Return request initiated from international buyer

Help!! I recently sold an expensive piece of jewellery to a buyer in the US and now they have initiated a buyer return request stating the item was damaged when received. They have sent photos of what looks like the chain was snapped (they state it's unfixable). How this happened I have no idea (item was in perfect condition and sent in its padded velvet box bubble wrapped and then packed and padded in another box). This is besides the point, as per eBay returns policy, I am obliged to refund their money.

My problem is creating the return postage label and sending to buyer. If this was a cheap piece of **bleep** I would let them have it, but it's not and it is also VERY "fixable", so I want it back.
How do I create the label then send to buyer, why can't I create one through eBay, it would be so much simpler.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm on a timeline to fix this mess up. I will not be selling overseas again, lesson learned.

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I wonder if the OP has reported the buyer

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The OP should - totally report the buyer - for trying one on.

 

A cheap way of fixing - what you've broken - then getting the whole thing free.

 

If eBay do not understand this - well - there we all go.

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...we await the outcome....

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Sugar, You wrote, why should they trust the seller? I ask, why should anyone trust the buyer/s too. There are heaps of buyers and sellers out there that knows how to rort the system, to the max. It works both ways.

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@twyngwyn wrote:

I wonder if the OP has reported the buyer


We don't even know if the OP has come back to find out that the buyer is trying it on.

 

They might not have come back and just refund as they said they would.

 

But I sure hope they haven't refunded.

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@halfgweilo wrote:

Sugar, You wrote, why should they trust the seller? I ask, why should anyone trust the buyer/s too. There are heaps of buyers and sellers out there that knows how to rort the system, to the max. It works both ways.


I dont trust either, but siddieswans was suggesting that the seller ask the buyer to close the return case.   The biggest warning on this forum is never close a case till it is finalised, as thats how scammers get you.    So what would you think of a seller asked you to close the case?

 

Maybe in future read the full context, not just what suits you.

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Sugar... I was just responding to your comments only.

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People HAVE trusted me in the past, and we have worked out an amicable solution. I don't know - maybe they can see the little golden halo that sits over my head. ๐Ÿ˜ No doubt the kind of items I sell are not the kind to attract scammers - what sort of self-respecting scammer would be looking for photos of cattle and sheep? (Sorry - they're all gone.)

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