Almost had a bit of a scare yesterday. I sold an item and the person said he'd pay by Paypal, I gave him the Paypal address. The usual message appeared "So & So has paid you £400" on the e-mail page. So I packed item and got ready to tell buyer money had arrived. I read the note again and something wasn't quite right. It said that the money was "pending" until I shipped the item and mailed through the tracking number, I'd never heard that before. So I checked my Paypal account and there was nothing there, including the Pending payment. Forwarded e-mail to Paypal who confirmed it was a scam. I guess I've sold thousands of things via Paypal but never really bothered to check if the money had actually arrived on the account. Please be careful.
Oh yes, Ebay, they don't allow you to send an e-mail address via the messaging which can be a bit frustrating but you can put it on your auction page for whole world to see.
Ah well, keeps everyone busy..................