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Real-life MMD: Missing Paypal payment - should I meet the deficit?

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Money Moral Dilemma: Missing Paypal payment - should I meet the deficit?
I bought a chest of drawers for £50 through eBay (collection only) and paid promptly via PayPal. When I arrived, the seller said the payment had not gone into her PayPal account - she had the wrong email address linked to it, so the payment may have gone to someone else. She let me take the drawers, but has since emailed to say I should have given her cash on collection, asking me to meet her deficit halfway by sending £25 in cash. It’s not my fault she didn’t get the money, but she did let me take the drawers, so I’m not sure if I should pay her or not.
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I bought a chest of drawers for £50 through eBay (collection only) and paid promptly via PayPal. When I arrived, the seller said the payment had not gone into her PayPal account - she had the wrong email address linked to it, so the payment may have gone to someone else. She let me take the drawers, but has since emailed to say I should have given her cash on collection, asking me to meet her deficit halfway by sending £25 in cash. It’s not my fault she didn’t get the money, but she did let me take the drawers, so I’m not sure if I should pay her or not.
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Has the money left your PayPal account? If so, can you reverse it and send it to the correct email address? Otherwise I can't work out if the seller is just very naive or has actually received your payment and is trying to squeeze an extra £25 out of you.
I think the ball's in your court on this one.
You could raise it with PayPay to see whether they can reverse the payment, and if so, pay her the full amount once it has been refunded to you.
strange she would let you take the drawers for no money ...why not cash on collection to avoid fees? sounds a little fishy to me...
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If you don't want to do that i definately would not send the seller more money, at the end of the day it was her mistake and if she wanted cash on collection she should have made that clear on her listing.
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Now, as to what you could do for her, would be to go into your account and find the payment transaction number. Just enlighten her of that number and ask her to deal with paypal. Paypal would contact you if you need to do anything else. You are not obliged to pay her.