Customer requested refund, had to pay full refund amount twice

throwaway864
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Hello all,

 

Recently I sold an item to a customer, the item was damaged, so I prepared to refund him.

 

Shortly after the customer requested a refund/return via eBay, Paypal put a hold on the original funds the customer paid me for the item.  That brought my Paypal account balance into the negative, for the amount of the original transaction(lets say $30).

 

In order to make a different, unrelated purchase shortly thereafter, I had to pay with my debit card $30 in order to bring my balance back to 0.

 

The customer with the damaged item's refund went through yesterday after I personally paid him via Paypal, and I was given the $30 that had been on hold.  

 

Up until I was given the on-hold money I had spent $60:   $30 to bring my balance up to 0, and $30 as a direct refund.

 

My question is: How can I go about retrieving the $30 I paid to bring my account balance up to 0?

 

Thank you for reading

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