I have to say that Paypal has always done right by me and after one particular incident of a non shipping business, they came through bigtime, I had a $45 purchase on 'wait' for about 2 months after the 9-11 disaster, I had contacted the company, they gave me some excuses about a distributor being in NY and then they stopped replying to my email. I contacted Paypal with a complaint and even though it was after the 45 day complaint period, they not only looked into it but gave me my money back and deducted it from the non-shipper's account. Granted I had to wait for the processing and such. There are always chances of extinuating circumstances that they'd want to hear both sides, but generally Paypal leans towards the buyer being the one in the right. This being a huge plus if you're buying things, sort of an insureance if you are purchasing something. Make sure that the person your purchasing from is a verified member, and if you don't get the product, Paypal has their address and atleast one form of monitary control to nail them on. As to the mail version of slammers, I think this falls under the catagory of 'mail fraud'. Talk to the Postal Service if you are in the US. It's a federal offense, same as chail letters, pyramid schemes and the like. Lilfox