Red Flags and Warning Bells

I just had this "Murano Cockatoo Fenincio" returned to me, because it received some damage in shipping. This is a $500.00 piece and I am really having some problems with the transaction. All the E-Mails I received before the purchase were only concerned with the return policy. The bells and whistles kept going off in my head, but I did end up going through with the deal. The buyer was never concerned about the bird itself, only the return if it was damaged. The situation as it stands now, I have the bird back, and have refunded the purchase price. Now, I am doing the insurance thing with UPS. I am going to trust my instincts from this day forward. I really think that I have been had. Maybe, I am just being paranoid, but I don't feel like that is the case. I have a strange feeling that the buyer was looking for a replacement for a broken one and how can you go wrong this way. I can't prove my thoughts on the subject, I just felt like something wasn't right from the get-go. It is safe to say that I have been awakened and I will trust my gut from now forward.
The packing came into the issue and I do not think it could have been packed any safer. The bird itself was inside a separate box inside another larger box with a full 2" of padding (foam) encircling the lesser box. I believe myself, I could have thrown the package against a wall and not damaged the item. Selling online has its drawbacks, I just wish it would have been with a less costly item.

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Rownpon Store

I picked these up at a yard-sale in Naples, Florida for $20.00 . I can't find out much about them, but what I have discovered was of some interest. It seems that a lady I ran into said that the same busts were in a movie back-in-the-day. She couldn't remember the title, so, I'll try to run that down. I also found a matching set for sale on eBay, and the description covered a trip by a preist back in the 1930's. It seems, as the story goes, that this preist carried the pair of busts that she had for sale, across India and worked his way into Pakistan. All this information that I am receiving is not documented and I do not know if it can be. But I will keep digging into these guys history. As of now, I have them listed on "Bonanzle" . I have it listed for $30. I don't have any idea what they are worth. I get a lot of page views, though, I guess that means they are interesting.

http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/rownpon