Where is Audiogon going with this.....

autospec,
Totally agree, eBay´s "buyer protection" system has become a nightmare to all honest sellers, I experienced that two years ago. I had to fight 5 weeks for my rights and get justice on dishonest buyer´s dispute. This time I was lucky as eventually eBay admitted that it wasn´t my fault at all. But my money stood there and did´t receive even a little note that they will shut my account ! It´s actually that darn PayPal that has ruined eBay because when buyer opens a case PayPal automatically freezes seller´s account and the money stays there, as long as they dare to do. Just like that. They have NO right to freeze peoples accounts but they dare so. They are criminals. PayPal is a nightmare that ruined eBay.

Tammy helped me and shut up a mean troll that was spreading misinformation of my activities here on A´gon a few moths ago. It´s true ! She is my hero.
Tammy dear, you rock !

Just curious, was the alleged troll claiming you could spell?

I never did nothing, I was framed.

Interesting thread here. I was burned by a dishonest buyer several years ago who made all sorts of claims about damage and packing and description discrepancies. He immediately initiated a Paypal dispute without even contacting me beforehand and I had to essentially prove my innocence over the whole thing with photo and shipping verification in order to get my account unfrozen. It was a debacle.

So often there's a sketchy seller, but buyers can be nefarious as well.

And they certainly dare to do because PayPal sides them no matter what they say and do. Just like that. Without warning PayPal stabs at your back.  Eventually eBay sided me but PayPal did NOTHING not even a little note that they are going to stop my business, not to mention a little apology after they almost ruined my entire economy, nearly 3 thousand bucks in there. . I made a police report. PayPal is the biggest scam artist since communism. No bank freezes your account without a notice but they dearly do. Police only has right to freeze peoples bank accounts, in my culture at least. What´s left of American culture ?