Is there a way to avoid chargeback on PayPal?

So, I'm trading ~$200 via Paypal with someone that I don't know if I can trust. The person is going first on the trade, so I don't have to worry about being scammed, however I'm afraid of possible chargebacks.

Is there a way to be sure (or at least increase my chances) that I won't be chargebacked? I'm relatively new to the market and never went through this kind of situation, but this time I think it can happen so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

If someone is willing to go first with $200 on Paypal that should immediately raise a red flag. Charging back on paypal is a very common scam method and you should avoid taking payment from anyone who isn't extremely trustworthy.

General rule of thumb - If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

EDIT: There are a lot of myths and "work-arounds" that some people claim help to avoid the chargebacks but at the end of the day there has not been any confirmed avoidance method.

 

Maybe if he sends 4 50's instead of 200 in one go, it will be harder for him to chargeback. Thats atleast what I have been 'doing' to try to stay safe.

 

Dont fool yourself and be the guy that gets charged back months later. This won't prevent anything.

 

I got a trick which makes it impossible to get chargedback,

when someone send an payment ask him to chargeback, but cancel the chargeback immediatly
when that's done no further chargebacks can be made

 

Chargebacks are done through a banks request to paypal to reverse a transaction (usually based on unauthorized sending) when this is completed it cant be cancelled or undone.

What youre thinking about is a payment dispute on paypal. Disputed payments can be charged back through a bank request regardless if a dispute has taken place on paypal yet or not. On top of that - youre risking the standing of your own paypal account by volunteering yourself for disputes. This will quickly lead to your paypal account being limited/suspended/disabled.

 

oh shit, didn't knew this
sorry my bad!
english ain't my native language xD

 

No problem mate, Its good to get educated on this stuff because alot of new market users fall victim to scams of this nature.

 

thanks man!

 

How often do chargebacks occur? Depends on how good u are at anti fraud & catching it, the more expierence you get the lower fraud rate you'll have, I for example automatically consider 10% of all sales as losses in terms of disputes/chargebacks.

How easy are they to dispute?
Non-receipt disputes require proof of delivery, so make sure u have that.

Unauthorized disputes u need things like ID,card etc to prove it was them making the purchase.

Unauthorized chargebacks u need ID,card, proof of delivery, and every bit of evidence u can get, highly unlikely ull win(I'd say 9/10 u lose), but every blue moon u might win one, automatically charges you a $20 chargeback fee win or lose, so really u lose either way with credit card unauthorized chargebacks.


What measures to I take to ensure I do not get chargebacked on?

I cant leak what I personally do, but most people would say setup a system such as receipt at x level, id at x level, card at x level, and limit card sales as much as possible without actually stinting sales/growth.

Compare their names on pp to their ID's, see how they act when u ask for ID, just get a general feel for them.


There's a very very basic anti fraud 101 for you that took me ~5 mins.

 

Tell him to send it as Friends/Family

 

That won't really change anything tbh.