Laws have little to do when agreeing to PayPal's TOS
Had a bearded fighting hawk with sharpened beard/spike/top edge sharpened.....guy shipped it ri me in a padded envelope. No sheath!!!! Nearly sliced my self, and it nearly got the post woman!!
If the buyer gets made whole by PP:Well, seller added to my ignore. I don't see it being a ban situation, but the seller's rep here will take a major hit - as it should. Hope that PP makes this right for the buyer, because the seller certainly did not. This despite the mistakes.
Re "liable" - yeah, I struggled to come up with a better title. I was trading off exactness for brevity and this is where it wound up. I suppose something like "How to resolve the situation when a knife disappears during shipping" might have been more correct.
If seller does not assist in providing a resolution through the dispute process with PayPal, I will share the limited amount of info I have on the seller in order to protect future buyers. However, I believe it's too early to share that information.
I suspect seller is a guy like me who doesn't want to be out $200 and maybe he just needed a little time (and the "nudge" of an official paypal dispute) to help him figure out how to do the right thing. Or maybe he's a total jerk - I don't know.
He was buying a $150 knife and listing it immediately for $260. But I digress -- trying to make a buck doesn't make you a total jerk (but it doesn't rule it out, either ).
Seller's response:
"I understand where you’re coming from but I cannot accept responsibility for USPS..
It's very easy to run by the post office, pick up a stack of free Priority small flat rate boxes and have them in your possession for when you sell a knife.
I know some who frequent here do not like to hear this but the seller is only on bfc to buy/sell/trade. That's a red flag to me.
The op is in the same boat,but for a few posts. Buy/sell/ trade and make a complaint.
The OP has been forthcoming thus far however and we have not heard from the seller.