Can I go to jail because I owe paypal money?
I bought a lot of thing on ebay and paid through paypal that was linked through my husbands account. I just found out that he owes the bank a lot of money from other things and my paypal items did not go through. I bought about $1,000 in stuff. What will happen now? Could I go to jail?
I did get the things and the payment went through on paypal, now they have started taking it out fromthe bank and the bank is returning them unpaid.
If the items or sale didn’t go through, then, you didn’t get the merchandise right? If you didn’t get the merchandise because when they tried to debit your account for that 1k, it was declined, the worst thing that may happen is Ebay suspends your account or boots you off their platform.
You and the hubby need to sit down and figure out your finances. If you are in one room clicking away buying things and he is in another buying things, and no one is telling the other they are spending a ton of money or in trouble, you two are headed for a disaster here.
You could if you don’t have chance of paying it back, else you just can make a deal with paypal of paying back with a x amount of money every month.
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No, they haven’t imprisoned people for owing money for about 100 years. It was called Debtors Prison.
But you can be sued and have your wages attached.
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If the items or sale didn’t go through, then, you didn’t get the merchandise right? If you didn’t get the merchandise because when they tried to debit your account for that 1k, it was declined, the worst thing that may happen is Ebay suspends your account or boots you off their platform.
You and the hubby need to sit down and figure out your finances. If you are in one room clicking away buying things and he is in another buying things, and no one is telling the other they are spending a ton of money or in trouble, you two are headed for a disaster here.
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You will have to pay off everything quite urgently – along with any "bounced check" charges, fees, interest, etc. If you let this go, you can be prosecuted for financial fraud. Then you could well be looking at jail time. It’s not "debtor’s prison," it’s financial fraud, and people do to go to prison for that.
Certainly you have to pay court costs, legal fees & other charges if they go for a civil judgment rather than criminal prosecution. Pay it off urgently!
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