I see where you're coming from, but I disagree.dyna-ti":1tl8ihh7 said:Tell the seller you want the cash first,then you'll send it back[excuse like ur skint,think of something]
The reason im suggesting this ,which is at odds to paypals repayment policy is to try to keep the ball in your court
If he deals with paypal as a dispute and follows that, he'll almost certainly be awarded all the money he paid.
The return costs, I'm not sure of - in terms of the mechanism for how you get them back, because I've never had to do that for an ebay / paypal purchase, although have had to with an e-teller (had to go through trading standards, though, before they'd decided to pay back my return costs). One thing I am fairly sure of, though, he's certainly entitled to a refund of the return costs, regardless of whether it makes the seller out of pocket, or not. He's not just changed his mind about something he bought, he's found it in significantly different condition from that which it was advertised.