Yes, your credit card bank can reverse it for you. They will ask you
for a written request I think. It will take a few days or a week to
get it done.

But if the email address isn't a valid PayPal account ID PayPal will
not be able to deliver the payment to anyone. It's weird that you were
able to make a payment to a non exist account. I believe the payment
will not go any where and will be rejected by PayPal. You just need to
wait for a few days. Try to call PayPal still. It may solve it for you
faster.

David

--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: PayPal... anyone know how to contact a living organism there??
> To: dtkao0205@yahoo.com
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 11:48 PM
> Thanks. The address I sent the money to was the same
> fellow... I
> mistakenly used his npormal mail address instead of his
> PayPal
> address. So I guess I'll just have to get the card
> company to reverse
> the payment, as there is no account for the money to go
> into. Oh,
> silly me...
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:38 AM, David Kao
> <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The person who received your money by mistake is the
> best person
> > to help you. That person can refund your money back to
> you in a
> > few clicks after logging in. Just email that person
> and ask for
> > the refund. If it gets nowhere then here is a PayPal
> Customer Service
> > phone number to call: 1-888-221-1161.
>
> In order to proceed with this (or any) number you have to
> state or
> punch in your phone number. Good ol' PayPal refused to
> accept my
> number, the very number stated on my PayPal stats page.
>
> > This number can be found after you login into your
> PayPal account.
> > You will find a Contact Us link at the bottom on the
> account overview
> > page. By clicking Contact Us you will see a help page
> which has another
> > link that says Help By Phone. Clicking it will get you
> the above
> > phone number. I once called that number and after some
> buttons later
> > I was able to talk to a live person. You can talk to
> the person for
> > as long as you need to describe the problem and
> listening to the help
> > suggested by the person. I am not sure they can cancel
> your payment.
> > I believe they will tell you to contact the person who
> received your
> > payment and ask for a refund. Unless the person is a
> thief you should be
> > able to get your money back quickly.
> >
> > David
>
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
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> <goose1047@gmail.com>