Not sure what the $ amount is, but you could use escrow.com to hold the funds... you ship, they get it then the funds are released.
so Ive been using paypal for quite sometime. Just did some transactions where the sellers funds got put on a hold until confirmation of receipt. I was lucky the transactions were with a trusted friend. Not all functions are available in the paypal app. Stupid. Also be sure to keep your funding sources updated... paypal withdrew from an old account. Lucky it didnt cause any problems.