Has anyone received a PayPal chargeback on a "gift" payment?

Casey2884 · Apr 21, 2010

I am close to making a large deal ($600+) with a Taiwanese buyer (good eBay feedback) who is willing to pay via "gift" or "payment owed" personal paypal payments to save me any fees.

It would seem that he is assuming most of the risk here, but I still worry about him filing a credit card chargeback, etc. Does anyone have any horror stories with these "fee-less" payment methods?

sdsportsfan1214 · Apr 21, 2010

I may be wrong but I dont think you can do a chargeback when you send paypal as a gift

mredsox89 · Apr 21, 2010

sdsportsfan1214 said:
I may be wrong but I dont think you can do a chargeback when you send paypal as a gift

And if you pay by CC, one of the parties has to pay fees anyways.

coltsfan23 · Apr 21, 2010

I've received a chargeback once when receiving payment via gift. It was with a US member from another collecting board. Apparently his bank, for some reason, had filed the chargeback and my whole payment was taken. I worked with the seller and thankfully got my money back, but it is definitely possible.

mredsox89 · Apr 21, 2010

coltsfan23 said:
I've received a chargeback once when receiving payment via gift. It was with a US member from another collecting board. Apparently his bank, for some reason, had filed the chargeback and my whole payment was taken. I worked with the seller and thankfully got my money back, but it is definitely possible.

It all depends on where the payment is actually coming from. If it's purely paypal funds, I don't believe there is any recourse, as its not through any CC company or a bank.

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