Payment for item sent to wrong email address

[fleetwood9437]

My buyer purchased an item and sent payment to the wrong email address. A non existent one. I cancelled the transaction hoping the funds would go back to their account. How do I know for sure if this happened? Or how do I get ebay to send their funds back?? 

[berserkerplanet]

The buyer didn't send the payment to the wrong address - they sent it to the address you specified in the listing.

In cases like this where the payment is unclaimed (in limbo sent to a non-existent PP address), I believe the payment can be cancelled by the buyer on their end in their PayPal account.