Paypal Chargebacks

Sorry to hear that. Did he just file a dispute? If you can show support that he received the product you shouldn't have a problem winning the dispute.

Since he also thanked you for your work, I'm sure you will win with Paypal. Unfortunately your money is going to be tied up for a bit though while they resolve it. Don't let the scammer win though, fight it.

Good luck,

Joe

In effect, he has not paid for the articles and is using them. I would issue a DMCA to his host for copyright violation, since the copyright is yours until he pays for it.

File a dispute and give Paypal written proof (email, Skype text) that he received the articles and was happy with them. You are offering a service not a product. You performed the work to the client's satisfaction.

Don't assume you won't win. I received a Paypal reversal of a chargeback (credit card) for a service provided. I sent them email proof of the guy's acceptance of my work.

It will take a while for it to be resolved. Yes, the guy's CC company has final say. But you have a valid claim. Don't take this crap lying down.

Good luck

Awesome advice guys! Thiis was one of the worries I had whe beginning with paypal.

Thats quite unfortunate but it happenes, if its a dispute just show paypal with screenshots that your the real deal and they will cancel it

If The customer does not file a charge back then just sent the proofs of your work to PayPal and escalate the issue to PayPal. It will faster the process because after escalating the issue PayPal starts investigating the issue.

Vanilla, you are still lucky to have been just scammed $100.
Why did I say so?
I was in your shoe just last year and we're talking about nearly $2,500.00 USD.
I had this seemingly trust-worthy and friendly French in the beginning.
He was like ordering in $100s, then it came to the range of $200s and $300s worth of articles and blog posts.

And here goes the drama.
One morning, this French opened up to him saying someone stole his credit card.
So, me, the fool, even advised him about filing a chargeback case to his credit card company, not to realize that that's indeed his plan and I am his victim.

Vanilla, this story I told above isn't just the first and the last chargeback case I will be getting in this online business. There'll be plenty I tell you that. Not because I don't provide quality work but it's simply because some people are trying to rip-off people whenever possible.

I haven't won any single chargeback case even if I sent PayPal too many files (proofs) starting from Skype chat logs, email exchanges (screenshots) and the buyer's IP address captured from my order details form that they fill-out after checking out an order.

For this story I told above, I even called PayPal and spoke to one of the supervisors for over 30 minutes only to be told kindly that I should learn how to stomach it. Oh yeah, I swallowed the fact that my $2,500.00 is gone.

When it's a chargeback, although I know I won't win the case unless a get a hold of the buyer's physical signature, I know I won't won. But it does not stop me from writing a very long complaint against the bogus buyer/scammer to PayPal for record purposes as if I will be winning the case still.

If and when a scammer files a chargeback case, do your best to narrate a story and send all proofs to PayPay and don't just accept your fate of losing the money.

It's digital goods and they were delivered - PayPal should refuse the Chargeback according to their own policy.

I went through the same thing and sent the client's emails to PayPal. It took about one week, exchanged several emails and waited for feedback, but I finally got my money back. I hate it when stuff like this happens. Good luck!

Man. I'm a writer too. I never thought about something like this happening. And I even know what chargebacks are. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

How have things progressed? Have you heard anything from PayPal? If you don't win with PayPal, will you go after the client for copyright infringement? That's a good idea. I've never thought of that before either. You won't get your money back, but at least you will get your "property."

Hello, I am with dealing this with copyrights too. Write him/her a mail that it's illegal to use unpaid stuff on his sites now that he charged back, and told him now that he has published he has INFRINGED your rights if not paid.

Ask him whether he wants to pay the money to be entitled to it, or he prefers an infringement compensation to you. Tell him you have saved the screen shoot of each page of infringement(and you really have to do that) and wait for his/her response, if he wants to pay, ask him/her to cancel the chargeback ond disputes and save youself from dealing with those craps.

I understand this, because once I ghostwrote for a famous researcher in my country, I finished 150,000 words within a month (yes, it's slavery) and he didn't pay. He told me he would pay when the books published and sold and he got the loyalties because this is the CUSTOM. I got paid within 48 hours after issued him the mail, BTW, don't forget to give him a due time like 74 working hours.

Creating proper invoice on paypal is a good solution to avoid such problems.As a freelancer i have also faced similar problems earlier.In case of online services you cannot show valid proof of work every time and they can cheat you easily.