texasmame
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Long and short, I sold a Macbook on eBay opting for the immediate payment option from the buyer.
So far, so good.
I ship that day and tell the guy it's on the way. Then, at about 2 a.m., I see a hold has been placed on the funds by Paypal. As usual, there is no explanation given, just the typical "F you, we're holding your money" crap that Paypal does to you. I provided the delivery confirmation number to them but figured they would find a way to screw things up so I began to take action to get the package back.
So, I immediately check where the package is via the online delivery confirmation number. It's left my local P.O. already. Uh-oh.
I head on down to the P.O. the next day and, amazingly, they have a form you can fill out to get the package returned.
In the meantime, I contacted the buyer, curious as to what he would say. No reply UNTIL the tracking info was updated with a RETURN TO SENDER flag. Then, he contacts me and offered to pay via Money Order if I would ship the Macbook. Told him I would take a Capital One Cashier's check from him, go to my branch and confirm it's good, cash it and ship him the laptop. He got all bent out of shape then disappeared.
Just got the package back today.
As of now, the buyer is still registered on eBay. I contacted eBay several days ago with the tale and urged them to cancel his account. So far - nothing.
Paypal STILL has a hold on the nearly $400 as well, driving my account into the negative balance range. And still no further contact from them, now 6 days in to their "investigation." I emailed them today and told them to cancel the transaction.
I fully expected to have the package get there and have Paypal say that mere delivery confirmation was not enough and screw me out of my money and product.
Anyone have similar stories?
So far, so good.
I ship that day and tell the guy it's on the way. Then, at about 2 a.m., I see a hold has been placed on the funds by Paypal. As usual, there is no explanation given, just the typical "F you, we're holding your money" crap that Paypal does to you. I provided the delivery confirmation number to them but figured they would find a way to screw things up so I began to take action to get the package back.
So, I immediately check where the package is via the online delivery confirmation number. It's left my local P.O. already. Uh-oh.
I head on down to the P.O. the next day and, amazingly, they have a form you can fill out to get the package returned.
In the meantime, I contacted the buyer, curious as to what he would say. No reply UNTIL the tracking info was updated with a RETURN TO SENDER flag. Then, he contacts me and offered to pay via Money Order if I would ship the Macbook. Told him I would take a Capital One Cashier's check from him, go to my branch and confirm it's good, cash it and ship him the laptop. He got all bent out of shape then disappeared.
Just got the package back today.
As of now, the buyer is still registered on eBay. I contacted eBay several days ago with the tale and urged them to cancel his account. So far - nothing.
Paypal STILL has a hold on the nearly $400 as well, driving my account into the negative balance range. And still no further contact from them, now 6 days in to their "investigation." I emailed them today and told them to cancel the transaction.
I fully expected to have the package get there and have Paypal say that mere delivery confirmation was not enough and screw me out of my money and product.
Anyone have similar stories?
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