I'd like to share my experience as a cautionary tale for sellers:
I got ripped off doing a paypal transaction (outside of Bigfooty and eBay), the payment made into my paypal account was 'pending' and I received a screenshot indicating payment the had been made so I posted the guernsey. Big Mistake...
Tracking was on the guernsey and as soon as it was received the payment was cancelled. I had a bit of back and forth with paypal and all they could offer was contact the buyer... Who, of course, I did not hear anything back from.
Lesson learned, I was the dope and should have waited for the cash to appear in my paypal account before posting. I'd never seen the 'pending payment' in paypal before this transaction.
I hate the 10% seller fees in eBay, but I think all my future guernsey sales will be through eBay from now on.
Sorry to hear this has happened to you mate. As you are likely well aware, pending is never received. Paypal usually make you aware of this when it is a 'Goods/Purchase transaction' and when it is safe to send, but given this was outside of a sale platform.. you may have been unaware.
Don't let the bugger get away with it, report it as a cyber crime and it can hopefully get investigated by the local police.
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