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Paypal dispute

In April I sold a shower unit to a

lady in a different state and we

used paypal because we thought it

would be a more secure way for

her to send payment to me. She

came and picked up the shower

unit from my house and took it back

to her state. A few days later she

decided to file a dispute with me on

paypal and wrote an email to me

saying that she couldn't even use

the shower unit in her state

because it didn't meet building

codes. She wanted me to come pick

up the shower unit and refund her

money back - I didn't see how that

was benefiting me since she is the

one that paid to come pick it up so

she should be the one to send it

back. Also I felt how is that my fault

since she inspected it upon pick-

up? The sale should have been final

at that point when she took it.

I hadn't heard anything more about

it and today I got a call from paypal

saying that I owe them $750.. Pay

pal basically told me that since I

didn't ship it I didn't qualify for their

seller protection and since she had

filed a claim saying item not as

described they had refunded her

money back to her in August

because ''they don't get involved''

So now I am out $750 and she still

has the shower unit.


Asked on 10/23/08, 7:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

jeffrey lazroe Jeffrey A. Lazroe attorney at law

Re: Paypal dispute

No you are not out $750.00 paypal is. Make certain that you do not have any monies in your paypal account.

I had the same problem with another client. They deducted the monies from his account. The item was shipped, the monies were supposedly deposited, paypal gave the client credit, and then reversed the credit when the check bounced. They took no responsibility.

Have them collect the monies from the other side.

You can only be caught in the middle if you let yourself be caught.

If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me.

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Answered on 10/29/08, 6:00 pm


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