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I recently purchased some MS points using my dad's debit card and did it through a paypal transaction. He has not emailed me the code which he claimed to send within 4 hours. It has now been 26 hours.
Apparently i cannot claim with paypal unless i have an account, which i do but i didnt use it to make this transaction. Should i get my dad to claim it back with his debit card company? or is there a way to claim it back via paypal?

you can claim back money with paypal only if you bought it with paypal, its common sense....

don't get your hopes up though, claiming money back is not that simple

I would try contacting Microsoft Support first. You have paid something and you can prove it, so Microsoft should be able to send you a prepaid code (which can be redeemed on any account), or refund the money.

From where exactly did you buy? There should by some kind of support link on that site.

Canceling transactions either trough your creditcard company or trough PayPal is really a last resort.

I *think* he did it through ebay or someone else, as he refers to the seller as "he".

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Originally posted by Voldemort
I *think* he did it through ebay or someone else, as he refers to the seller as "he".

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Yes it was through an ebay classified ad which has now been removed from ebay for some reason. His home site which is very limited as its being developed apparently is http://www.luisales.co.uk/.
I just assumed that as it was an ebay ad, it was going to be reliable. On the comments on his website, some people recieve the code within 30 mins, others have been waiting for hours, like me. (Btw, the person who left comments called James, is me)
If i have the paypal receipt still, could i do what MenthiX said and contact microsoft customer support? or would they just laugh at me?

Don't buy things off dodgy people.

Microsoft have nothing to do with it, they can't help you

i think they won't honour it, as that can be easily faked, but it doesn't hurt to try (is that even legal or according to MS's TOS?)

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Originally posted by Voldemort
i think they won't honour it, as that can be easily faked, but it doesn't hurt to try (is that even legal or according to MS's TOS?)

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Umm, i dont know. Many people sell them on ebay, wouldnt ebay take it off if it wasnt legal?

Wait 48 hours before you do anything drastic. I was reading through the comments, and it could well be legit, and that he has a job. People said "it's been 14 hours and nothing", but they must have got them in the end otherwise they would of kept coming back and complaining and even warned everyone not to because they never got them.

Be patient dude.

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Originally posted by Nathan
Wait 48 hours before you do anything drastic. I was reading through the comments, and it could well be legit, and that he has a job. People said "it's been 14 hours and nothing", but they must have got them in the end otherwise they would of kept coming back and complaining and even warned everyone not to because they never got them.

Be patient dude.

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Thanks, but i mean, even if he does work, wouldnt he just email me saying he is really busy at the moment and will message me in _ hours or something.  I've emailed him 4 times now and havent got a response once.