What the?

Welcome back viewer...

I have been doing some selling on Ebay of late, and some of the payments come via Paypal which is an Ebay owned company.

Just this morning I received a notification from Paypal that a dispute has been raised by one of the buyers.

Ok, go to Paypal and see whats going on.

:eek: All my funds have been frozen until the dispute is resolved, resolved in the buyers favour of course. :eek:

The buyer changed their mind about the product and sent it back, no emails, no discussion, nothing.

I also got a note from the post office about a parcel to be picked up on the same day.
The parcel came back from France so they had time to email me etc, but no nothing.

JUst a warning for all you Paypalers out there.

I wont be useing Paypal again.

Al :mad:

SWMBO has a paypal account, She's used it once had a problem very similar to you and never used it again. Unfortunate part is in some cases there is no alternative yet.

Thanks for the info guys.

Interesting post Al.
I just emailed Paypal and asked them why they don't act fairly and reasonably.

If they don't have a good reason I might put the cat amongst the canaries.
(They must be a registered financial instition under Oz laws)

Closed my account a while ago.:mad:

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Originally Posted by DavidG

Closed my account a while ago.:mad:

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As soon as I have my affairs settled with the disgruntled buyer I will be closing mine too.

Ferk Paypal, all the fees Ive paid of late must be in the $200ish mark ....30 cents here, $1.90 here, it soon adds up

Al :mad:

There's a whole web site devoted to the subject. See here:
http://www.paypalsucks.com/

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Originally Posted by Coldamus

There's a whole web site devoted to the subject. See here:
http://www.paypalsucks.com/

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Thanks for the link, all my listings will now include

http://paypalsucks.com/images/logo.gif

Al :cool:

https://www.ubeaut.biz/homer.gifDoh! What a prick. I have read much about the dreaded PayPal chargeback, but thankfully has never happened to me, nor have I had to dish one out.

I always empty out my account straight away no matter how much is in it.
Was yours empty when they froze it? I believe even if it is empty, they can still debit the account.

Have a search and read through the PayPal forums on Ebay, and you can find out what option you have.

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Originally Posted by Wood Butcher

SWMBO has a paypal account, She's used it once had a problem very similar to you and never used it again. Unfortunate part is in some cases there is no alternative yet.

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My alternative is simple ....I don't use it was stung once now if the seller doesn't have another option I don't bid. Most stuff on epay comes up fairly regular again
Pete

Like Martrix I always empty my account too

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Originally Posted by martrix

Was yours empty when they froze it? I believe even if it is empty, they can still debit the account.

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I took my eye off the ball for a day or two, and there was just under the "disputed" amount, so of course Paypal slugged me $8 for not having enough funds.

The transaction was never disputed, all the buyer had to do was contact me. :confused:

The other thing is that because I didnt have enough in the account to repay the buyer, I have to transfer funds to Paypal and that will take upto 3 days, so it looks to the buyer as if I dont wont to refund the money. :mad:

Never again with Paypal, trust me. :mad:
http://paypalsucks.com/graphics/PaypalTerrified.jpg

Al :mad:

Suspicions confirmed. "Once burnt, twice shy." Except for me, Never burnt, many times shy. I've only once used credit card via internet because it was the only way to make a vital transaction. For optional purchases, if they don't have a dial-up number, with all conventional protections to both sides, I pass.

Thanks for the link, Coldamus. I don't know how they can actually get away with this. According to my imperfect understanding, common law for contracts requires "meeting of the minds." One-sided "Terms of Service" is not that.

Frankly, I don't trust much of anything on the weird wild web. Except right here, of course.:)

Joe

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Originally Posted by joe greiner

Frankly, I don't trust much of anything on the weird wild web. Except right here, of course.:)

Joe

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Now Joe, before we can respond to your reply we need your bank details along with you pin and password.

Al :p

Joe, would you like to buy a bridge? :rolleyes: