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Paypal refunded me?... for no reason!? (need advice)

11 years ago

so, this morning I logged into paypal to make a payment to an artist, and I suddenly see that I have received a... rather large refund from paypal on my account.

It was listed as type "Merchandise Finance Charge Refund" and the description was "*INTEREST CHARGE* PURCHASES REFUND". The amount refunded to me was rather large... and I have no idea why or where this money is coming from.

I am worrying that maybe paypal screwed over some artists or something and sent me money back to due a small mistake that they made (like the artist not marking the item as shipped)... or maybe went around shutting down artists' accounts and giving money back to people who purchased art from them.

Has this happened to anyone else? or does anyone know what might have happened? The info above is literally everything I know about the situation, and I really don't want to call paypal up and maneuver through their robotic system until I run into a dude from India who I won't be able to understand :-\

EDIT: I sent an email to ask what was going on >.<

30 Comments

Treeminder ~treeminder

Art Whore

11 years ago

I didn't get a refund, who are the current artists you had commisssioned recently?

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

um... quite a few >.>

I am hoping that if an artist I commissioned sees this, and DID get screwed, then they will contact me and we can arrange for another method of payment >.<

Sardan ~sardanjen

Fursuiter

11 years ago

how odd though this hasn't happened to me yet. -hugs-

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

well, this tells me that its not a wide spread thing, at least.

I also didn't find anything about this when I searched google >.<

*hugs*

Sardan ~sardanjen

Fursuiter

11 years ago

Hmm though it seams from what you posted that you got refunded the interest charges .

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

maybe. If this is legitimately not a mistake by paypal, or the result of someone getting screwed over, then I am excited!

but you know what they say- if something is too good to be true...

Sardan ~sardanjen

Fursuiter

11 years ago

Bend it over an stuff it? Any way could be that the interest charges we'er waived by PayPal or artists but like you said waiting for the artist to contact you is good.

Corpral1 ~corpral1

Photographer

11 years ago

I had my paypal hacked recently & had like 3 charges on it that I never made. When I called the number I went through maybe 2 robo levels before I got someone from what I assume was North America. I would have it checked out to be sure. Good luck to you!

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

well, I sent them an email. Hopefully this random refund to me is legit, but if not, i should hopefully find out!

Paltala ~paltala

Art Whore

11 years ago

I just checked, nothing for me.
Try sending paypal an email asking what it's about?
The worst they can say is 'We're sorry, it was a mistake, we'll have to take the money back'

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

yep, I sent them an email. Hopefully its all legit, but it all seems too good to be true if so >.<

Ryo-Ohki-Rosefox ~ryo-ohki-rosefox

Watcher

11 years ago

i would call up or email them just in case. if its nothing then be happy with the nice income you just got, but if it was someone elses cash and they find out you spent it, im sure you could get into trouble with it

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

yah, I keep hoping its completely legitimate, but I sent them an email just to make sure :)

leons1 ~leons1

Medical Inventory Specialist

11 years ago

Call paypal and verify where its from. Part of me is paranoid enough to think if your bank account is linked that theres some sort of tracker on that and when you transfer it to your account, itll read your account number and crap.

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

could be but either way I sent them an email to ask what was going on >.<

leons1 ~leons1

Medical Inventory Specialist

11 years ago

yea. anything with money and bank stuff... I'm paranoid.

Jolene ~jolene

PrOn Artist

11 years ago

Yeah, I would hold onto it for a while, just to make sure it wasn't a mistake/glitch, you don't wanna transfer it out and suddenly get hit with fees or even legal issues. I agree with above, contact them too, let them know you don't have any clue what/who it was from, they should be able to help you through it.

Greywolf_Blacksock ~greywolfblacksock

Moved on

11 years ago

so, I contacted paypal, and they said that they didn't screw over any artists.

So, its either an error from the card company, or something wierd is going on...

Jolene ~jolene

PrOn Artist

11 years ago

yeah... sounds a bit fishy to me, best not touch it then *nod nod*

Dreamfox ~dreamfox

Watcher

11 years ago

Wait, wait, wait. They broke the first rule of aquisition?
Inconceivable.

Seriously. From what I know about Paypal (don't use it myself yet), wait until you are 500% sure before you touch that money.