Donation account scam / goods and services / "ineligible for buyer protection"
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Hello. I am very disappointed and angry with PayPal's customer service. I recently ordered from a website expecting a good in return for my payment. The website did look sketchy but I only ordered from it because I was hoping that PayPal Buyer Protection would help me out if I needed it. I placed this order 2 days ago and the item was supposed to be here within 3. I created a PayPal claim because the item hadn't been shipped after trying to reach out to the seller via their non-existent e-mail address, and after about 10-20 minutes (which I find hard believing a real person would have looked into my case in that time and resolved it this quick), I receive the notification that my claim has been denied. I paid for a good and paid via their website using PayPal as my payment method. However, this payment seemed to have gone through as a "donation" to a non-company account which I find very much confusing as I didn't donate to anyone. This is the point where I created my claim. I'm wondering if anyone else is a victim of this same scam and why PayPal are unable to help? Additionally, before processing this payment, I checked the PayPal Buyer Protection hyperlink and saw that fake donation accounts were subject to Buyer Protection because when it told me I was donating to someone, I did indeed end up sketched out. Please help and please tell me what I can do to dispute this even further.
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Paypal does provide buyer protection as long as you are not sending a 'gift' payment via the friends/family option OR donating funds.
You have a responsibility to do your bit to check websites you purchase from and to realise that donating funds is not the same as paying for an item !!
Advice is voluntary.
Kudos / Solution appreciated.

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