Hello PayPal Community - I was referred to an individual that installs home interior barn doors but when he came out to my home he tells me that he also makes them & was cheaper than the person I was buying the barn doors from who referred me to this installer in the first place - so after he convinced me to let him do the whole process he said he needed an upfront 50% deposit which I didn’t have so I charged the 1/2 upfront deposit on my PayPal credit card account, but since he didn’t have a PayPal account he had me send the $290 funds (which costed me $8.73 to send for a total of $298.73) thru his brothers PayPal business name account which his brother accepted the minute I sent it but he never delivered on the sale as promised (which we entered into a gentlemens agreement on & not an official written agreement or contract) so when it was the time he told me he’d be back with the doors & all the hardware needed to install them for me is when I started getting text nsgs from him that everything was on backorder & that he’d notify me when they arrived but when I never heard back from him, I texted him & expressed my concern he offered to either return my deposit or pay him an additional $200 for him to go to home depot & get the items needed so I replied accepting his offer to just return my $290 deposit but as soon as I accepted his offer the seller immediately went MIA & my repeated text msgs went unreturned & unresponded to so I filed a PayPal claim against the seller but now after a few weeks of this seller going MIA all of a sudden just pops up leaving me threatening text msgs & vm ph msgs & saying that he told me that my upfront 1/2 down deposit was non refundable when thats completely untrue as he never said that but says he did even tho I have a previous text msg from him offering to return my 1/2 upfront deposit - so if he’s now saying my 1/2 upfront deposit is not refundable, then how come he previously offered to return it to me? Now he’s threatening me saying he has a very good lawyer & i’m thinking who in their right mind would hire some expensive attorney over a $290 deposit that should rightfully be returned back to the buyer for a 1/2 deposit in barn doors that never showed up to be installed for the 1/2 balance owed on the purchase when an attorney is going to cost this seller so much more money than my $290 claim. And also, the seller is saying he went & filed “Theft of Services charges” against me when i’m wondering why would someone do that when they’re the one that took my 1/2 upfront $290 deposit & kept it for themselves & then went MIA on me (the buyer) instead of delivering them as agreed & promised so Can Someone in the Community please offer me some helpful advice with my delimma when all J want is just my original 1/2 down deposit back for undelivered double barn doors merchandise & the undelivered install service of the doors I never received? I would appreciate any legit good advice - Thank you PayPal Community!
