posted on January 23, 2001 05:38:50 AM
Hi, Just curious...I have gotten an EOA from a seller that I was the high bid on requesting payment via Paypal. No problem, I do it all the time. Here's the problem...Paypal says the email address and the last name don't correspond.
The seller hasn't sent me anything more than the email address and a first initial, last name. No home address or anything. I'm getting really nervous now about sending any money, will I get my item or not???
I have sent an email letting them know that Paypal won't allow me to send the money. What would you do? I would like to consider the auction null and void but don't want a negative feedback from this if I can avoid it.
Make sure you cut & paste the seller's email, don't try to re-type it. My email is kind of weird, which certainly isn't good for business purposes! I have a number ONE in it, as well as the letter L, and it's hard to tell which is which. I have occasional buyers tell me the same thing, that my email does not exist or something. I've never had any problems paying with paypal when I cut & paste the email addy.
posted on January 23, 2001 06:34:04 AM
Thank you for helping...I had done the cut & paste thing, that's why I'm concerned. I guess I should have said that in my original post.
posted on January 23, 2001 07:17:20 AM
I certainly wouldn't cancel my transaction for that. I get at least 2 buyers a week emailing me in irritation because my last name doesn't match my paypal email. Well, I don't usually give buyers my last name. So I always know that they're trying to use Lynn, because I sign all of my correspondence with Dani Lynn. I operate at Paypal using a business account. Last time I checked Paypal allowed the last name field to be left blank if you were paying a business account holder.
posted on January 23, 2001 07:20:34 AM
Go to the LISTING and use the "send to a friend" feature and ask them is it was REALLY them.
Point out that "Paypal says the email address and the last name don't correspond" and say it makes you a bit nervous. Then ask what the story is?
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There is a scam where sleaze-balls hang out on auctions ending soon and email the winner (especially if they appear to be a new user) asking for PayPal payment. They have it sent to an acount that gets closed real quick, but they have the money.
posted on January 23, 2001 07:35:23 AM
I know that personally, my last name doesn't match because I got married since I started my PayPal account, and while I didn't need any ID to start the account, they want me to jump through hoops to get my last name changed with them. I just tell my buyers to use my maiden name or leave the field blank. I wouldn't worry so much.
posted on January 23, 2001 08:41:25 AM
My PayPal account has 2 emails...my server mail and my yahoo mail, both of which go to the same PayPal account.
People will send me a payment to my yahoo account and then cancel it because it lists my server email and they get panicked. So I put a statment in my EOA that there are 2 email address's that can be used. No one has balked since that.
posted on January 23, 2001 12:23:16 PM
Thanks to everyone for your advice! I really appreciate it, especially the post from abacaxi. I would have thought the seller would have responded to me but she hasn't yet.
posted on January 23, 2001 01:36:10 PM
Watch out! I got taken twice in October in which I thought that I paid for an auction, but did not. A 3rd time, I misspelled the email and I got a chance to cancel it before someone took the funds. Now, I also make sure that accounts are vertified before I sent the money, otherwise I tell the sellers to sen me an invoice through PalPay!
posted on January 23, 2001 01:39:23 PM
Thanks bleuze for your post...I am being careful with this one...the sellers are newbies and not very responsive to emails. With the name and email not matching, I got concerned. If this was a $10 item, I probably wouldn't spend so much time on it, but it's closer to $70 and I don't want to learn my lesson the hard way.
posted on January 23, 2001 04:44:10 PM
This is a bit complicated and difficult but it is an option.
Send the seller 1 cent and don't include your verified address. You will be able to see the sellers full name on the transaction log and if you've sent it with a non-verified address the seller has the ability to cancel the payment if they have a business or premier account, so it won't cost them anything to refuse that 1 cent.
If the seller has good feedback, if the seller's first inital and last name match the name of the account, and if the seller has a verified PayPal account I'd see no reason to not proceed.
