I auction an item off on eBay about 3 days ago, the winning bid was 330'80, instead of the buyer paying through eBay, they asked me to send a pay request through paypal for the amount and so I did, paypal sent me the confirmation # saying that the buy has paid and that I should ship the item to receive a tracking number to receive my money within the next 3-5 days, the first two days the transaction request was still posted in my PayPal activity, the next day everything disappears , the buyer deletes their eBay account, transaction disappears from my PayPal and I've already shipped the item... It seems really fishy! Land I'm starting to believe that PayPal was the loop that ****** me over, and the buyer of course but mainly PayPal cause everything said it was confirmed through PayPal... Am I right or should I just wait and hope that the money's coming :/

They wanted a PayPal invoice from you so they could get the email address you used at PayPal. They then sent a fake email that "looked" like it was from PayPal saying you were paid when you really weren't. Your money is gone along with the item you sent.

They did not delete their account. eBay kicked them off when they were reported by another seller they tried to rip off. You fell for a scam.

PayPal doesn't screw people over. The buyer may have done something. You need to contact PayPal customer service immediately, give them the information you have (including the tracking number you have for the shipment), and ask them to research and advise you. Ordinarily PayPal will not allow a buyer to do what you describe, so something is odd.

Contact Paypal, this goes to their fraud department.

Personally I would NOT have shipped the item till I received the money.

No, the buyer cancelled the transaction. There is no reason to EVER to accept payment that does not use Ebay. Why would you agree to that? Any legitimate buyer would not ask you to do that. If buyer is no longer registered on Ebay nothng they can do. You can contact the police in the town where buyer lives.

contact paypal about this

Money was never there.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.