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 Author: Gladeye View Messages Posted By Gladeye
 Posted: Nov 1, 2021 20:09
 Subject: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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Gladeye (237)

Location:  USA, California
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Dec 29, 2011 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Um Tut Sut
Hi. A buyer ordered a minifigure that I don't actually have in stock (inventory
mistake). I am trying to send them a complete refund through Paypal, but every
time I click to confirm the refund I get a message in red saying "Something went
wrong. Please try again."

I guess I could refund straight from Paypal, but I wanted do this the more formal
way. Is the error message I received unusual? There's no explanation with
it and everything seems to be properly completed on the form.
 Author: Cob View Messages Posted By Cob
 Posted: Nov 1, 2021 20:21
 Subject: Re: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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Cob (3564)

Location:  USA, Missouri
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In Problem Order, Gladeye writes:
  Hi. A buyer ordered a minifigure that I don't actually have in stock (inventory
mistake). I am trying to send them a complete refund through Paypal, but every
time I click to confirm the refund I get a message in red saying "Something went
wrong. Please try again."

I guess I could refund straight from Paypal, but I wanted do this the more formal
way. Is the error message I received unusual? There's no explanation with
it and everything seems to be properly completed on the form.

Do you have enough in your PayPal account to make the refund?
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Nov 1, 2021 20:27
 Subject: Re: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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Nubs_Select (3759)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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I've has that problem dozens of times but then a fellow member brought it
to my attention that it was likely due to entering incompatible characters in
the comment field that PayPal cant use so since then I leave to remarks blank
and message the buyer separately and it usually works.
 Author: Gladeye View Messages Posted By Gladeye
 Posted: Nov 1, 2021 20:34
 Subject: Re: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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Gladeye (237)

Location:  USA, California
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In Problem Order, Nubs_Select writes:
  I've has that problem dozens of times but then a fellow member brought it
to my attention that it was likely due to entering incompatible characters in
the comment field that PayPal cant use so since then I leave to remarks blank
and message the buyer separately and it usually works.

Thank you for that suggestion. I tried removing my comments, but it still didn't
work, though.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Nov 1, 2021 20:43
 Subject: Re: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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Nubs_Select (3759)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Sorry I forgot to include that at least for me if I mess it up once it doesn't
seem to work again for the order even if I remove the remarks (no idea why)
 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Nov 2, 2021 03:21
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In Problem Order, Gladeye writes:
  Hi. A buyer ordered a minifigure that I don't actually have in stock (inventory
mistake). I am trying to send them a complete refund through Paypal, but every
time I click to confirm the refund I get a message in red saying "Something went
wrong. Please try again."

I guess I could refund straight from Paypal, but I wanted do this the more formal
way. Is the error message I received unusual? There's no explanation with
it and everything seems to be properly completed on the form.

You need to refund the money through the PayPal website and then update the om
Bricklink by clicking on the Refund link on the Order Details page.
 Author: JRBricks View Messages Posted By JRBricks
 Posted: Nov 2, 2021 08:47
 Subject: Re: I can't issue a full refund through Bircklink
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JRBricks (887)

Location:  USA, Texas
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In Problem Order, Gladeye writes:
  Hi. A buyer ordered a minifigure that I don't actually have in stock (inventory
mistake). I am trying to send them a complete refund through Paypal, but every
time I click to confirm the refund I get a message in red saying "Something went
wrong. Please try again."

I guess I could refund straight from Paypal, but I wanted do this the more formal
way. Is the error message I received unusual? There's no explanation with
it and everything seems to be properly completed on the form.

This happened to me about 6 months ago (same message), and I tried asking for
help through the Help Center. Never got a reply. I just issued a refund straight
through Paypal. The only issue with this is you have to refund the entire amount
which includes taxes collected by Bricklink. So you're out that money but
I didn't see any other option. Maybe there is a bug in the program? Maybe
someone smarter than me knows.