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Wrong E-mail given for Paypal

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by themacinator, Dec 27, 2012.


  1. Dec 27, 2012 #1
    themacinator

    themacinator Always looking for the perfect gig

    Oct 8, 2009
    8,385 feet in the Colorado Rockies
    Endorsing Artist: Babicz FCH Hardware
    I just backed out of a deal. We agreed on a price and the guy who is selling the item gave me what he said was his email address. I made the payment today and then he tells me he gave the wrong email address. He left some numbers off the one he gave me.

    So I have to cancel the Paypal transaction. My money is safe, according to Paypal, but now it's tied up for a week or more. This was to be my Christmas gift to myself.

    Man I got some bad mojo about this whole thing.
     
  5. Dec 27, 2012 #2
    hdracer

    hdracer

    Feb 15, 2009
    Elk River, MN.
    Pay Pal blows
     
  9. Dec 27, 2012 #3
    SirMjac28

    SirMjac28 Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion

    Aug 25, 2010
    The Great Midwest
    It doesn't sound right everyone knows that PayPal email is important for them getting paid I have never encountered someone giving me the wrong email.
     
  13. Dec 27, 2012 #4
    DiabolusInMusic

    DiabolusInMusic Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism

    Dec 22, 2010
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    Yeah, something is fishy. If you pay via the e-mail address you have to use a registered paypal e-mail, it checks it before you can even send the money. The odds that there is another paypal account to an e-mail exactly like his, less a couple numbers, would have me second guessing. It could very well be coincidence but that seems pretty unlikely to me.
     
  18. Dec 27, 2012 #5
    themacinator

    themacinator Always looking for the perfect gig

    Oct 8, 2009
    8,385 feet in the Colorado Rockies
    Endorsing Artist: Babicz FCH Hardware
    So I want to be clear about this. I am not willing to imply any wrong doing here by the other party. But in all my transactions on TB this is the first time I've experienced this and it makes me gun-shy.
     
  22. Dec 27, 2012 #6
    Auguste

    Auguste

    Apr 5, 2012
    I have numerous email accounts

    I can see the error happening

    To bad about your Christmas gift arriving late.
     
  26. Dec 27, 2012 #7
    Evil Undead

    Evil Undead

    Oct 31, 2009
    Yeah, I have a few, and one of mine I get wrong all the time. Missing the numbers off. Fortunately it's not the one for my PayPal account. I can see this being an honest mistake.
     

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