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I've stumbled upon a worse version. If you don't have a business account and send someone an invoice - PayPal reverts and refunds that invoice a month later. I

I've stumbled upon a worse version. If you don't have a business account and send someone an invoice - PayPal reverts and refunds that invoice a month later. I was completely flabbergasted when I found out they do this - there's no upfront notice or alert. In my case, the buyer was kind enough to re-pay via a regular "request", but that won't be the case for everyone.

silisili 4y ago
Wait what? That doesn't sound right, maybe I'm missing something. Can you elaborate? I just sold something via invoice in December, and it wasn't reverted(yet)...
Bluecobra 4y ago
Maybe the buyer disputed the charge accidentally? I sold an item with an invoice over 6 months ago and had zero problems. I took tons of pictures of the item I was selling and documented all my correspondence in case of a dispute. Buyer sent payment, and I sent the item. Case closed.
- Moru 4y ago
  I ordered some sports equipment from a store together with some friends so the sum was pretty high. The money was sent and the items were supposed to be delivered. The store owner was away over the weekend so didn't send the items yet. We were in contact with them personally just before they left. When they came to work on monday they were slightly confused because they got a mail from Paypal that we had disputed the invoice or some such and Paypal had refunded us the whole sum. If they wouldn't have had that vacation, they would have sent the items already and we would have gotten the products and the money back a couple of days later. This was about 8 years ago now I believe, so it's still happening. I would never use Paypal to sell anything, there is no guarantee you get to keep the money. Better keep the account empty if you do use paypal.
devwastaken 4y ago
That should be completely wrong. PayPal goods and services through invoice protects both the seller and buyer, one of the parties would have to dispute the claim, or perhaps the automated system suspected something. Either way I've usually found PayPal support helpful with that.
- is_true 4y ago
  Paypal only protects the buyer. It's cheaper for them that way.

silisili 4y ago

Wait what? That doesn't sound right, maybe I'm missing something. Can you elaborate? I just sold something via invoice in December, and it wasn't reverted(yet)...

Bluecobra 4y ago

Maybe the buyer disputed the charge accidentally? I sold an item with an invoice over 6 months ago and had zero problems. I took tons of pictures of the item I was selling and documented all my correspondence in case of a dispute. Buyer sent payment, and I sent the item. Case closed.

Moru 4y ago
I ordered some sports equipment from a store together with some friends so the sum was pretty high. The money was sent and the items were supposed to be delivered. The store owner was away over the weekend so didn't send the items yet. We were in contact with them personally just before they left. When they came to work on monday they were slightly confused because they got a mail from Paypal that we had disputed the invoice or some such and Paypal had refunded us the whole sum. If they wouldn't have had that vacation, they would have sent the items already and we would have gotten the products and the money back a couple of days later. This was about 8 years ago now I believe, so it's still happening. I would never use Paypal to sell anything, there is no guarantee you get to keep the money. Better keep the account empty if you do use paypal.

devwastaken 4y ago

That should be completely wrong. PayPal goods and services through invoice protects both the seller and buyer, one of the parties would have to dispute the claim, or perhaps the automated system suspected something. Either way I've usually found PayPal support helpful with that.

is_true 4y ago
Paypal only protects the buyer. It's cheaper for them that way.