cancel paypal e-check before it clears?

[jake66]

i received an order via paypal for a customer i'd rather not do business with.

is it possible to cancel their order via paypal so i don't have to receive the inevitable "e-check failed" message?

[pp_rb]

If you don't see "Accept" and "Deny" buttons in your History view (or Recent Activity table on your Account Overview) for this transaction, then I don't think you have the option to cancel it. View the transaction's details to see if there is a Refund link at the bottom. (If not, you can refund it after it clears, and any fee charged to your account for the payment would be refunded.)

[jake66]

that's what i've done in the past, but i was hoping there was a way to get it out of my system and cancel the purchase without having it lingering in my account for a week.. but i went into my history and the action box is blank.

why wouldn't paypal have an option to deny echeck's from people before they cleared? makes no sense.

[yulia]

Not long ago I had eCheck payment by my regular customer, who alerted me later, that he has closed his bank account. I posted a refund to his pending eCheck. Never had a problem.