https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaa-p/6857285#M1212263 <P><EM>is this right??</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>With so little information, we can't say.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It's potentially worrying, as eBay invoices can be faked and PayPal doesn't do escrow. A favourite trick by scammers is to pretend that a buyer's money will be held safe in some way until they have received and approved the item.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you wish us to try to help further, you need to let us know what sort of item you bought and how you made this payment. If you didn't make it through eBay's checkout, eBay's own money back guarantee will not apply. If you sent it direct to a seller's Paypal account, it should be covered by PayPal's buyer protection policy, assuming that the item qualified for&nbsp;protection and you didn't make it as a "family and friends" payment? If so, this is for gift payments and not covered by PayPal buyer protection.</P> Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:24:16 GMT red_magpie 2021-01-24T10:24:16Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaq-p/6857254 I have just transferred a,lot of money to PayPal account in the Netherlands after receiving a<BR />payment invoice from ebay.is this right?? Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:42:48 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaq-p/6857254 donzi1562 2021-01-24T09:42:48Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaa-p/6857255#M1212247 <P>ebay/paypal don't use escrow</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>what exactly did you do?</P> Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:43:54 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaa-p/6857255#M1212247 pixiesen2012 2021-01-24T09:43:54Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaa-p/6857285#M1212263 <P><EM>is this right??</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>With so little information, we can't say.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It's potentially worrying, as eBay invoices can be faked and PayPal doesn't do escrow. A favourite trick by scammers is to pretend that a buyer's money will be held safe in some way until they have received and approved the item.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you wish us to try to help further, you need to let us know what sort of item you bought and how you made this payment. If you didn't make it through eBay's checkout, eBay's own money back guarantee will not apply. If you sent it direct to a seller's Paypal account, it should be covered by PayPal's buyer protection policy, assuming that the item qualified for&nbsp;protection and you didn't make it as a "family and friends" payment? If so, this is for gift payments and not covered by PayPal buyer protection.</P> Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:24:16 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/PayPal-escrow/qaa-p/6857285#M1212263 red_magpie 2021-01-24T10:24:16Z