Issues with refunds virtual goods

ItsHarry
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Hi everyone,

 

I sell virtual goods.

 

It's already bad enough that people can issue a refund and there's nothing I can do about it, what bothers me the most is that PayPal charged me 16 euros for it. One guy paid me 4 times on the same day and asked a refund on all of them, thus I got charged 64 euros for doing nothing..

 

I have emailed PayPal plenty of times but the support in the Netherlands is terrible. I have gotten nothing but useless answers, that's why I came here hoping to get a solution from the community!

 

So what I need help with is how do I make sure that PayPal doesn't charge me 16 euros again? Today someone made 10 payments, and I have a strong feeling that they're going to want a refund for that. If I have to pay 16 euros for each of those I will lose 16x10=160 euros!

 

So once again, the things I need help with are:

-Is it possible to get some sort of seller protection with virtual goods?

-What do I do to make sure PayPal doesn't charge me 16 euros every time?

 

Any help is appreciated.


Thanks in advance.

 

Harry

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snowshoe
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Per PayPal's User Agreement, virtual goods are not covered.  There's probably no way they would change that rule.  PayPal is certainly not a one solution fits all, you may want to look for an alternative solution.

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zoray
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HI  even though you offer digital items you could incoporate free postage and packinging into your listing so if you have problem you could download your digital content on to a disc and post to the buyer this way you should be covered by paypal seller protection as you have posted a physical item! hope it helps

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