Paypal Refund

[fruitsalad]

I purchased a item from eBay, which was taking a long time to arrive, so I asked for the tracking number to track said parcel, I then received a reply from the sender to say parcel had been damaged, and had been sent back, very strange as it was only a duvet cover, I was asked if I would like 10% off another cover or a refund, I took the refund, which is showing in my PayPal activities, but my PayPal balance is zero, the refund was paid in on Monday, so why would balance show zero?

[Hopkirk]

Has PayPal refunded your debit or credit card?

[fiction-factory]

If you started with a nil Paypal balance, then paid for the item by Paypal and then the same amount was refunded to your Paypal account I would expect the balance to show zero. Have I misunderstood?

[fruitsalad]

It's not showing in my bank account which is where when I paid for the purchase it was taken from through PayPal.

[Toorak]

I recently had a refund via PayPal but it took a few days for it to come through. There might be a note in your PayPal account indicating that the payment is pending.

[gingejbee]

They do say that it can take several days for a refund to show....but my refund from George (Asda) was credited to my credit card account (through Paypal) in less than half an hour.