PayPal private sale question

urbanlegend11 · 20 January 2017 at 1:59PM

I have sold a sports watch on a Facebook selling page. The lady has paid by PayPal and sent it as a gift. Her address is not on the PayPal site but she has sent it to me privately.
I phoned PayPal to confirm address but they say because she sent as a gift it is not on there.
Im happy to sent but my concern is is she eligible to try a chargeback through her credit card company or am i worrying over nothing. Its just i got scammed a few years back with a mobile phone that i had sent out but said they had not received and was hit with a charge back a month later. by then i had stupidly thrown away the postage details.

Am i worrying over nothing and is the risk all on her as she has already sent the money as a gift? Paypal advised me to refund and for her to then send as goods and services but then they would say that as they will charge a fee i guess?

forgotmyname · 20 January 2017 at 2:54PM

Your right to worry if she does a chargeback you have no defence because it was a gift not a payment for goods.

So having proof of delivery wont help you with paypal.

seashore22 · 20 January 2017 at 3:39PM

I didn't think there was any buyer protection if the buyer sent the money as a gift. They shouldn't be able to open a claim.

edit - I've read that a chargeback could be done as the previous poster said. Not sure how easy that is, but I guess it's a risk.

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