This kind of thing is the reason why I only accept USPS money orders for firearms. Refund policy is stated as being only if the item arrives not as described. No other refund reason accepted
This. I sell on Gunbroker once in a while. I won't sell anything long distance on any other format. Some GB customers want only CC transactions, balk at money orders. Too bad, I'm not set up to do CC and never will be.
I'm speaking from ignorance here, but just a thought: what about contacting PayPal and telling them:
Good luck with that. Even if you could connect, it might only muddy the waters.
The guy sounds like a total weirdo. If it were me, I'd just send his money back the way he sent it to you, with a transaction note something like "Payment rejected and returned". Then I'd wash my hands of it and move on.
Could be a weird scam or sting, but my Spidey-Senses is just saying good old fashioned messed up person. Society is replete with examples of people with mental health issues, on-going substance abuse, or emotional problems, who can't get their proverbial sh__ together.
Seriously, do we want to sell guns to people like this? Under any circumstances? Another reason for staying on a well-trod path. Like through an FFL, who would know on their end if they were dealing with a wacko. Now that private transfers in Wash. require an FFL as intermediary, the one good thing about it is you know the BGC has been done. Which from the standpoint of personal liability is a good thing, in my view.