Is there a way I can repay a refund??

[keith_varney2012]

I purchased an item that arrived damaged.  I received a full refund for the item from ebay.  The day after the refund, a replacement part arrived from the seller.  The item now works fine.  I wish to repay the refund to ebay as I now have a working item.  Is there a way to repay a refund to ebay??  Thanks 

[**peaseblossom**]

There's no way to repaying a refund via ebay.   If it came from the seller you can both agree another way, eg. Paypal or bank transfer.

[keith_varney2012]

Thank you. I am pretty certain that the refund came from eBay as it was
initiated a second after I had submitted my request to return the damaged
item. I don't know if eBay are going to recover the refund from the
seller; to date the seller has not let me know that eBay are going to do
this.

I'll just wait and see what happens.....

[jckl1957]

Unless a claim is contested and becomes a wrangle between the buyer and seller, Ebay always recover the money from the seller.  Because you pay through Ebay checkout, the money is returned from the seller via Ebay.

If this was me, I would message the seller and thank them for the replacement and ask how I could repay them for the refund.