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Can't issue refunds?
 

When I try to issue a refund it says,

"We can't process any refund at this moment due to technical reasons. Please try again later."

It's been like this for about a week now, anyone else having the same issue? what's going on? Maybe there is an ongoing UI update for refund page? If you have a US Paypal account, could you confirm whether they have updated the refund UI page? usually the updates roll out for US Paypal first then EU.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

For reference I just go to transaction page then click "Issue a refund" button then I get that error. Please try doing it yourself on any transaction you received and tell me if you get the same error or if there is a new refund page UI for you.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

YES. and it been a problem for about a week now, been analyzing this and its not gonna go away.
One week ago PP changed things in their shipment tracking section and invoices creating section. Now there are several options missing on invoice creation, also shipping status options are only shipped, returned, canceled and impossible to chose any of them if not entering tracking. More than a week ago had several transactions which marked as shipped, and marked as there is no tracking on thous transactions. Wanted refund one in full and another partly - both dropped the same error as for you. However no problem to refund in full or partly the transactions which status was updated a few days ago AFTER thous pp system changes.
If you have transaction which drops such error then i found out at the moment there are two ways - call pp customer support, or ask buyer to open a dispute and then refund through dispute. It will effect your acc history however.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Thanks for your comment. What a mess.. have you brought the issue to Paypal's attention? Are they aware of the issue? I'm supposing this will be fixed in a timely matter. Why has one week gone by and this issue is still apparent..? I thought they were an $83B public company. HIDEOUS.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Would not expect it to be fixed. First of all very little percentage of transactions needs to be refunded. Secondly- after a month this problem will not be a problem at all as there will be nearly no incomplete transactions in a system which will have status update before the changes. They understand that and fixing something what would fix itself in a month is just a waist of resources. The small percentage of the transactions which will still need to be fixed i believe will be left to fix manually for a customer support. So somehow deal with it by yourself :)

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

I don't understand what you mean. How would you come to that conclusion? I'm having the same issue processing a refund for a payment received as friends/family.. how would that payment or payment received as friends/family in the future fix itself when trying to issue a refund?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

THIS payment will not fix itself as well as all the others made in this period before update. You dont understand. Im saying after one month all that will not be important as new payments will not be effected by this update. They do not care about a bug which effected a couple of weeks as it will not effect any payments in future. These problematic payments made before update and trying to refund after update - they will be left on customer support and thats all, nobody is gonna fix anything.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

All you need to do is send the money back as a transaction to the person who sent it as friends/family.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

By doing this way it is very serious risk to get a money loundering ban by PP which used to be nearly impossible to lift. Not sure how things work these days, but in a past lost few very solid accounts just by sending back money as a transaction but not as a refund.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Is it fee avoidance?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

So you are implying transactions received as of today and later whether it was received as goods/service or family/friends I should have the ability to issue refunds without any issues?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

I don't think that's logical. People send money to each other back and forth all the time. If not with Paypal, then take Venmo for example.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Welcome to the forum OP - all the best as you master stealth :thumb:

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Do you have a balance in the account or is it coming from a source?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

correct on the repeat back-and-forth outcome

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My balance can cover the refund.

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

what browser are you using,do you have the recent updates?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

I'm using Chrome, latest version. How would I know if I have the recent updates? could you elaborate? If you mean browser update then yes..

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

I think you can check to see if you are using the most current version,check for updates or use another browser
are you sure your fund is not with held?

Re: Can't issue refunds?
 

Try going into Chrome settings and deleting the PayPal cookies and try the refund again