Thanks Phorum Junkie, your replies always make me laugh.

I dont know where you post your items from but PO's in WA, dont put the buyers postcode onto reciepts  ( I know, because I have asked several and they wont do it), especially when it is being sent to someone in Germany.

Also buyers wont pay for tracking and neither will I due to the high extra cost. Hardly worth it on something worth less than $20..........

Even if I did pay for a "tracking number" Ebay does not "count" Australian tracking numbers as being "proof", as apparently those numbers only track the item as far as when it leaves australia and not after that. That is what the Ebay rep told me today on the phone.

I am certainly not kowtowing down to the buyer and offering an instant refund,  as I posted the item in good faith and have paper proof of that so I know I have done the right thing my end.

Obviously, posting to Germany, ( the only thing Ive ever posted to Germany in 5 years) on the day stated, (both of which are clearly printed on my  AU postage reciept) means absolutely nothing.

Sellers beware........

None of what you said Phorum Junkie has answered my original question at all, which said I CANNOT attach a photo of the receipt through Ebay "contact us", as there is NO FACILITY for doing this.

As a postal receipt is regarded by Ebay as less than nothing, my only recourse is now to offer no international postage.