Replying to Am I being scammed?

I’m making this thread because I bought a pair of kung fujas from DarrenC for 200 bucks and I would pay him 25 bucks for shipping when I get them. So all goes without problem he tells me he his leaving for a road trip so he needs to get rid of them fast so I get them at a good price.
I sent the money April 28th and he told me that he would ship them out the next day and give me the shipping number. I don’t hear back form him for a couple days because he was on the road (believeable). I called him the third (or fourth ) day and he gets in contact with me and told me that he gave them to a girl and he was almost 100% sure she shipped them out and would give me the tracking number. I texted him the next day and no response. I called him forgot about the time zones so it was like 1 am there so I appoligized. From here on it gets scketchy. I text him and patiently wait for the package.
So now comes today, I call and text him and I could tell he was ignoring me calls. It would ring once or twice then got to voicemail, kept texting and told him to man up and talk to me. Kept calling (probably was annoying) and got him to answer, I say “hey” then he goes “hello?” I say “finally I bought skis from you..-” then hangs up. I texted him and told him he has till 730 to get this sorted out and talk to me or else I am filing a claim and contacting the police. I may still be proven wrong but I am leaving on vacation Wednesday and I don’t think it takes that long (april 28th-may