With payment via PayPal, buyer protection can first be applied for; PayPal freezes the money and decides after hearing both sides. In the procedure, all relevant facts should be documented extensively and supplementary comments submitted later. In parallel, it is sensible to ask the seller for a concrete damage description and with this information to contact Montblanc in order to check a possible repair option; with older Limited Editions like the Poe, however, spare parts are very scarce. Disputed points (smoker's smell, crack, ink residues) can subsequently hardly still be unambiguously clarified, which weakens the buyer's position as soon as the writing instrument is already returned. Generally, eBay is not consistently trustworthy even in the professional area; with future transactions, a more detailed entry documentation (photos, written defect notice) should take place for security.