I'm sure this kind of question has been asked so many times but I guess I need some clarity... I sold something, received the money into my Paypal account, then immediately transferred it across to my linked bank account. Then he asked for a refund. Ok no problem... or so I thought. I instigated this (foolishly, in hindsight) through Ebay. But because the money wasn't readily available, it's now gone into an echeck scenario through Paypal, and has been pending for 6 working days. I can see Paypal got this money from my bank four days ago. This is frustrating for myself and of course for the guy who just wants his money. Why is it taking so long? And of course next time I will just transfer it back first and this whole scenario would have been done and dusted within a few hours.
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