If you have been with ebay for 5 years and read the forums before you should be aware that most seasoned posters will advise that "Cash on Pick Up"is the safest and easiest way to transact a pick up item.  If the buyer is not happy, they just walk away.  You could have asked the buyer to cancel the paypal payment and bring the cash.  As mentioned, make sure you get copy of D.L. and car rego when boat is picked up.  Not nice to go off at people on this forum about it all.  Everyone here is a volunteer member just like yourself who try and help other members.  As for "Hope you choke on it" Ebay do not read these forums so you are going off at the wrong people.

Presumably when you joined ebay you read the terms and conditions and signed to say you had. That included it saying that you agreed to read and abide by any and all updates. Every member was informed about the 21 day hold for sellers who were either new or had not sold for some time so you should not have been surprised when it happened to you.

 

You can ask the buyer to leave you feedback straight away then once that happens a phone call to ebay should see the funds released.

As much as i appreciate you're help.the buyer has done the right thing and paid for this item. I see no reason to involve him. And jeopardize the sale. Its not his problem. It's mine.i deal with ebay gumtree. Wish. Geek. Never had a problem before. I just spent thousands moving my family to Qld. And that just trashed my day. Thanks everyone. Cheers