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I think I got a little lucky, in the guy claimed he never received it. That was easy to disprove.
After this happened, I googled other ebay/paypal scams. Some seem much more difficult.
For example, the buyer admits receiving it, but says that instead of a $1500 computer in the box, there was a brick.
How are you, as the seller, going to disprove that? You could have all the pictures and documents in the world, but none definitively prove that you didn't switch out the computer for the brick at the last minute. It's his word against yours.
A variation on that is the buyer claims it wasn't as represented, and wants to return it. Then instead of sending the computer back, HE sends the brick to you! Now he has a tracking number showing you received the "returned" computer.
The lesson I take from my experience is I'm not going to sell anything on eBay (and take paypal) that I'm not willing to get stiffed on.
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