but kush YOU Are still responsible for the arrival of the skis...
that is the way paypal works... if you cant produce evidence that you sent them out and they arrived OR they were lost and the shipper is going to compensate in some way, then paypal returns the money to the buyer... lucky for you, in this situation, it was a clean trade no money involved...
after hearing the whole story tho buddy... kinda sounds like you're at fault... you cannot prove they were even ever shipped, you cant prove they were lost, you cant prove they arrived... and while neither can he, he isn't the one responsible for proving that you are... YOU had the skis and YOU shipped them...
that being said, i truly believe you DID ship them and just didn't get insurance or confirmation... because you seem very logical and you have legit feedback...
again tho... those choices to not get insurance or confirmation were your choices so i am struggling to see why that is okay?
in the end... you ended up with skis and he got nothing? because you didnt send it ups or fedex? because you didnt get a confirmation number...? Whack as fuck.
learn from it and next spend the EXTRA 75 CENTS to get a confirmation number from usps...