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Refund Buyer?

Bowling_4_Gold
Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Hi, I need to refund a buyer but do not want to put him through a 7-9 day wait for money to be transferred from my Bank Account. My PayPal account is in negative (about £5.33) and I was wondering, if I buy a low value item off eBay (99p), will it charge me £6.32 for the item + negative amount to bring my account to neutral or just the 99p for the item? Thanks
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  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    instead of using the refund option you could send them a payment so they wouldnt have to wait
  • NotQuiteNorbert
    NotQuiteNorbert Posts: 521 Forumite
    cyberbob wrote: »
    instead of using the refund option you could send them a payment so they wouldnt have to wait

    Except that this wouldn't show as a refund in Paypal and a dishonest buyer could then dispute and be refunded by Paypal, in effect getting the refund twice.
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Get friend to pay you money from their account
    Refund buyer
    Refund friend when you have replaced the money
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
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