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Alisonsvilla
28-02-2007, 20:15
A recent Canadian guest asked if I would return their security deposit via paypal. Well I'm not brilliant at this technology-so asked my daughter to watch while I did it-and she made sure I ticked the right boxesie the one saying USD.

Naturally I was horrified when I got the confirmation to see it had gone through in sterling. Meaning he had been overpaid by $274.


I immediately contacted paypal (that was yesterday and still waiting for a reply.) Thankfully the guest was honest and the difference was refunded by him to my account today.

I have another US guest to which I owe his security deposit. It would be so much easier to send it via paypal-but until I hear from paypal-I'm once bitten twice shy.

It's a bit of a long shot asking if this has ever happened to anyone here-but here goes.
Has anyone ever used another currency via paypal only to find they had overpaid someone?

carlito8
28-02-2007, 21:11
Which browser are you using, I remember having a few problems with firefox and paypal a while back but thankfully it seems fine now. Was the onscreen confirmation showing GBP or USD ?

Alisonsvilla
28-02-2007, 21:44
well I clicked on USD naturally-but the confirmation came through showing sterling-with me just gaping in horror.
Fortunately the guest was honest and honorable-but I still had to pay $11 for the transaction which was not my fault.