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ebay question...payment pending?

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spinach · 29/03/2006 13:10

i bought an item on ebay, paid through paypal... in the status column, it says payment pending? whats that all about?

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Lucycat · 29/03/2006 13:10

Have you checked your payapal account to see if it's gone through?

matnanplus · 29/03/2006 13:11

I think it means the receiver has not accepted the payment yet.

starlover · 29/03/2006 13:11

it just takes a while to catch up sometimes that's all... when did you pay?

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spinach · 29/03/2006 13:12

paid it last night.... does the seller have too acceppt it then?

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JonesTheSteam · 29/03/2006 13:14

I think they do, yes - been ages since I sold anything on ebay, though, so I could be wrong.

I once paid for an item and it was payment pending for nearly a week. There was an error in the email address it was automatically sent to (two letters the wrong way round). I had to cancel it and do it myself, rather than going through the checkout bit.

mumfor1standfinaltime · 29/03/2006 13:14

Maybe the seller has changed email address or something like that?

mumfor1standfinaltime · 29/03/2006 13:15

Whoops x post.
Contact the seller if you are worried.

bootsmonkey · 29/03/2006 13:16

Have you funds in you paypal account?? I had this when paying by paypal and it had to draw on my bank a/c...Once the money had cleared into paypal, it then got forwarded onto the seller. HTH

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spinach · 29/03/2006 13:17

it draws from a cc, says it is unclaimed... this mean that the seller hasnt seen it yet?

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JonesTheSteam · 29/03/2006 13:20

I once sold something, and the buyer paid via Paypal funded from a credit card. I couldn't accept payment, as I could only accept funds directly from Paypal account, or bank account. I had to upgrade it to accept the funds from a credit card(to Premier or something, can't remember exactly which one).

It could be something like that?!

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spinach · 29/03/2006 13:21

i'll give it 24 hours then....

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zenjy1 · 29/03/2006 14:41

I've had this a couple of times - both when I've been the seller in question, and when I've been the buyer. When I was a buyer, it was becuase the email address they'd used to set up their paypal account wasn't the same as the one in ebay checkout. When it was me, it was because I was accepting a $ payment when my account was only set up for £. Email the seller and ask them to check - that way they won't get stroppy with you for not paying, when you have.

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spinach · 29/03/2006 19:39

paypal have sent me a receipt though, saing I have made a payment, so not sure whats going on. I have emailed seller an dno reply yet.

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spinach · 30/03/2006 21:46

turns out that the sellers acount is not set up to take paypal from a credit card... so i will pay in cash when i collect. However, I cant cancel the paypal payment, the seller has to... or she could update her paypal account to accept credit cards.... then she would get 2 lots of money is she was scamming me. is it easy for a seller to cancel a payment, apparently they just have to decline payment and it will go back onto my card....

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NotQuiteCockney · 30/03/2006 21:54

It's really easy to decline the payment, it's two clicks. (I did it today, because someone refunded me via a CC payment, and I don't sell on ebay, so don't take CC via paypal.)

I wouldn't pay cash until the seller declines the paypal payment.

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