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A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved

Sourcing › Payments payments research use only documentation quality Solved Closed

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g.haalandTL3Regular Solution17 Oct 2025#6

Bank transfer and finality: once a bank transfer is sent, it is final. The money is gone. There is no recourse with the bank if the supplier disappears. That is why supplier reputation matters if using transfers.

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ka.haddadTL2 Moderator29 Oct 2025#7

r.jhannsdttir, post #1: A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to talk about documentation quality as a signal, separately from product quality. Across the certificates I have collected, the variation in what is disclosed is much larger than the… Go to post

Fraud and scams: if a supplier demands payment upfront with no recourse if delivery fails, you are taking a risk. Reputation and history of other buyers matter.

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g.bakkenTL2 Moderator23 Dec 2025#12

Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive.

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s.chowdhuryTL3Regular22 Jan 2026#15

I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological.

The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at the published data for this specific question. I would be glad to be shown wrong on this, because the version I am arguing against is more convenient.

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e.ferreiraTL3Regular6 Apr 2026#23

Recurring billing: if a supplier sets up recurring billing by default, understanding the terms for cancellation is important before the first charge.

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