Beware new scam from beloved Paypal

[itrecovery]

Here is something new for me!

I have got a Paypal's instant payment on Jan 7th. Save to ship bla-bla-bla.

Today (Jan 15th) I've got new Paypal's generated transation for the same amount back to paypal itself.

Description: "The funds are not available while this transaction is being reviewed"

This was not e-check type of transaction.

WTF?

[faerywishes]

This was the NEGATIVE feedback left for the specific SELLER:
''I never received my item and could not get a response from the seller''
This was the seller's response to the BUYER:
''Did not list item. No idea what book this is"

How could they leave feed back then? Was it for a different item? If so I believe eBay lists this as an example of neg f/b they will consider removing.

Colleen

[itrecovery]

Here is Paypal's response. Still, not quite clear why hold was initialized a week after payment took place.

My guess is that payment was done from confirmed bank account, so Paypal considered that funds are clear before they got the money. As problems arise, they juts screw the seller. Which reminds me again, that Paypal can not be trusted as reliable payment service.

"Based on my review of you account, I could see that the transaction ID XXXXXXX was for your payment on January 7, 2009. The funding method for this transaction was instant transfer.

Transfers will be held as "Temporary Hold Placed" until the funds have cleared the bank and are received by PayPal. Once the transfer from the bank account is completed successfully, the payment type will post as "Temporary Hold Removed" and the funds will be credited to the PayPal account balance. Please allow 3-4 business days from the date the payment is initiated."

[faerywishes]

Recped: Why waste time on this? I have other payment from the buyer.

I'm wondering why you're still wasting time on this?

[lina-mallows]

4scrapperlicious_scrapbooking- that is exactly my point.
How could a BUYER leave feedback, if the seller did not sell the item?

This is something that eBay's policy likely didn't anticipate. The NEGATIVE was left by the buyer who did not pay, and therefor did not receive the item, regardless of whether the seller believed that they didn't sell it.

I stumbled into this stupidest of situations when this same so called ''SELLER'' of this other item (to someone else) left us a NEGATIVE claiming that we took over ten days to mail their item when reality is, it was they that forgot to pay for the item.

This SELLER to others. and now blocked BUYER from us, is one VERY confused eBayer !!!

[itrecovery]

4scrapperlicious_scrapbooking - that was about calling them.