I have been fortunate on eBay with successful sales. From this point forward, I will no longer use eBay to sell my high-end electronics. Being it sounds like the buyer will try to scam the seller stating they never received the product in the box or the product was defective, then eBay/PayPal will come after the seller. Eventually, the buyer will get to keep the product fraudulently and receive their money back through eBay guarantee. No thanks. I am taking other avenues aside from eBay. Thanks for your advice.
Glad you did good so far but I wouldnt risk it.
There's tons of stories and threads that pop up here from time to time.
People claiming the iphone was activation locked, that it didnt work, it was locked to another carrier, it wasn't what it was described, it arrived damaged or broken, the box was empty and countless other ways to scam the seller.
Then they demand a refund and open a case. The funds are then frozen and taken out of your account.
They claim they will send back the phone, they send you an empty box or a rock and many other craziness.
To me it's not worth it, I have no patience or time for nonsense like that or to have to jump through 100 hoops to prove to ebay and paypal dispute teams that I'm telling the truth and the buyer is lying etc...