Got scammed on paypal now im in -£70 debt

[iDenning]

Hello,

About 3 months ago I sold some items (3 ultimate team players on fifa11) and then two months later he issued a chargeback with his bank card supplier, in an attempt to get all his money back so he can have the players for free. But of course, I no longer had the money as it was so long after the transaction, and I no longer had the items as they were in his posession. Paypal have been unable to come to my help (what a suprise) and have issued two of the transaction amounts back, and also added their own little fee's... So at the moment I am -£70 in balance and the other dispute was successful in my end (not sure why this one was and the others wasnt as they were the same) but now he has submitted a counter-chargeback. So looks like more money to go his way... I only received about £45 off him for all 3 players and now from 2 players being refunded to him (the money) I am £70 in debt..... how is this reasonable to myself? I could send £200 to ANYONE in the world, in 20 parts (£10 each time), dispute every single one and then that person would be in £400 debt because of paypal adding debt on.... this is absolutely ridiculous.

What I want to know, is there anything I can do the get the negative balance wiped off and has the money already been charged from my bank (without my permission) or do I have to do myself? (which I will NOT be doing as I am not paying over £100 out of my own money, that I DONT HAVE, because some little kid has learned he can get his money back)...

Thank you.

anybody else had this prob and how you resolve?

[Stephen!]

If PayPal have already reversed the charge, then there is nothing you can do.

Moral of the story is never use PayPal for selling, only buying because in cases like this PayPal always side with the buyer.

[Recursion]

They sound like virtual goods, so you're

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You either have to pay up, provide postage evidence, try and win them in a dispute or wait for the legal documents to come through your door asking for money.

I assume you're also under 18?

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[GoldenMerc]

Thats when u change paypal emails

[Recursion]

Thats when u change paypal emails

... or not... they have his (probably) address, definitely his bank details, possibly his phone numbers etc, he needs to sort it out otherwise he'll be in trouble, legally.

[GoldenMerc]

Thats prob why i never register my address to paypal

[iDenning]

Im 16 yeh and no way im paying, they can take me to court and ill explain how paypal is just as much a scam than the kid who scammed me. They have added like £30 on due to currency convertions and fee's... absolute joke,I have the scammers adress so could be useful, his in america tho, shame.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Borrow the money from a friend/family so at least then you owe them the money as opposed to the company which will charge interest.

[Chippiewill]

Ask your parents to phone paypal up and threaten legal action or something and they'll probably back down as well as reverse the chargebacks.

[iDenning]

I phoned up and was speaking to a woman (hot accent) she just basically said Id probably have to pay it and was saying was because cant prove I posted, however the chargeback is for unauthorised transaction so has nothing to do with this, all they need to do is prove it was authorised which is easy! The Ips will match ;/ she said shes putting it to management and to wait 72hours for reply...