I have my own tale of woe. I sold a Naim pre power combo in early April this year. It was collection only, but the winning bidder needed delivery to Orpington. I should have just cancelled the transaction then.
The buyer then tried to pay outside of eBay, I refused, called eBay and they said do not let them pay outside of eBay. So anyway he ended up sending cash by PayPal.
Then he wanted to use his own courier, I said no, and used parcelforce, with insurance, proof of delivery etc.
I shipped everything, remember this is early April. Heard nothing till last week for a claim of non delivery. I thought I’d be fine, since there’s a 30 day limit for claims of non delivery on eBay. What I didn’t now I’d that the similar limit on PayPal is 120 days. I thought not too bad, I can get proof of delivery from the parcelforce website, of course it’s too old a transaction to be available, and the insurance has expired too.
it’s also too late to leave negative feedback.
tomorrow 580 pounds is extracted from my bank account. I am steaming over this, and I will never sell on eBay again. A smart unscrupulous buyer can literally bend over a naive seller and spank their bottom to a nice rosy glow.
anyway, I feel better for writing this down.