Think yourselves lucky, the UK tax authorities are trying to get a law
passed that would give them access to everyone's Paypal and any other on
line 3rd party payment accounts!
Unless the letter was registered they can have had no idea when it
arrived, You could have said that you only just received the money and
were in the process of preparing it for postage along with an email
asking ebay to remove the unpaid item strike...
A very wise seller, can't remember who it was, once said to show every
photo as if there were no description and write every description as if
there were no picture. Wise words indeed unless of course you are
selling a cerise tee shirt ]:)
Standard International Mail is indeed surface mail from the UK. If it
was purchased through the UK site so has ebay buyer protection then you
should still open a Paypal dispute within the 45 days and escalate in
another 19 but ebay may find in the bu...
It is still against AP regulations to use express post even if it is the
next street! Once you sign that dangerous goods declaration on the
satchel you are in breach of the legislation.