I just had a conversation with my best mate, who is a senior sargeant at an inner city Sydney police station.

I sent him a copy of the feedback and the threatening message and asked him if it is worth reporting to the police.

He told me there is no part of the message that directly threatens physical damage to me and the police would just roll their eyes over a $5 item. He said it would just be a civil case and the buyer could deny he wrote the email.

I said what about the part where he said  "I will show you what I did to the last person that tried to rip me off" and my friend said he could have went and kissed the last person.

He added that if he came near my property I could go further with it.

I said to my mate that at least I have told him about it and sent him the messages.

I have tried to get details in the past about people from my mate, without luck, so I didn't ask him to find out the buyers postal address.

I might just report it to Ebay and contact ACORN

motherslittlehelper, have just sent you a Private Message

If you really want to get the buyers details I would pull his details from ebay.  That will give you his phone number and suburb.

From there you can try the phone book or the reverse directory.

Even a google search of the name and suburb can prove enlightening.

If the authorities do think it is worth following up they can get the person's details from Australia Post.   He cannot hide from everyone just becaue he has a PO Box.

I honestly think you are giving this whole thing too much time and energy.  Just ignore him and certainly do not send him any emails which may cause him to react badly.

And ring ebay to get the feedback removed....he is certainly not likely to do it no matter how nicely you ask.

Do not negotaite with this person, Do not justify, defend, argue  or explain. Otherwise you feed the drama and his personality probably feeds on drama and he will just take it as a challange and it will escalate.

Dispute is closed you haven't reversed it. Refund via paypal as send money, so you have proof if it was ever pushed. Then block and ignore.

Nutcases feed off reactions.

Even if you end up with a defect that ebay wont remove (and they should) it is better than the stress of dealing with a crazy.