FS on ebay - A3000T-040, X-Surf, Deneb, Cybervision and more.

[Amiga_Nut]

Haven't used ebay for years, but I always thought it was simple as:

Wait until the money is my own bank account not paypal's and then.. and only then send the item through the post.  At least with BIG purchases such as these thats what I would do.

This will work if you never plan on using that PayPal account again, because if a reversal occurs then the balance is permanently negative to the tune of the claim. Also have to report any associated cards with that account to your bank as stolen and get the bank to remove the secret direct debit PayPal set up on your account.

And remember even if you do everything by the book with ebay/paypal rules a buyer can do a credit card chargeback something like 6 months later, which PayPal has to honour, and you're in the same boat.

[Amiga_Nut]

Luckily PayPal provides some protection as well.

You can definitely protect yourself against a non-delivery claim yes. Significantly not as described claims by unscrupulous PayPal users are always available. eg you sell an A1200 060/PPC card...buy claims that he only received a 4mb A1200 RAM board.

In this case the buyer is told to send back an item (and the timescale is too short of international postage) and once some sort of tracking number proves something was sent PayPal release the funds held into the buyer's account.

So you end up with no money, no PPC card, and a 'free' A1200 4mb RAM board. PayPal always take the buyer's side in these claims, and as the buyer claimed to have received an A1200 4mb RAM board all he has to do is take a picture of it.

Now you know why I never sell anything more than 5 quid via PayPal to international destinations.