Expensive item to sell....should we use Paypal or not?

well many questions and thoughts on my end. either way if you take paypal/credit card payment can be reversed. check can not.

international may be tricky for customs and duties because the buyer will get wacked on taxes/duties. so that may not happen. I would be more carefull with international bidders on a high ticket item. confirmed address would be the only way I would ship anywhere.

not sure if this helped at all...

I don't sell internationally but I see many possible problems with your scenario...yes, the Paypal thing, for sure, plus the fact that the majority of other countries are not physically able to have a confirmed address.
If you take a money order or check of some sort you will have to wait forever for it to clear (when I used to take personal checks I had one bounce AFTER 30 days...who knew!)
Doesn't sound good for buyer OR seller...I'm sure there's an easy answer but I don't know what it is. Hopefully someone with knowlege of int. sales will come along.....

Sell it domestically only and buyer must pick it up. Require cash. lol, that's a tough one. Hope you get it sorted. Good luck!!!

Hi ebj - if it's several thousand dollars, I would suggest you look into using Escrow. Info is here - http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/tp/payment-escrow.html

HTH.