More on this.  I thought I'd make one last try at calling Chris, even though
the previous times I'd called I always got an intercept saying that his
voice mailbox was full and wouldn't accept any more messages.  To my
surprise, he answered.  He said that his van had been wrecked and was in the
shop and so he hadn't been able to get my parts.  Wasn't this a parts van to
start with?  I asked him to just send my money back.  He said he would
credit my PayPal account and he did.  I didn't bother to ask why he had
never replied to any of my--or PayPal's--inquiries.

The ringer is this:  PayPal just emailed me, in part, "This refund will
remain pending until the funds have cleared from the sender's account. You
will receive an email notification once the funds have become available in
your PayPal account."

It would have been nice if they had put a hold on the money when I
originally paid him until he shipped the goods.

I've never had a problem with PayPal before, but this really ticks me off.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy

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