1. Bought an item on eBay with an eBay gift card.
2. Thew away used gift card.
3. Was a problem with item, seller issued a refund (through PayPal)
4. PayPal refunded the funds to the original (long since redeemed and thrown away) gift card.
5. PayPal says it's an eBay problem. eBay says it's a PayPal problem.
6. My problem: the money is now gone.
I see I'm not the only one this has happened to. Spent 3 hours on the phone today, trying to explain to PayPal, then eBay, then PayPal, then eBay. I can't believe they can't figure this out. Makes Comcast look like sheer excellence in the customer service arena.
Anyone figure out a magic secret to resolve this nonsense? Looking into filing a fraud complaint, but not even sure who the fraud is in this case.
Help?
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