Refunding Paypal payment for Ebay sale

[rfisher]

Well dodgy geezer joins Ebay on Sunday then buys an item I'm selling on Monday.

Pays via Poopal.

Has +ve fb of 3 from private listings dated during the past month, so I'm not able to see what these purchases were and when they were made.

So I block him from any further purchases from me and attempt to refund the Poopal payment.

Only now it looks like the mfers keep their 4% fee when you do this so I'm down several pints (expensive item).

If this is correct then all sellers are at risk of losing money from scammers.

Not impressed.

[Saleen836]

When I have reversed any Paypal payments I have had the fees refunded

[rfisher]

May be that they keep the 4% if the refund is over a certain amount.

I'll try again tonight.

[GCH]

the fee is refunded too.

Did you send or refund directly from paypal, or did you cancel from ebay, which then automatically returns the money?

[rfisher]

Cancelled via Ebay.

Then got an email from Ebay saying that there was a problem with the refund and I had to do it via Paypal.

I reckon the buyer's using a hacked Paypal account so the refund is stalling and they are keeping the fee.

Means that I have to transfer money into the account to cover the fee before I can see if the refund goes through.

May be heading for live chat later tonight.

[nyt]

Be careful, it's beginning to sound a bit like a scam.