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degoke4jesus
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May-31-2023
10:51 AM
Hi, I made a payment to a seller on Facebook for postage fee via PayPal and the item wasn’t posted to me as agreed and he has refused to refund my postage fee, I told him I will send the whole money to him of the phone as goods and service but he said I should send half as family and friends so I realized he was a scam, please how can I get my postage fee back from him - £6
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kernowlass
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May-31-2023
11:13 AM
Did you send the postage fee as friends/family OR goods/services then?
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May-31-2023
11:19 AM
I sent as goods and services but he refunded me and said he needs immediate access to the money so I should send as friends and family which I did
kernowlass
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May-31-2023
11:25 AM
Then nothing you can do about it if you used the friends/family option.
However if you funded your paypal payment via a credit card then you could contact them and see if they will chargeback for you but again they may decline as it wasn't a payment for goods/services.
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