I have just purchased an item from ebay Germany and not sure if the payment has gone through

[amber-eyed-girl]

If you paid with Paypal you will receive an email saying it has, and it will be in your Paypal history.

If it says it is unclaimed, then you need to talk to the seller. The two main reasons for an unclaimed payment are a typo in the email address, or an account that has not been upgraded to accept payments.

If the seller tries to get you to pay another way, don't, they should get their Paypal account sorted if there is a problem.

If you used a credit card, you can call your bank, as the money will have been locked even if it is not showing as a completed transaction yet.

[davewil1964]

Be aware that eBay Germany Do not require sellers to provide a safe payment method. Therefore a lot of scammers list there.

Please tell us it is not a TV for less than half the RRP, with free delivery to Australia and payment to a Chinese bank account.

If it is, you have done your dough unless you used a credit card and your bank will do a chargeback.

[davewil1964]

You might be okay with this seller, but why do you need to buy Birkenstocks (sp) from Germany?

If you paid with Paypal, you should have a transaction showing in Paypal. If you didn't. you are relying on the seller's honesty.

[lyndal1838]

Amber, German ebay sellers do not have to have paypal....many of them do not use it.

Bank deposit is by far the most popular payment method in Germany.

[amber-eyed-girl]

I know...that is why I said if...most likely a call to the bank 🙂

and when payments do not go through, it is normally Paypal that is the issue. Trying to cover the bases.

[go-tazz]

When it's from Germany and as long as it's a saleable it could be a scam if the item is listed at a lower price then

true value.

If they have been paid by Paypal their account seems to have a problem and they'll ask the buyer to pay by

bank deposit,(don't ever do so as you'll lose your money),

This is the Ops first post so they may not know how to get back to it?