I bought something expensive from eBay using a guest account (my mistake) as I was in a hurry to buy it, I also used my card details for the purchase and not through PayPal. The seller then decided to refund me the money and not sell me the item as he didn't sell to guest accounts. He issued the refund the same day within an hour of me actually paying for the item. I received an email from PayPal stating that he had issued the refund and that the funds should be available to me by today (November 20th), and yet I haven't yet received the refund. I know that it can take longer for the money to come through but I'm worried cause I'm not really sure what happens now and it is a few hundred.
Additionally, I think I saw somewhere that more problems can come from having an unconfirmed email address to my account which I've now rectified. I have a transaction and invoice ID for this refund as well but I don't seem to be able to start a dispute as the refund hasn't shown up in my account activity, although I swear that it had only a few days ago.
Edit: the refund came in the form of an echeck and needs longer to clear. Think this is the answer.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated and can hopefully shed some light on this.
