Kardain wrote:C.T.S wrote:
They can and will withdraw money from your bank account if they have to in order to recover the funds. Taking all the money out of the account will be worse, the account will go negative and the bank will slap you with all kinds of fees. You're chances of winning aren't great already, but the other guy could be a total bone-head, you never know.
If they do they are in violation of their own user agreement.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_spp-outside
Section 1, paragraph 4 wrote:If the seller loses a Buyer Claim or a chargeback dispute and does not qualify for the Seller Protection Policy, the seller will owe PayPal for the amount of the reversed transaction. In the case of a chargeback, sellers who do not meet the requirements of the Seller Protection Policy will also owe a $10.00 USD chargeback fee. PayPal will seek to recover the funds from sellers by debiting their PayPal balance. If there are not sufficient funds in the seller’s PayPal balance, sellers have a choice of reimbursing PayPal by funding their PayPal account or by other means as described in the Payments (Sending, Receiving, and Withdrawals) Policy.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&eloc=895&loc=832&unique_id=1701&source_page=p/&flow=
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Q: Will PayPal have access to withdraw funds from my bank account without my permission?
A: No. PayPal will only withdraw or add funds with your permission.
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Receipt of Payments; Risk of Reversal of Transactions; Collection of Funds you owe PayPal. When you receive a payment through the Service, unless you follow the steps necessary to qualify for our Seller Protection Policy, you are not protected against a subsequent reversal of the transaction. In the event that the sender's transaction is reversed for any reason and you do not qualify for the Seller Protection Policy for that transaction, you will owe PayPal for the amount of the reversed transaction plus any fees imposed on PayPal as a result of the reversal. Examples of such a reversal include, but are not limited to, a credit card reversal by the sender of the payment, and a reversal of the transaction because the sender of the payment was using a stolen credit card or unauthorized bank account. PayPal will seek to recover the funds from you by debiting your PayPal balance and, if there are not sufficient funds in your PayPal balance, PayPal reserves the right to collect your debt to PayPal by any other legal means.
muffin wrote:Kardain wrote:C.T.S wrote:
They can and will withdraw money from your bank account if they have to in order to recover the funds. Taking all the money out of the account will be worse, the account will go negative and the bank will slap you with all kinds of fees. You're chances of winning aren't great already, but the other guy could be a total bone-head, you never know.
If they do they are in violation of their own user agreement.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_spp-outside
Section 1, paragraph 4 wrote:If the seller loses a Buyer Claim or a chargeback dispute and does not qualify for the Seller Protection Policy, the seller will owe PayPal for the amount of the reversed transaction. In the case of a chargeback, sellers who do not meet the requirements of the Seller Protection Policy will also owe a $10.00 USD chargeback fee. PayPal will seek to recover the funds from sellers by debiting their PayPal balance. If there are not sufficient funds in the seller’s PayPal balance, sellers have a choice of reimbursing PayPal by funding their PayPal account or by other means as described in the Payments (Sending, Receiving, and Withdrawals) Policy.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_help-ext&eloc=895&loc=832&unique_id=1701&source_page=p/&flow=
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Q: Will PayPal have access to withdraw funds from my bank account without my permission?
A: No. PayPal will only withdraw or add funds with your permission.
Out of curiosity, I went back and reviewed Paypals Payments Policy
Here's the pertinant information:
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Receipt of Payments; Risk of Reversal of Transactions; Collection of Funds you owe PayPal. When you receive a payment through the Service, unless you follow the steps necessary to qualify for our Seller Protection Policy, you are not protected against a subsequent reversal of the transaction. In the event that the sender's transaction is reversed for any reason and you do not qualify for the Seller Protection Policy for that transaction, you will owe PayPal for the amount of the reversed transaction plus any fees imposed on PayPal as a result of the reversal. Examples of such a reversal include, but are not limited to, a credit card reversal by the sender of the payment, and a reversal of the transaction because the sender of the payment was using a stolen credit card or unauthorized bank account. PayPal will seek to recover the funds from you by debiting your PayPal balance and, if there are not sufficient funds in your PayPal balance, PayPal reserves the right to collect your debt to PayPal by any other legal means.
Since I felt "any other legal means" was rather vague, I called up Paypal. The Fraud Service Rep that I spoke to reiterated Paypal's policy: They will not debit your bank account without approval from you. If the transaction has cleared in all directions (Buyer --> Paypal through Paypal --> Seller's Bank), and the Seller has removed all funds from their account, paypal cannot go into the sellers bank account to replace those funds. They can place a hold on your paypal account, credit your paypal account with a negative balance, and take you to court (if it goes unresolved).
However, if the transaction has not been cleared in all directions, Paypal can place a stop on the transfer to your bank account. They will not allow you to have access to these funds, and may place your account on hold. Keep in mind, they never touched your bank account. They simply stopped authorization to credit to your bank account in the amount of the transfer.
Cliffnotes: Paypal is not allowed to debit your bank account. They can only debit any money you have in your paypal account, as well as any incomplete transfers you currently have in progress.