather than anything to do with protecting sellers.