I may have another potential dispute on my hands in regards to an Amibench purchase, so before pointing any fingers, I thought I'd better ask for some advice in here first.
On December 27, 2004, I sent money to "Mr. X".
Mr. X suddenly stops all communication after receiving the money.
Mr. X is a brand new Business Account Member / Unverified with a valid e-mail address.
It's been almost a month since my payment was sent and I still get no reply to my e-mails, as to why there's no communication.
The items that I purchased have not been received, of course.
Interestingly enough, in the History log, the payment still sits as "Unclaimed", however I cannot cancel it as the seller has a valid PayPal registered e-mail address.
After 30 days, as per PayPal rules, an unclaimed payment is refunded to the buyer.
You also have 30 days since sending payment to file a dispute claim.
Now get this...
Since the payment is unclaimed, PayPal doesn't allow you to file a dispute. Only if the payment is accepted, you may file a dispute, as a buyer.
What happens, if at the end of day 30 the seller accepts the payment and thus cancels me out of at least an option of filing a dispute claim through PayPal?
Can he do this?
There's around 6 days left until the magical 30th day, so time is running out. Any e-mails to PayPal that I've sent, describing all the possible conspiracy theories above have returned with generic answers, answered by monkeys sitting in front of a computer saying things like "You cannot cancel your payment as the seller has a PayPal registered e-mail address", and "you will get a refund if the payment is not accepted within 30 days". :-( As if no one actually bothers to read my messages and actually get the core of my problem.
Any tips?
