Johnny Canuck
Battalion Commander
Purchasing online has been greatly enhnced by a service like Paypal.
But there are a couple of things one should be aware of.
The dreaded 45 days period. If there is a problem this is critical. Now if I know the business or person I'll cut some slack but if I don't, when it nears 30 days I contact the seller requesting the status of the order include all the BS, trans code, date etc. If I don't get a reply in 48 hrs I file a Paypal dispute immediately. If they contact me they buy themselves anther 10 days, then a dispute is filed, doesn't matter what reasons or excuses are put forward you must file in the 45 day period so do it!
Paypal has some weird intepretations of their own rules. One is well adviced to read the applicable sections. They pulled this business on me with a bad seller over the date of the transaction. They were using the initial date when I purchased an item. They pulled this Eckeck crap where the money was out of my account on the first and they didn;t get it to the seller for anotherv 10 days. They sent me a email on the 11th telling me in their words "transaction is completed". When a claim was filed they said I was to late. I emailled them till they gave in and said that there was a misunderstanding. Idiots their own rules only talk about completed transactions not a word about "initial". So persistance pays off and after the email would take a minute or two to send they gave me a one time credit of the whole amount.
I expect they will be making some changes or clarifications to their rules shortly.
Anyways I still don't see how it's a problem at 45 days but not their problem after 46.
But there are a couple of things one should be aware of.
The dreaded 45 days period. If there is a problem this is critical. Now if I know the business or person I'll cut some slack but if I don't, when it nears 30 days I contact the seller requesting the status of the order include all the BS, trans code, date etc. If I don't get a reply in 48 hrs I file a Paypal dispute immediately. If they contact me they buy themselves anther 10 days, then a dispute is filed, doesn't matter what reasons or excuses are put forward you must file in the 45 day period so do it!
Paypal has some weird intepretations of their own rules. One is well adviced to read the applicable sections. They pulled this business on me with a bad seller over the date of the transaction. They were using the initial date when I purchased an item. They pulled this Eckeck crap where the money was out of my account on the first and they didn;t get it to the seller for anotherv 10 days. They sent me a email on the 11th telling me in their words "transaction is completed". When a claim was filed they said I was to late. I emailled them till they gave in and said that there was a misunderstanding. Idiots their own rules only talk about completed transactions not a word about "initial". So persistance pays off and after the email would take a minute or two to send they gave me a one time credit of the whole amount.
I expect they will be making some changes or clarifications to their rules shortly.
Anyways I still don't see how it's a problem at 45 days but not their problem after 46.