posted on June 5, 2002 10:43:36 AM new
Question regarding paypal.
I had an auction close 1 1/2 weeks ago. Never heard/no response from the buyer. Sent an ebay reminder, paypal automated response, personal email, NPB warning, and finally, to make it easy on the guy, I sent a paypal request for payment. I checked my account on paypal and found the request was cancelled. I didn't cancel it. Could the deadbeat have done it?
Also, have you noticed lately that sometimes paypal doesn't email you with a notification of payment/purchase? They always did before and I haven't reset my preferences. Just another paypal glitch?
Your input is appreciated.
Haven't been burned by paypal but it's just a matter of time....
posted on June 5, 2002 10:50:35 AM new
yes the person you send a payment request to has teh option to cancel it. meaning theyre not going to pay.
as for the wbn from paypal, sometimes i dont get them until the day after the auction closed. ive even gotten the ebay wbn days after an auction has closed.
posted on June 5, 2002 11:46:50 AM new
Apparently Paypal is not sending out all of the payment receipts to the sellers. I paid for an auction immediately after it closed via Paypal. Three days later, I got a **very nasty** e-mail from the seller saying that they had not received payment, etc. I just forwarded them a copy of the Paypal receipt that I received and that resolved the matter. As a seller, this incident has made me check my Paypal account everyday to see if payments have been received before I send out a request for payment. As for the seller who was so nasty to me - I will never buy from them again.
posted on June 6, 2002 12:03:23 AM new
I know of two paypal payments received this week where I didn't get notification. I only found out by going directly to my paypal account.
posted on June 6, 2002 04:28:50 AM new
it could be your internet service provider which is not receiving incoming emails.
just because seller sents a paypal invoice,does not mean buyer has to use paypal to pay.
also the buyer may not even be registered with paypal.
posted on June 6, 2002 07:25:06 AM new
dodobird, I'm not trying to bully that guy into using paypal- I'm just trying to make it as easy as possible for this guy to pay so when I neg this deadbeat I can say with a clear conscience that I went the extra mile and he didn't lift a finger.
My ISP delivers plenty of email- mostly junk. I seriously doubt if it is selectively filtering out paypal.
Also a little observation: most negs and fights are over items with piddly value. This item and it's impending neg and FVF are worth a whopping $15
