Your right Simon.
If he wins, Paypal will insist that he provide proof of postage before they release the refund to him.
I have been through this before.
The problem buyers don't anticipate is the length they have to wait for a refund once they escalate the dispute, as the seller has no say in the matter anymore.
He will be waiting a while now.
If he had of had some manners, I would have the DVDs and he would have his money by tomorrow.
I bought some DVDs from another auction site, then the seller's account was put on hold. I asked the administrators of the site if it was a scam and should I put in a claim, they weren't at liberty to tell me. I'd like to tell them what sort of f..... liberty they were taking with me.
Anyway, I did put in a dispute with paypal and asked the seller to contact me, and if they honour their agreement to send the items, I would withdraw my claim.
Not a bloody word, and after I had forgotten about it, the postie arrives with my DVDs from China.
At least they honoured their agreement.
And no they aren't the same DVDs.