Paypal iphone app

[Owen]

I bought a snare 3 weeks ago. The deal has not worked. It has not appeared and the seller has not yet come up with a tracking number. He originally wanted a bank transfer with promises of instant postage. I refused and said paypal or nothing. He asked for a paypal gift payment to avoid fees. I knew that gift payments had no buyer protection so went with a gift payment and added £5 for fees. The snare did not come so I went onto the PP site to set up a dispute and was told I had not made a goods payment so could not claim my money back. It transpires the the iphone app puts all payments through as gift payments so I could not do an automatic online dispute, I had to talk to someone at PP which is a feat in itself.

Just a warning.