how to cancel sent money?

[typerchick]

I sent money to a relative via paypal but it says will will take 5 days to clear and lists the status as pending.  I'd like to cancel this and send a different way.  Looked up instructions on the help topics but this did not work for me.  I did not have "cancel" as an option listed in the order status/actions column.  yet the status is still listed as pending for the next 5 days.  is there any way to cancel this?  thank you very much for any help.

[surplusdealdude · Accepted solution]

You can't cancel a payment once it's been sent.

[typerchick]

Thank you.  Can I ask you a followup question?  Please ignore me if no.  I first sent it mistakenly using an old expired card.  Then as a bank transfer.  Now it shows them both as pending.  I thought surely it would let me cancel the one from the old expired card but no.  I'll tell you what.  I am going to assume that I can't cancel and need to just check with the bank and if I'm wrong, then answer if you have time?  Thank you very much!

[surplusdealdude]

The original payment from the credit card will bounce (be denied).

The bank transfer ( likely an echeck), will clear in 3-5 days if you have sufficient funds in the bank.

[typerchick]

Thx so very much!  You are very helpful and it's much appreciated. 🙂

[dredi22]

and if you dont? I  just basically had this happen to me, I accidently used an old bank account i dont even have open anymore. It will just cancel its self out? I didnt realize it was old one till i saw what it was.

[hvanderw]

I did the same thing !   I clicked pay and forgot that the bank account is no longer valid and I want to use the credit card that I have on file.  How many times are they going to try taking it from the bank before they use the credit card ??

[Lensdiningcar]

I sent the seller a deposit using Pay Pal.  Turns out he doesn't have a Pay Pal account.  Never even gave that a thought.  What to do?

[Grifo]

Paypal transaction # O-584759174F4096036 was cancelled by the seller, it appears as pending in my Paypal account. How can I get available the $31.99. I have an e-mail from HP notifying the cancellation.

[allencraig]

This is bull**bleep** - My "echeck" payment is going to take 5 days, and I can't cancel the payment during that time?! What year are we in anyway... 5 days to transfer money? What a joke this is. What if in this time I discover the payee is fraudulent? Tough **bleep**?

My credit card had "disappeared" from my account, so to my surprise paypal has to go through an echeck bank transfer to make a payment. But as I've discovered this, I should be able to just add my credit card again (which in fact is the account paypal takes 5 days to get money from) and the payment could be made in an instant. But no, too bad for me because I can't cancel a payment.

Paypal has never been able to help me with ANY problem or request I've had. Great service, paypal!