I wanted, really, to pick people's brains on a situation that occurred recently. I got scammed, but that part is not of much importance. The reason I'm here is to make some lasting record of a problem that may occur for some people. Here's the crux of it: if you find yourself returning an item for any reason - say, because the item was not as described - as part of a PayPal Claim (an escalated Dispute, in PayPal lexicon), avoid using Canada Post Regular and Express Parcel. I'm not sure of their other shipping methods, but these two don't include any way the 'ship-to' address can be verified, short of having the box itself, in your possession. The warning can be put thusly; failing to provide verification of the ship-to address, within the limited-bordering-on-insulting timeframe, could lead to the loss of your Claim/reimbursement.
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