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If you have the money, and the guy seems like an otherwise up-and-up ebayer, and has not asked for any customs shenanigans, I think you're good to go. I would probably ship.
I don't think at this point there is any greater risk than any other ebay transaction.
One more piece-of-mind act would be to email a simple question, and see if he replies coherently. If not, then kill it, you are within your rights as a seller since you specified terms he ignored.
YMMV, of course. All standard disclaimers of free advice apply.
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Sounds like a reasonable buyer from what you said, but that payment can be yanked from your paypal account LONG after it 'clears'.
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I've already requested the amount be transferred to my savings account so my PayPal balance goes to 0. I sent him an email stating that once that clears, I will ship the item out to him.
While relooking at his PayPal transaction, I noticed that he actually did ask me to declare the item > 50% of what it sold for. I politely told him "no" in my email. Next time I offer to sell an item internationally, I will be sure to state that I will not do this in big, bold, capital letters.
He already replied to me asking why I am holding up shipment since he paid and why I will not drop the declared value. I had already told him it would constitute customs fraud and I was unwilling to do that.
My experience with challenging a PayPal payment from the buyer's perspective (was sent broken merchandise and the seller promised but refused to make good on refund) is that if the seller's account is empty, PayPal will not do anything.
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Sometimes getting a paypal verified is tricky in Europe. I am not sure if our paypal account shows as verifed or not, but I know we were not able to change the address on the account even though we moved. We would have to close the account and open a new one which would mean we lose all our "track record" on the account which I don't want to do. It goes back to EU banking and tax regulations.
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[quote DavidS]
My experience with challenging a PayPal payment from the buyer's perspective (was sent broken merchandise and the seller promised but refused to make good on refund) is that if the seller's account is empty, PayPal will not do anything.
Nevertheless PayPal has a long memory if it judges that an account-holder owes someone a refund. If more funds ever come into the account of such a seller, the money will be allocated to any buyers who still have claims against the seller. The only way for a seller to avoid this is to abandon use of the PayPal account entirely.
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I wouldn't throw away a paypal account just to satisfy this buyer.
this is exactly why I don't sell out of the US. The likelihood of a neg goes up 1000% with int'l orders.
