Wunderbar, thanks! That's just what I wanted.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote: > At 05:31 PM 10/7/2008, Andrew Grebneff wrote... >> >> I made a PayPal payment for some T3 items... and sent it to the >> seller's wrong address! >> (ie not his PayPal account address). > > I went to their main page, clicked the "help" link, and entered "wrong > email." The second answer was this: > > "Q: I sent money to the wrong email address, but the payment is completed. > What do I do? > > "A: PayPal cannot reverse payments that have been claimed. We recommend that > you contact your recipient directly and make arrangements to have the money > refunded to you via PayPal or another method of your choosing." > > I Google'd for "paypal cancel payment," and found this on eBay ( > http://forums.ebay.com.sg/thread.jspa?threadID=600000616 ): > > "Can I cancel a payment that I've already sent? > > "You can cancel only unclaimed payments. If your payment is complete, please > contact the recipient of the payment to request a refund. > > "Unclaimed payments can be canceled for the following reasons: > A payment sent to an email address is not associated with a PayPal account. > Once the email address is added to a PayPal account, the payment is > automatically credited to the balance of that account. > > "A payment is sent to a recipient with an unconfirmed email address. For > security reasons, PayPal can only credit payments sent to a confirmed email > address." > > So, if you sent it to an email address which has a PayPal account, it's your > problem, and you'll have to convince that person to send the money back to > you. If it's unclaimed, you may be able to cancel it yourself. I think you > do so by clicking on the "detail" link from where the transaction displays > in your PayPal account. > > Here are PayPal's phone numbers: > > +1-402-935-7733 (Personal Accounts) > +1-402-935-2057 (Personal Accounts) >

-- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada <goose1047@gmail.com>