So please help me with PayPal q?

Hi all,
Right so I believe I got scammed. I pad a guy here on dp half the amount for some joomla work last Saturday. Yes I know you guys will criticize me for not looking at iTrader and stuff, but I *thought* I had done my homework.

Now 5 days went by and he never did anything, once he logged on and told he has Internet issues...so I let it go.

Yesterday I caught up with him and asked him to return the money, he said ok, I need to restart my PC and poof....gone. Later Googling him I found he had scammed at least one person out of some big amount. The amount I have paid him is nowhere as big, but I work hard for that money

So I have opened a dispute with PayPal...now should I wait for his response or should I escalate it to a claim directly? Any advice will be appreciated.

 

you can go to customer care link in the paypal website.
just write through mail your problem.

 

Escalate to claim asap. He probably wont reply in PayPal, so you should escalate.

If he knows how to scam, he will empty his account. The quicker you escalate, the quicker you win and the less chance he has to empty his account.

 

Sad. But you escalate it faster. Prolly now he already withdraw the monies. Guys like this wont be happy in their life forever. Guilt still bug him forever.

 

Escalate it to a claim directly,for a scammer more time is useless.

 

escalate your claim and be sure to tell paypal that repeated attempts to contact that person has failed.
make sure paypal understands that you have repeatedly attempted to contact that person.

 

You should escalate to a claim immediately if you wait too long paypal will not be able to help you.

 

Escalate it to a claim Now do not wait, he is a scammer and is not going to reply to the dispute..

 

Thanks guys.

I have escalated it to a claim and hope all goes well. I have even provided links to posts where people say he is a scam. Hopefully PayPal will see it my way. Again all your help is really appreciated.

 

hi guys took your advice and escalated the claim...paypal sent me a message saying that the seller has responded to my claim (i think only because i escalated the claim) and are waiting for my response...but i am unable to find out where i should send them my response...pls help

 

Go to the resolution centre and from there you can see all the details of the claim and you will be able to respond to it.

 

Thank you calum. But when I go to the center I see the transaction ID and status telling me "requiring action", but there is not dialog box anywhere for me to respond

Please clarify