I wouldn't accept it if I were you. I've helped clients battle PayPal before. One guy ordered services, did a dispute with PayPal, he lost, then a few weeks later we had to go through it again because he had his CC company do a chargeback. We won again but it was not worth the headache in the long run. I feel like PayPal is used by people who want an "out" down the road if they're not completely happy, or just flat out use it to scam people since they can claim whatever. It's too risky for the seller and service provider. I wouldn't accept it in this situation.

Just get the money out of PayPal and turn it into cash if you're serious and this isn't a scam. What's so hard about that? It takes a few extra days. You say you've used it before, there's good people in the world, I get that but unfortunately it's better to be safe than sorry anymore in today's world.