Folks, the address in question is a RESHIPPING SERVICE.
People in foreign countries USUALLY use these as an in-between in order to have a U.S. based address. The digits that you see on the second line of the address - usually 6 digits followed by a "U" - are their "unit number". So you ship the package to this address, and then they pay the company a monthly fee to forward the packages to another country. Usually Russia/The Ukraine.
Here's the easy way to win a case if someone files against you using this or any other reshipping address: Call paypal or ebay and tell them that you have evidence this is a reshipping company. That your package was successfully delivered to the address on file, at which point *A THIRD PARTY TOOK POSSESSION OF YOUR PACKAGE*, at which point you stopped being liable for anything that happened to it. A successful delivery was made to the address you were given, and then a third party intervened. You have NO CONTROL over whether or not the package was handled properly between the third party and the buyer, and ebay's own rules say you cannot be held responsible. You will ALWAYS WIN when you point this out. Chances are the paypal address on file also does not match the shipping address, which further proves this is an international buyer. More proof includes how long it takes for your package to get to them.
The scam is usually that they write you and say there is something slightly wrong with what you sent, and they want you to give them a partial refund from what they paid. That way they can sell the item, possibly for parts, and make a higher profit. Sometimes they will outright open a claim.
I consider these addresses an easy win, because I know right away that they are reshippers, and again, on the few times someone has tried to scam me, all I had to do was call ebay and point out that the package was successfully delivered to a third party at which point someone else took possession of the item and that I cannot be held responsible for what happened after that.
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