someone owes me a refund on ebay and they havent responded,i paid with paypal and have opened a dispute with them, what happens if i put in a claim through paypal? can the y take the cash owed me straight from the sellers account? or have they got to have money in the paypal account first?

 

im not 100% but i think they look in to it all for you then will give the seller a notice then charge them via pay pal and refund you that way.

 

Yes they can, I had the same situation regarding an item I purchased. Paypal payed me and thay take the money from the sellers account. However if they do not have enough funds you may end up with a part payment but this is unlikely

 

How much is it for?

 

do you mean out their bank account or paypal account? its nearly £80

 

Paypal will refund it to you and then chase him for it irrelevant of if its in his paypal account or not.

 

Ive just done this for £6.20

i bought a gear trigger for my project bike & i didnt get nothing from the seller what so ever! no invoice, email, NOUT! still paid asap because i neede the trigger ASAP! a month on...... dispute time & i went straight to esclucate <= spelling! claim & got my monies back into my account as george says

 

I just started one now for £30 as paid for xbox live subscription and had nothing!

 

they will also take a cut of the money (about £15) for doing this for you, robbing bastards

Also if the other party hasn't got the money in their PayPal account theres fuck all they can (or will) do to get it

 

No they wont and its irrelevant if they have it in their paypal account as already said above....

 

just had a reply from the seller today saying they tried to refund money but it wouldnt work the first ever person that couldnt pay into my paypal account

 

HAve had the same happen, for reasons beyond my control (let my sis use my account ) I didnt realise "I" hadnt paid for summit the guy started a dispute and I tried to pay him the money and it wouldnt let me untill I had responded to him , recon it must take the ok from them they are willing to accept the payment, so maybe you will receive summit from paypal asking if you still want his money

Steve

 

well I've claimed twice and they've not given me the full amount due to there not being enough in their paypal account

Complaint
Non-receipt

Marinos Mina

3K551253A5098783K

15 Feb. 2005

-£36.50 GBP

20 Feb. 2005

Case Closed

PP-068-338-637

We have completed our investigation of this case. We attempted to process a refund from the seller's account to your account. Unfortunately, the seller's account does not contain the funds necessary to cover this refund. We were able to recover £21.50 GBP. We have taken action against the seller and are working to recover the remainder of your refund. We will contact you when we have more information. No further action is required of you at this time.

Never seen the rest

and again more recently

Complaint
Non-receipt

Paul OBrien

35942664CX9823947

21 Apr. 2007

-£28.10 GBP

18 May 2007

Case Closed

PP-286-508-376

We have completed our investigation of this case. We attempted to process a refund from the seller's account to your account. Unfortunately, the seller's account does not contain the funds necessary to cover this refund. We were able to recover £13.10 GBP. We have taken action against the seller and are working to recover the remainder of your refund. We will contact you when we have more information. No further action is required of you at this time.

Strangely its £15 every time that is missing. Paypal take this cut for themselves

 

Ive just had to start a dispute against some wanker on ebay for 92 quid

 

bet you only see £77 of that (if you're lucky)

Paypal are just acting as the middle men, they clear out the account, give you back your money less their admin fee. They make money and don't owe anyone anything so don't give a fuck and close the case

 

Wazzzer
I reckon paypal are taking you for a ride mate. I had a mate once who sold a phone but never sent it and after a couple of months had paypal on his back claiming they had refunded the seller and he now owed them the amount.
Seem to remember a lot of people complaing about paypal not giving full refunds a few years back. Does sound like bull because why would people just bank a small amount (15 quid in your 2 cases) of thier paypal account and leave most of it in ? ?
Paypal law unto themselve basically.

 

Also just to add my Mrs bought a lap top once for about 280 quid i think. Anyway never turned up and the seller was a waist of space kept fobbing us off so started a dispute and got the money back in full no probs.

 

its set up to come directly out of my bank account ratherr than my credit card, I paid that off last year and never want to touch them again

 

I just received a FULL refund!

 

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