Received gift as payment for a product

ccat1
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Hello, I have recently received a payment that was intended to be a gift/donation for a small friendly tournament organization. However the transaction includes a shipping address, while no products/services are provided in return. How can I be sure this payment will not be refunded at any time claiming they have not received a product/service?
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sharpiemarker
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@ccat1 

 

You cannot be sure. Its just how the person decided to make payment, to include shipping address instead of indicating "No address needed". You can issue a refund and be done with it.

 

If you want to be sure no one does this again, make a PayPal button to put on your website or an email url and in step 3, you can elect not to let the sender add a shipping address:

 

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/buy-now-step-1/

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-guide/step-3/

 

You can make the price 0.00 so donors can enter any amount.


Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂
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