PayPal abuse

Today I received a couple of emails showing that a member here had filed a credit card dispute against two automated PayPal charges for forum sponsorships they have on this site. At no time prior to this was I contacted about any sort of problem or issue. The automated subscriptions can be cancelled at any time by either the member as the payer, or myself as the payee (if requested to do so). I have also had situations where members have double paid because they had forgotten about the automated process of payment, and I refunded those overpayments as soon as I was made aware of it by them.

So this member has now put two black marks on my PayPal account because of the way this was handled. I take this quite seriously, as this sort of thing can get a person's PayPal account blocked and frozen by PayPal. In some cases the account could be terminated completely. Of course this would cause me quite a financial hardship, so I take this sort of thing quite seriously.

In the past I have banned members who have done this sort of thing, and I believe I may have also filed a BOI claim about their actions in one or more instances as well. And I will continue to do so now and in the future. I will contact the member first to see what the problem is and to try to get them to handle this the correct way that doesn't make ME look like some sort of bad guy to PayPal. If that does not happen, then I presume that this was done maliciously and with intent to do harm to me.

Quite honestly, I take this sort of thing as a genuine slap to the face, and I will respond in like kind if it becomes necessary to do so.

So if YOU find yourself with an overpayment of subscription snafu, PLEASE contact me first about it. I will try my best to get it resolved promptly. But if you screw up, and try to screw me over in the process, then clean out your desk here, because you are definitely going to be escorted out of the building.

A slap in the face deserves a kick in the can. Good luck.

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

A slap in the face deserves a kick in the can. Good luck.

Show 'em out the door.

Originally Posted by Snake-Queen

Show 'em out the door.

Done.

I'll be putting up a BAD GUY thread in the BOI when I find the time.

I think some of you will be surprised at who pulled this crap.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

Done.

I'll be putting up a BAD GUY thread in the BOI when I find the time.

I think some of you will be surprised at who pulled this crap.

I think I know who did. I noticed a well know poster had been banned. I will hold my suspicions till I see the BOI thread.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

Done.

I'll be putting up a BAD GUY thread in the BOI when I find the time.

I think some of you will be surprised at who pulled this crap.

Any updates?

Evidently the person I was referring to has been ill and had some issues with PayPal in relation to a credit card. From what I was told, PayPal took it upon themselves to initiate the claim, and the member wasn't even aware of what was going on.

So, beats the heck out of me, but I can't see creating a "bad guy" BOI thread, all things considered. And I lifted the ban, of course.

Since when does paypal take it upon themselves to initiate a claim?
I don't buy that.

Visa supposedly took it upon themselves to cancel my debit card, and issue a new one...I found out when I called the bank after a purchase was declined.

If its the person I am thinking of they haven't posted since 7-2-12... could've definitely been Ill.