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Paypal Came Through for Me.

armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
Love them or hate them and I've had some issues in the past with them but they came through for me today. Sold one of my man cave reduction items on another site. Got an email from the buyer saying he received said item today and it was all messed up. Sent me some pictures and it was messed up.

Then he files a claim with Paypal that the item was not as was described. Paypal froze $87 of my account. Called them and talked to a nice lady in customer service. I explained my end of the story. I shipped the item to a New Jersey address and 5 weeks later actually today the buyer receives it and it turns out he lives in China. Seems he arranged for shipping to China and who ever he had ship it messed it up. So after a few minutes the lady told me she's denying his claim and putting the $87 back in my account. I just checked and its in there.[;)][^][^]

I know there are some nay sayers here that would say yep but they could take it right out again. I really can't disagree but for now its good.
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am glad you got a happy ending. Just getting through to talk to a live person sometimes can take hours at some of these companies.
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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    You have to be one of the few who can actually get away with selling junk TO China.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    You have to be one of the few who can actually get away with selling junk TO China.

    Sell 'em some real crap and get even![:D]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Win some lose some...

    Good for you brother!
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a similar issue on a broken Galaxy S4. I shipped to Miami, googled the address and saw it was a warehouse in the port district.

    Figured it was going to South America.

    Buyer pestered me. I got the delivery receipt back from USPS online.

    Sure enough, about 3 weeks later she files on me thru PayPal to reverse her payment.

    So I called PayPal and they quickly saw that the required delivery was made. Problem fixed.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    PayPal can suck it. You do as you see fit but I'd never use them for any reason.
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I sold a Frankenwatch to a guy in Hong Kong. It had a vintage Omega bracelet on it.

    So the guy gets it, and complains the watch is "pitted, scratched, gouged", and wants to return it. But the bracelet, he wants to keep as it may be of "small use to him".

    What a load of ?#729;?+, I says. Went through the paypal freeze.

    Told the guy he would have to return EVERYTHING and he'd only get refunded the purchase less my shipping. Poor dweebe, after deducting shipping both ways, he'd end up with about a 25% refund.

    He was pissed that he could not put one over on me.

    The forum was timezone. My lesson is not to accept offers from non-members. And as always, take plenty of photographs of everything you ship.

    Now, on the other side of the coin, the mail-order wife Jorge arranged has worked out swimmingly well![:D]
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love Pay-Pal. 13 new rifles in my collection last year all from junk sold on the bay and collected with Pay-Pal. Hate them if you must, but you are the one being left behind.
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ruger41
    PayPal can suck it. You do as you see fit but I'd never use them for any reason.


    TOO BAD YOUR HEAD IS UP YOUR POSTIERIER [B)] They do firearm parts with no questions asked, as they are payed be the "gift/friend" part
    I've been using them for over 18yrs with ne problem that they settled quick [^]
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  • hk-91hk-91 Member Posts: 10,050
    edited November -1
    I use paypal when buying things on flebay that i cant get here. I like using it as i bought some higher priced items on there that came damaged. Box that it came in and package was it great condition but item was damaged bad. Could have only happened outside of package. Seller tried saying i damaged the item but after taking several pics and sending them to flebay they decided the same thing i did. Seller was selling store returns as NIB items. Got a full refund and was told if seller wanted item back he could pay shipping to get it back. Never heard back from seller.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
    quote:Originally posted by ruger41
    PayPal can suck it. You do as you see fit but I'd never use them for any reason.


    TOO BAD YOUR HEAD IS UP YOUR POSTIERIER [B)] They do firearm parts with no questions asked, as they are payed be the "gift/friend" part
    I've been using them for over 18yrs with ne problem that they settled quick [^]


    As stated do as you see fit. I'll be damned if I'm going to support a extremely anti gun company (both paypal and ebay). Also won't use them due to their ridiculous terms of use policies. Also not going to bow down to ebay requiring ME to have to accept electronic payments as well as the other bs as a seller. if I need gun parts tthat badly there's this little place on the web called GunBroker. .maybe you've heard of it?[:D]
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can you post a number for pay pal. I need to talk to them and cannot find the number, please. Oakie
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I refuse to do business with Fleabay or Paypal, as a buyer or seller. They are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Can you post a number for pay pal. I need to talk to them and cannot find the number, please. Oakie


    Oakie send me an email and I'll give you the number.
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, keep hating them. And I will continue to build my gun collection selling junk over there and making gun money.[:D][:D][:D]
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Done. Curt, see if my email came through. Oakie
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Done. Curt, see if my email came through. Oakie



    Nope like most things sent through the GB mail system. I'll try from my end.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    email sent.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Done. Curt, see if my email came through. Oakie



    Nope like most things sent through the GB mail system. I'll try from my end.

    You have to send e-mail from your computer not 'your end.' No wonder it doesn't work![:0][;)]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Can you post a number for pay pal. I need to talk to them and cannot find the number, please. Oakie


    From PP contact info, 1-888-221-1161
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Mark it On your calender and celebrate it every year Curt..
    You are 1:1,000,000!!
    "If U play with fire long enough,you're bound to get burnt."
    Just like PP...[;)]
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Curt, I got your email. I give up on the GB email system.[}:)] Mine came back as undelivered and with errors. AGAIN.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Done. Curt, see if my email came through. Oakie



    Nope like most things sent through the GB mail system. I'll try from my end.

    You have to send e-mail from your computer not 'your end.' No wonder it doesn't work![:0][;)]



    Oakie has an AOL account those don't work real well on GB as far as sending emails.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    Mark it On your calender and celebrate it every year Curt..
    You are 1:1,000,000!!
    "If U play with fire long enough,you're bound to get burnt."
    Just like PP...[;)]



    Jeff as long as I don't use it here I'm safe. Hell they just bought me a new refrigerator, gas stove and a new washing machine. Paypal banned me from here and here only. Got myself banned by Paypal for items that I had listed here but not sold. After about a year I reinvented myself, different credit card bank account etc. Got my account back and as long as I don't accept it here I'm fine.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by armilite
    quote:Originally posted by Oakie
    Done. Curt, see if my email came through. Oakie



    Nope like most things sent through the GB mail system. I'll try from my end.

    You have to send e-mail from your computer not 'your end.' No wonder it doesn't work![:0][;)]



    And his end don't work mine end does, so there.[;)]
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