Paypal refund option - how does it work?

Discussion in 'PayPal' started by alexcr, Jul 8, 2008.

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    I heard that if you sell something, after your payment has been sent, the buyer can cancel the payment and paypal will refund him(with the money from your account).

    Can't I get scammed by selling a domain name and then after a period of time the buyer would ask for a refund? I would lose both the money and the domain...

    I heard about lots of people using AlertPay that have their accounts on negative( like minus 100$) balance because their buyers asked for refunds and I think PayPal uses the same system as AlertPay.

    So how can I be sure that after I receive the money on PayPal, they are MY money forever and they can't be taken back by the buyer?
     
    alexcr, Jul 8, 2008 IP
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    jazzygift Peon

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    paypal just sucks!!! nothing else
     
    jazzygift, Jul 8, 2008 IP
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    Paypal usually does chargeback.Well,after 180 days you get the money,then no chargeback .
     
    hithit, Jul 8, 2008 IP
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    Jarodboy Prominent Member

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    Buyers can't click REfund button, there are any. But chargebacks occure quite often, especially with stolen paypal accounts and credit cards
     
    Jarodboy, Jul 8, 2008 IP
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    alexcr Banned

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    So how does this chargeback work on PayPal?
    If I sell you a domain today, you can in the first 180 days, to ask for a chargeback? That means Paypal would deduct the price for the domain from my account ? Wouldn't that leave me without money AND the domain?
     
    alexcr, Jul 9, 2008 IP