PayPal is like a gamble

[Sloth]

Press charges on your own kid? What kind of sadistic world do these PayPal support workers live in?[DOUBLEPOST=1459986255][/DOUBLEPOST]Anyway, life's a gamble. Pick your cards right!

 

[Gruss]

Why would you lie to them? Nobody likes liars.

They probably saw that you already had an unauthorized payment before (claiming it was a child), and knew it was fishy.

Now there is probably internal notes on your PayPal account about this.

 

[deleteduser_345]

Almost any global customer support keeps notes every single session. He could easily see that you were using it as an excuse to get a refund.

 

[polarline]

They have a record on you. If you have a similar "event" occur more than once, the policy is to deny the second time. You should have received an email about securing your account after the first call.

 

[Ivain]

lying to any organisation is always a gamble. If you break their ToS in any significant way it's basically a countdown to when they find out. best thing to do is try to do it as legitimately as possible. The only reason not to would be if you're underage. In which case you'd have to go to your parents, who might not approve.

 

[Ivain]

Lying to PayPal is the worst thing you can do. 9/10 times I did this, they obviously found out (you'd be surprised at the technology they have). Personally, I only deal with their Goods & Services payment option unless I have dealt with the seller before, and the deal isn't a large amount of money.

Then, if there's an issue, not only can PayPal help you, but you can report the scam to your local consumer protections agency!

yep. I personally recommend to use invoices for particularly large sums. you may pay a bit more, but charging back becomes one hell of a lot harder for them, especially if you include a proper ToS in the invoice.