Nothing worse than a thief / scammer. Glad you made out ok. I wouldn't use paypal for guns unless you are real confident in who you are dealing with. They don't allow for any type of protection if the payment was sent for firearms, so you have no ground to stand on with them if you do actually get scammed. Its a shame so many folks feel they need to try and rip others off to make a buck.
I haven't bought alot, but have bought some and sold some. Always had good luck. One time on some ammo the guy went MIA for a week, I thought I was had...but he showed back up and came through.
Rafsob, you should probably sell that one to bronko, heck its missing half the scope anyhow...