This is an update to my original post. I received a phone call from the police department this morning. The detective informed me that they paid the buyer a little visit this morning and confronted him about the gold coins. He confessed to having them and had them stored in his safe deposit box at his bank. He was given a free ride to the bank where he retrieved the coins and turned them over to the detective who has FedEx'd them back to me and they should arrive tomorrow by 10:30 am. In the meantime, EBay has suspended my account for refusing to pay for seller fee's concerning this transaction, so tomorrow, their CEO will be getting a letter from me along with the details from this case. As it turns out, this buyer has scammed others on PayPal/EBay and has gotten away with it. I'm also following up with the BBB, as that is the only agency PayPal seems to keep on its radar when issues arise. I have numerous emails where PayPal claimed to have investigated this case and based on their "investigation", they believed the buyer, and completely ignored the police reports I filed along with supporting evidence, as well as follow up calls from both police agencies. It will be interesting to see what their response is as they prepare to eat their words. Once again, do not trust that PayPal or EBay will listen to the police, nor will they abide by the law. They aren't regulated and until more people stick with it and file complaints, they will continue their piss poor business practices that are unethical and if my hunch is right, illegal. Who knows, maybe you will see this story on Dateline.
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