How to pay back someone who transferred money to my account ?

power2consumers

pinkdalek wrote: »

Ever heard of a telephone? They are really good, you pick it up, dial the person's number and speak to them, this might help you, if they want their money back then they will surely give you ways to pay them back.

Ever had an ex girlfriend before? Sometimes not really good, and not very easy to speak to.

DCFC79

What I would do is 1 of the 3 options as suggested, a cheque, via Paypal if you know her email address and if she has an account or use pingit if you have her number.

spare_one

Impressive honesty. Try calling your bank and tell them the transfer was a mistake. Maybe they will bounce it back.

xylophone

Ever had an ex girlfriend before? Sometimes not really good, and not very easy to speak to.

Send her a text message asking if she would like you to return the cash and if so how you should go about it?

EachPenny

xylophone wrote: »

Send her a text message asking if she would like you to return the cash and if so how you should go about it?

Seems like a reasonable approach.

Make sure you keep the texts OP so if she changes her mind or claims you didn't repay the money in the future then you will have a record of what you've done.

I wouldn't use a payment method which might result in the payment going astray, or one it could be denied in future that the payment had been made (i.e. check to make sure the mobile number is still hers, and don't send her cash).

Personally my vote is for a cheque. It leaves a paper trail, and if you really don't want to make contact with her then you can stick it in an envelope with a note explaining what it is for, post it to a (safe) address you know she will get it at, and then it is up to her whether or not she pays it in.

Also, just firing the money at her electronically with no other contact is open to misinterpretation... she might take it as a "**** off! I don't want anything to do with you ever again". Depending on the circumstances of your split you might not want her to think that.... which I think might be the case as you are taking the trouble to get the money back to her.

pinkdalek

power2consumers wrote: »

Ever had an ex girlfriend before? Sometimes not really good, and not very easy to speak to.

Two sides to every break up, nothing wrong with approaching them with your honest intentions and what you want to do is there?
If she refuses to speak to you and isn't interest at least you know in your own mind you have tried.

You also not telling me you don't have any contact with her, a sibling, friend or even parents who you could even drop money off with for them to hand over?

Pointless thread, which empitimises the problem with modern technology today and people's inability and lack of effort to use good old fashioned communication.