Pending payment

[Sillygilly58]

The item I have bought is saying payment pending, and seller hasn't accepted money yet. The full amount shows the funds have taken from my account. I'm a bit confused as to what this means. Any advice please? Thanks

[kernowlass]

@Sillygilly58

Is it to a company or private seller / ebay?

Does it say pending / unclaimed?

If it does then is there a cancel option?

[Sillygilly58]

• Hi,
• I'm not sure but I think it's a private seller. PayPal is giving a cancel option. This has not happened to me before so not sure wether to cancel. Any advice grateful! Thanks

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Sillygilly58

ok then the ONLY time that you get a cancel option is when the email address you sent the payment to does not exist/not linked to a paypal account.

Sounds as if the seller has made a typo with his email address on his auction OR sent you an incorrectly spelt email address.

That payment is going nowhere so i would just cancel it BUT it may take a few day to go back to your paypal balance or funding source dependent on how you funded it in the first place.