You can also request the buyers/customers signature if you really used "Registered Mail". It may take up to 30 days to get the signature back, but once you get it...you can get your dough back. Pay Pal does accept this form of shipping, because A. you can track it. and B. You always can get a copy of his signature with the address that it was sent to. Once you submit that information, Pay Pal will overturn their ruling and you WILL get your money back. I love "Registered Mail". Oh yeah, once Pay Pal get's that signature, they'll also block him from using Pay Pal, then he'll have to use his buddys account or use a whole new credit card, bank account and etc. It will get real messy for him and believe me a mutual friend won't let him fuck up his account. Don't worry, you'll get your money back and he'll end up fucking up his own account in the end. That is of course if you really sent it with "Registered Mail"? At least that's how the United States Postal Service works. I don't know where you are at, but if it's the US...I can guarantee that you'll be okay. If the package is truly lost...I hope that you purchased insurance with that Registered Mail? Lot's of things to think about, but I'm sure that the information that I'm giving you helps.
so about the purchased insurance part, in certain countries like germany, i think the highest is like forty something dollars and you can't purchase no higher. could you explain a little about why you can't purchase higher and what if a package gets lost even tho you purchased insurance.