Hi,
You have to use the Paypal adaptive plugin in "debug" mode if you want to use the sandbox environment.
If you can provide us a screenshot of your paypal adaptive configuration, it will help us to see if there is a problem in your configuration. (you can hide the username/password/signature in the screenshot).
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
Also helping the HikaShop support team when having some time or couldn't sleep.
By the way, do not send me private message, use the "contact us" form instead.