ebay/paypal problems

[General Baxter]

FAIL



have any of these problems happend to you!

well some nobba slashed my tyres friday, so i hit ebay for some better ones

found some insa turbos specials cheap enought £280 + £30 post,

brought them via paypal, but as it was sending the money, it come back with a error and transaction cancelled, so i emaled the the seller asking if he has recived the money, come back with a no, emailed paypal to see what happened, they emailed me back saying they have no record of the transaction,

logged onto internet banking, £310 to paypal,
logged back onto to internet banking this morn, yet another £310 to paypal (which i cancelled)

still no record of it on paypal, and the auction is still live (buy it now)

i have emailed paypal yet again to tell them what i have found out

[Adam]

Paypal transactions dont show up on your bank account for 5-7 days so not sure how youve had two transactions go out?

[General Baxter]

they do when you phone the bank up and start shouting lol

[mikey14sr]

Paypal transactions dont show up on your bank account for 5-7 days so not sure how youve had two transactions go out?

Payments going out to them show up instantly, it's only when you're taking money from them that it takes a week!

Bloody annoying it is! :mad:

[Adam]

They dont on mine :confused:

Ive checked before. Sent an instant payment, it doesn't show up on my online statement or paper statement till about 5days after i sent it...

[white2lSR]

your available balence will have the amount deducted staight away but it will not show on your statement for 3-5 days

[General Baxter]

your available balence will have the amount deducted staight away but it will not show on your statement for 3-5 days

yep thats how i know, then phoned the bank and they can tell me :thumb:

[Jack]

They dont on mine :confused:

Ive checked before. Sent an instant payment, it doesn't show up on my online statement or paper statement till about 5days after i sent it...
Did you pay by card or bank transfer?

Paypal went on a mission recently to get everyone to setup their accounts to do bank transfers instead of always trying to use a credit/debit card - and they will automatically default to this unless you specify otherwise, and even then it will pop up with a message advising you against using a card. Why? Safety and "buyer protection" apparently. Really why? Its because bank transfers are free for Paypal, where as credit (and some debit) cards incur a cost on their part to take money. You'll also note paypal lie and say bank transfers are instant, where as in actual fact they do take up to 5 days to show up on your statement. Again, card transactions ARE (relatively) instant, and come up with the seller's name (e.g. paypal - <seller id>), bank transfers just say "bank transfer, paypal" and the amount.

Moral of the story, always use a card where possible :p

[Mike]

^ classic case of America sh1tting on the little guy :thumb: