Yeah, I currently have a Mary Hilson (no doubt a hacked account) who is "currently on the ship due to the nature of (her) work" offering me above the asking price for my gear.

This entity is seeking my PayPal address and my home address.

The email is ridiculously contrived. I had no idea how they planned to scam me with that info now but I'm interested to know the full mechanics of it.

I write about this sort of stuff for a living. Could make a good story.

I had a guy offer me $300 more than asking for an ocean racing ski. Sounded suss straight away when he didn't even see the ski or ask about it. Same story about using Paypal and an agent will pick it up as he was in Dawin (couldn't even spell correct) His email was [email protected]

I guess it depends on what money your prepared to lose between cost price and sell price.
I have two snapped boards [had them fixed] sitting under the house that I'll never be able to move on but in the surf **** happens.
If you pay $1700 for a board and get around $1000 12 months or so later after plenty of use and hopefully enjoyment then thats not bad IMO considering the enviroment its been taken into.
If you buy something and hardly use it and then want to sell it maybe its more a case of bad choice[Iv'e done this myself way to many times],
Cheers.