Paypal Disputes, oh my!

[johnk_]

This is why I dont like PayPal - its so easy for people to fuck you and freeze your cash. There really isn't a proper dispute & reconciliation system, its basically eBay's ridiculous system applied to money. Which is far more hazardous.

I try to take my money out as often as possible, but I dont know if PayPal can go into my bank account and take it back and shit.

If you're dealing with paypal, you've already lost.. they're a necessary evil, I suppose..

but anyway, Paypal can't take money out of your checking account without your authorization.. what they do is assign a negative $ value to your paypal account which you have to then pay back..
it's treated just like a bill from there on.. if you don't pay it, it goes through a collections agency and fucks up your credit, etc.

man i hate paypal.

[bandit]

First off, he didnt display the reason for his dispute. Second, he sent it back to you without you knowing and filed a complaint.

PayPal can not touch the money in your checking account. I know because I filed a complaint against a seller. Out of the $91, I was only able to obtain $66. Since the person had no money in the account, I had to have the seller personally refund me the remaining $25 (though I threatened with mail fraud).

Anyways, the bidder has no case. Keep ALL email convos you had with the buyer. HOpefully the email has a copy of the previous emails attached to them. Call up PayPal or email them. Let them know of the situation. Also, respond back to the complaint. If you dont, they'll find you at fault.

In the complaint, let them know what has happened so far such as you sending, buyer emailed complaining about problems, sent it back to you without notification and that you agreed to test it out even though you didnt know he sent it out. And that he filed a complaint although everything worked fine. Also, state that you have previous email conversations (hopefully this will show that he mailed the item before he even informed you) and that you can provide email convos to PayPal if they need them.

If you need more help, let me know. I seem to know too much about PayPal and eBay problems

I won't be here after friday. If I were to resell it because this ass wasted my time, I'd have to bring it with me to maryland and ship it from there, which I don't even know where I would do it from, yet.

And I'd be out 8 bucks in shipping and paypal fees since he would get EVERYTHING reimbursed.

You wont get hit with PayPal fees. If payment is refunded, so is the fees. Its as if you never received payment. The only fees you'll be incurred will be listing fee on eBay and shipping. If payment is refunded, you can get your ending fee refunded so you dont get hit with that as well.

[Burky]

Originally posted by dakidski
I'd pay the man and leave it in the past.

Hell no! Maybe that would save the hassle, but it's the principle.

If you let this one guy screw you over once, he'll know he can get away with it, and maybe do it again to some other person.

Rich - you got to fight this out as long as possible (in my opinion you have the better stance), and if the worst comes to the worst, pay him back and lose $10. But at least he was messed around in the process, and hopefully he won't try it again.

[bandit]

Hell, I would say file for mail fraud and scare the shits out of him..but you didnt lose anything. Everyone gets scared with a threat of mail fraud and possible lawsuit.