I don't blame you for going after non-graded cards and it seems like you have done well with it in the past. If you end up losing on this one, it doesn't seem like from what your saying it will kill you financially. Like a previous comment, I don't like to see the scammer win, so I wish you luck in getting your money back. Ebay should side with you, but... I am thinking someone like this will take scans of another fake and send it to them to show you sent a different card back to him.
In the future, I would scan the card before you send it back if you have a problem with another card in the future. You deal in much more expensive cards than I do, so I might even take a video of packaging the item and addressing it to send it back. Just a thought...
As for what to do, I agree with trying Ebay first, Paypal second, and then the mail fraud. Or you could try emailing the guy and just state what you're going to do and see if you can get him to cave. He might not care about his Ebay account but having a record on his Paypal account he may not like. Also, I know from experience having a person do a Paypal dispute with me, put a hold on that amount of money in my Paypal account until it was resolved before I had more sales.(I sold a graded card and the guy sent it off to be grade by another company and it came back altered and he filed against me but I won as I should have) I would file a police report as well but doubt it would do much, but I still would.
I wish you luck.
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