Payment Sent with Paypal, but Seller Wants More Money after Currency Conversion

[carguy44]

I recently purchased an item from a fellow Canadian seller for $70 CDN. He wanted payment via Paypal, which automatically converted the currency to $51.28 USD, ($66.81 CDN) to be exact.  He subsequently asked me to send another $3.19 CDN ($2.45 USD) to make up the difference.  I haven't used PP in a long time,  but found no way of cancelling the currency conversion.  I'd like him to refund my payment, and just send him an e-transfer for the $70 CDN.  Advice please...

[pjcdn2005]

Sorry I'm a bit confused.  He wanted you to send him money to his PayPal address rather than using eBay checkout?  Or did you pay through eBay checkout?  Normally if you pay for an item in $C and the listing was  on .com in $US  the buyer would pay the conversion so more info is needed.  

As far as paying for e-transfer..don't.  You will have zero buyer protection. 

If the seller doesn't want to go through with the transaction, they need to refund you.

[brettjet38]

You do not have to pay a penny more and if he does not ship the item, use "Item Not Received" you will get refunded...

...the end.

[ericsells75]

1 - I’m not aware of any circumstance where a buyer can hold a sale ‘hostage’ for more money. Their mistake.
2 - taking payment off eBay is against eBay policy and you’d both probably vetted banned if you follow through.

[femmefan1946]

Although buyers can pay using Paypal (or directly with some credit cards or with ApplePay or GooglePay) sellers can only accept Managed Payments.

A request for an off-eBay/MP payment is an off-eBay transaction and should be reported to eBay.

You would be covered by Paypal's Buyer Protection and /or the chargeback provisions of your credit card, but not by eBay's Money Back Guarantee.

[marnotom!]

Was this item listed on eBay Motors, by any chance?

While payment "rules" are slightly different there than for most eBay sales, sellers still can't railroad buyers into making a PayPal payment directly through PayPal instead, which is what sounds as though happened here (though I still don't understand the whole conversion issue).