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Tgarrod
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Hi, I've sold an item on ebay. I've had an email saying it will be in my account at the end of the month. I can't find it anywhere on my account. Is it a scam or am I safe to post the item.
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kernowlass
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@Tgarrod 

 

You NEVER send anything until the funds are SHOWING in your paypal account balance.

Is it showing on ebay as paid?

Paypal payments are more or less instant, you do NOT wait 30 days for it to show in your paypal balance.

Even if you were subject to the new seller hold it would still SHOW in your paypal balance.

Can you give us the gist of the email you received to see if it was a FAKE paypal or ebay email?


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Tgarrod
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I've just realised that I have my email address wrong on ebay for my paypal account. It's still my email address but not the right one. What shall I do now?
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kernowlass
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@Tgarrod 

 


Go to ebay and click on 'sell' put in anything (as you aren't going to actually list anything) until you get to the main page > scroll down near the bottom and where it says payment methods check the email address that is on that page, is there a spelling mistake or old one?

If its the old email address then if you still own it then 'add' it to your paypal account as you can have up to 8 on the 1 paypal account and the funds should show, if not then................

You need to contact your buyer(s) and ask them to see what it says in their paypal accounts either:
1. Pending / Unclaimed with a cancel option.
2. Pending / Unclaimed.
3 Completed.

If its:
Pending / Unclaimed with a cancel option.

Ask them to cancel the payment but tell them that it will take a few days to go back to their funding source. Then get them to use the "send money" > Goods/Services option and pay to your correct email address. Tell them DO NOT use the Ebay option or it will direct them to Ebay checkout and the same thing will happen. They may not want to do this and so you could then cancel the transaction. OR you can send them a money request.


Pending / Unclaimed.

If there is no cancel option then the buyer will get their money back automatically 30 days after paying.
Again they may not want to pay you again until they get their money back so you may need to cancel the transaction for them.

Completed.

If its completed then come back for more advice.
https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/FAQ1467


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