OT: ebay/paypal situation...did I do the right thing?

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Posted By: cmoking

I sold an item on ebay. The buyer had a feedback of 1. The item the guy bought was around $160.

I received a paypal payment from a fellow in Texas. Then I received an email from the fellow saying he is the financial intermediary and to send the item to Latvia (address was provided). Then I received an email from the person in Latvia giving me the same address to mail the item to.

It sounded fishy and phishy to me. What would you do?

I refunded the paypal payment on the grounds that I needed to send the item to the same address as the Paypal account he sent me money from because otherwise I would not be under Paypal's seller's protection. I told them to Paypal me with the Latvia addres (don't know if that is possible) or to send me a check. I'm guessing I won't get a response or at least won't see payment. Did I do the right thing?