Paypal E-cheque Advice Please

[FlamesparodyOfAChristmasName]

Someone bought from me and paid by echeque on the 11th - it still hasn't cleared. I emailed them when I saw it was e-cheque and said I couldn't send until it cleared... they want to know if I can cancel it and if there is a faster way to do it. I don't know how e-cheques work - do you select that, or does it happen automatically if they have a certain setting?

I don't want to cancel their payment and then them not be able to do normal paypal, because then it definitely won't clear in time.

I am inclined to think it will clear by tomorrow anyway.

(Tis a Christmas thing)

It takes up to a fortnight in extreme cases, rarely as quick as 5 days Flamey

Not sure why paypal sends it in this format, it generally means they've taken funds from bank account which need clearance, buyer doesn't actively choose this - I guess if they have a cc you could try refunding, ask them to select 'other funding method' when they go to pay, then choose their cc instead.

It might work. If not get them to do bank transfer, here

It will tell you when it will clear - click on the details of the transaction on your paypal overview. You will also get an email when it clears.

there is no quicker way - if they don't have enough money in the paypal account when they pay then it will pull it from their bank account etc and will become and echeque

saying that my last one took about a week, so not too bad!

they usually take 10 working days, whats happened is that your buyer probably doesnt have any cards on her pay pal account so it uses an e cheque..ask her to cancel it and add a card if possible.

They are a pain.
The last one I got took 11 days to clear.
And you can't refund it until it clears.
(At least that's what happened for me).

but the buyer can cancel it their end

Ah, didn't think of that. Doh!
(Although the buyer in that instance wasn't bothered about waiting - it was just me that wanted my money more quickly! )

I'm having murders with pp at the moment.

I have a bank account and a debit card from a different account on my paypal account and they still insist i can only send an echeque!

I have mailed them and they say its a 'security measure'. I've done a bit of searching around and it seems paypal make commission on echeques.....

I've emailed her and asked her to add a card and try again - we have the issue though that it will have to be based on trust - we can't risk cancelling the cheque and then the other payment not go through and she be left with absolutely no time to get it.

She is a new ebayer hence me not giving benefit of the doubt!

Urgh - says 20th

Feel good about yourselves - because of your advice a small child will be getting iggle piggle in time for Christmas

(NOT someone who went out and bought oodles to sell on, bought for a friend, but she had one)