Don't usually post on this forum, but making an exception as theres a couple of guys on a forum i do use involved in this group buy so posting to let them and you know whats happening here.
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I'm sorry to hear of all the trouble you've had with this but maybe you're not familiar with paypal's dispute and claim system as no-one thats posted in this thread seems to know much about it.
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I've been a trader on ebay and various forums for a very, very long time and have put a LOT of money through the paypal system, and i'm talking maybe
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£20k+
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Basically there is 45 days from the date the payment was made to raise a dispute for goods not received
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(or
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'significantly not as described' if purchased through ebay).
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Then you have a further 20 days to escalate the dispute to a claim which basically means you are asking Paypal
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(well, one of their staff) to make a decision on whether a refund is to be granted, based on the information that has been supplied by both parties.
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If the seller doesn't respond and provides no trackable proof of sending the item, Paypal will refund the buyer in full
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(this actually leaves sellers wide open to buyers who fraudulently claim not to receive items and they claim and receive a refund if the seller doesn't send it with a tracking number, but thats another story
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So if like the seller here says, he paid the guy with the strut braces via paypal and they weren't received, then if he re filed a dispute within the 45 days from payment and then escalated it to a claim within 20, he will receive the refund and he will pay you all back your money
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HOWEVER, heres the bit that you's aren't going to like and the outcome which to me sounds most likely
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If you DON'T register the dispute within the 45 days then your money is basically GONE.
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In fact, if you try and file a claim after the 45 days on Paypal it will show on your paypal account as the dispute being active, then you will get an email pretty much immediately saying that the dispute has been closed as its outside the time frame for lodging one.
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I haven't been checking the dates on the posts here and don't know what date the trader here sent the paypal payment to this sacked Toyota guy, but if its more than 45 days then i'm afraid there is no dispute and no claim like you are being told about
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To rub salt in the wound, Paypal will only allow one dispute/claim per transaction, and once it has been closed
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(even if its been closed immediately due to being outside the 45 days), it CANNOT be re-opened.
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I know this all sounds unfair, and it is, but its all in the Paypal T&C's which you can check.
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I've been stung a few times in the past so always make sure i follow everything to the letter with Paypal as if you don't you run a very high risk of losing your money.
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Hope you all get your money back one way or another though.
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