Hi, I have an urgent query regarding my paypal account to which I hope someone can give me a correct answer. I registered a paypal account as someone (say ABC) was paying me to install a vbulletin on a site and was to pay me for that. i recd half of the payment (say $30) and somehow went about to google his screen name and found that he (ABC) was a fraud and used to hack pp accounts and use fake credit cards. i asked him to explain but he cudnt. At this time i transferred that money ( $ 30 ) to a friend's (say XYZ) account who was to send me some stuff worth that money. Now within a few hours paypal reversed the amount i recieved from ABC and so my account balance went into negative ie $ -30. Paypal themselves put up a dispute between me and my friend and now my account is negative and payment of those $30 in my friend's account has been held. He was asked to tell paypal about the transaction and so he told them that he hadnt shipped the item yet. also my address is still not verified and no credit card has been added to my account yet. What i want to know is that if my friend (XYZ) pays me $30 then will my account balance be restored and will he also get the $30 that has been held in his account ?? making a no profit no loss situation ??? please tell me what should i do... Also please note that the dispute between me and ABC (the con) has been settled and the only dispute now is between me and my friend XYZ. Thanks in advance.
holy cow that situation is something. Google should figure everything out if you all comply the process could take a while to figure out and also it make take you a while to get your money back but thats just my view
send a letter to the guys address with tracking. Then forward the tracking number to paypal and they will support you I think. You could also tell them it was for a digital purchase in which case the person who sent you money would not be protected by their policy. If your friend refunds (removes paypals fee) the money, then his account will be out of the equation. Then it will jsut come down to how you handle it with paypal.
I don't know how clear i was on what i wanted to ask but lemme put this again. My dispute with the guy who conned me (ABC) is now over and this is what i have : --A account with balance $-30 --My friend has $30 HELD against payment Now what i want to know is that if My friend pays me $30, will my account balance now become $0 and also will my friend recieve the payment that right now is HELD (ie $30) ?
I would assume so. Seems silly to pay the fees again though... Your friend should be able to just refund the money to you and all is square again. But paypal is messed up animal.