I paid them a second time because I did investigate after I got the email stating I had not paid yet. I checked my bank account online, and absolutely no indication that any transactions had been made appeared in my bank transactions. I checked my PayPal account online, and absolutely no indication that any transactions had been made appeared in my PayPal transactions. I received an email from EBay stating I had not paid for my purchases yet. I checked my Ebay account, and it showed the items I purchased with the status as "committed to buy" but "not yet paid". I responded to the email from EBay explaining in detail what had happened, and I waited a while to see if I would get a response, but never did receive any response. So I went ahead and paid, for what I assumed would be considered the first and only time, since there was no indication whatsoever that the first attempt to pay ever existed. I have used Ebay and Paypal numerous times before with no problem...I posted this issue in the PayPal community board hoping that someone may have a suggestion as to a certain department I should try to contact , or certain terminology I should use or any information whatsoever that could help my situation. I simply cannot afford to let my bank keep $180 for 8 transactions that cost a total of $11.55. I had to rush over to the credit union where I have a savings account and withdraw money from that to deposit into my checking account so that the bank would not continue to charge me overdraft fees. I had to call my car insurance company and ask them not to withdraw the money that they automatically debit from my checking account every month do that they wouldn't attempt the withdrawal and get declined, and then cancel my insurance for non payment of the premium. I have a friend who is a consumer protection attorney and he always helps me whenever I have any issues with businesses not treating the customer fair. So I am not bluffing , I will get him to assist me with this situation too. I was just hoping the community board might have some kind of helpful suggestions, but so far I have just been receiving scrutiny regarding MY actions. I did not do anything wrong or irresponsible to deserve to be criticized or for MY actions to be questioned. PayPal had a glitch in their system that has caused me a lot of problems, and they are refusing to offer any helpful remedy or even to admit fault. Instead I get a lot of attitude. It is simply bad business.
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