Am I being cynical?

[Nobunaga]

I've just sold some figures on eBay. Nothing rare by any means. Just some stuff I wanted to get rid of.

The lot was won by a buyer with a 0 feedback rating, who is based in Italy, and joined eBay 2 days ago.

Now, should I be worried, or am I worrying about nothing?

[The Baron]

I sold a rare Lego set to a guy in Italy, he swears it never arrived and claimed his money back from me through Paypal. Be sure to get proof of delivery, not just proof of postage.

[Nobunaga]

Cheers for that.

They've not paid yet. I never gave an option for international postage so I expect this person will be contacting me to see what postage to Italy would be, but that said, really they should have contacted me about it before placing a bid? well, I'll wait to see what they do.

[The Baron]

Yep, defintiely get the quote including packaging, tracking and a signature at their end. This is useful: http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

[The Kraken Wakes]

fedex via parcel2go can often be cheaper for a signed for international serice depending on the size of the package but definitely get proof of delivery, ive been stung to italy a couple of times before.

[humby248]

I have seen some sellers stating that they won't ship to Italy due to fraudsters.

[Chopper]

I would have thought Greece would have been more of a problem? But yeh, Italy isn't well regarded for dodgy buyers.

[buddusky]

Be careful, I've had problems with Italian buyers more so than anyone else.

[Graham_UK]

Never send to Italy! Nothing but issues very much like The Baron mentioned! Postal service is Shite! I've had it happen literally 4 times!

[Lady Jaye]

Italy is a no trade zone for me.

I don't find it an coincidence that countries like these are in Euro-trouble at the moment.