Consumer complaint received 2020-02-07 00:00:00
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service — Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Confusing or missing disclosures — 
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
I am writing about a transaction of money ( {$4000.00} ) I recently made from my bank account to my wife 's Paypal account. On XX/XX/XXXX, I used Paypal to send my wife, {$4000.00} to help pay for our loved ones bills. She immediately noticed I had accidentally sent the money to pay her for goods and services instead of sending to friends and family, causing her a fee of {$110.00}. She researched how to reject the payment and saw in the Paypal help section that a payment can not be rejected, only refunded, so she chose the option to refund my {$4000.00} to me so I could send it the correct way. 

When Paypal tried to refund to me the {$4000.00} in her account, she had less than {$4000.00} because of the fee and so the attempt to refund of {$4000.00} caused her bank to charge her a fee of {$30.00} ( was seen as equivalent to writing a bad check ). XXXX spent close to two hours going between her credit union and with your customer service line trying to resolve this. Two different Paypal agents told her NOT to put more money in the account to cover the refund of {$4000.00}, but instead to allow this to overdraft again causing another {$30.00} charge. She was told by both agents that this was the only way she could get a full refund of the fee she was charged. 

I talked to two people at customer service, on the same day to try to resolve this and was eventually told that the fees could not be refunded because of the way the money was sent. I explained again that there was no exchange of services or goods and : the money was sent through the wrong selection of paying for goods and services. 
that XXXX was unable to reject the payment so I could send it the correct way. 
that XXXX tried to refund the payment per Paypals instructions. 
that Paypal attempted to take {$4000.00} from my wifes bank, but because the money wasnt there she incurred a {$30.00} fee. 
. the PayPal policy I read just before sending the money stated there was no fee for sending money to friends and family. Nowhere on my statement of sending money to XXXX were fee amounts shown prior to me hitting the send button. 
. that XXXX was told by Paypal customer service that she should allow her account to be overdrafted a second time and that this was the only way Paypal could refund all of the {$4000.00}, including fees. 

I explained that my payment summary stated that XXXX was getting {$4000.00}, not {$3800.00}. I was intending to send money from my bank to a family member yet my wife was charged {$110.00} and had no way to deny the incorrect payment. She is wondering why this company does not allow a person to deny a payment, especially when it is sent incorrectly to that person and causes her to pay a fee when she was not at fault. This format seems predatory to both of us and we hope you can resolve this quickly for us by refunding the fee of {$110.00} and {$30.00} for the overdraft charge.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation