The guy said he had a problem with his PayPal account as he had spent a lot of money in one day and It would not let him pay the full amount in one go so he asked me to end the item off ebay and he said he would try to send the money in 2 lumps which sounded reasonable ( maybe PayPal had a £ 50 limit or something) but he sent the money in tens, he said he was adding a fiver to cover fees but he got confused, he sent 9 10's by mistake. I received the money, sent the item the next day it got on paypals radar as a suspicious transaction and they froze it, not the seller but if he won't confirm the payments were authorised by him,PayPal will not give me the money, I have lost it. He said he has replied but PayPal have no record of a reply. Very unusual case. Or fairly sophisticated long winded way of getting your money back, the guy has flawless feedback which helped me to believe his story. Also I had the wrong attitude of "the money's in my account now so they can't take it back even if there is a problem" but it just so happened I neede to pay overdue eBay fees and when I paid them PayPal automatically took the negative balance from my bank account tacked onto the sum of the eBay fees, they are some cheeky bastards, I wish someone would create a better rival to eBay and PayPal as they are the only show in town and we have to bend over and take it. I could to believe it when stopped sellers from leaving true feedback for buyers years ago, they certainly protect the c**ts of this world who can just win an item and decide they do no want it but that is a whole another thread.
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