[charlieegan3]

I decided to not sell a macbook on ebay after I listed it and had a number of fraudulent buyers win auctions and not pay (while sending me fake paypal emails). I sold the laptop to a friend instead.

I find the ebay seller fees pretty offensive so tend to use ebay only for things that I'll take any amount for and that I have no use for. I see it as targetted recycling via reuse rather than a selling platform and generally don't sell stuff for more than £30.

I had a bad experience similar to the OP with a motherboard a few years ago but was able to claim on the courier that it'd been damaged in transit (even when the buyer almost certainly damaged the item).