Is it possible to Paypal the wrong person?

Chiro75

Chiro75

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I hope this is the right forum for this question. Doesn't seem to fit anywhere else. If not, sorry in advance! I have a customer who said he Paypal'd my account last week sometime, but I didn't get a receipt for it or anything. I don't know the details yet, maybe he sent it from a bank account, which can be very slow, so I don't think there is a problem yet, but for argument's sake, is it possible to Paypal the wrong person?

Let's take this one step further. Let's say a buyer insists he has Paypal'd you, yet you never receive the funds in your account, a receipt of funds notice from Paypal, etc. How do you prove you have not received the money? I've always thought Paypal was a pretty good way of doing things, but this little bump in the road has me wondering.
 
If you do not show the funds in your Paypal account summary, you did not get the funds.

Yes, it is very easy to send the funds to the wrong address-ask the person to forward their Paypal email receipt and see what it shows.
 
Just like dialing a wrong number, someone can misprint the address to which they're sending any email message.
 
Mr. chiro74 must be laughing his way to the bank right now.

I think this isn't a big problem. Since paypal automatically records everything for you it is very easy to track down where the guy sent his money. If he still insists that he gave you the money all paypal needs to do is contact your buyer and tell him what has actually happened.

I've always wondered what would happen if money was sent to the wrong person.
 
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The guy misspelled your email and there is an unclaimed (or worse) note delivered and awaiting a response. I did it myself once. Fortunately, as the sender I was able to cancel the payment before it was cashed. It took me a few days to realize it--same deal.

You can do this. Well, HE can do this.

It's his responsibility and task, but you need to get him on the stick.

Coop
 
Yep, it ended up being a misspelling, and the funds didn't trabnsfer to anyone, luckily. Whew!
 
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