Received extra funds from a client by mistake

[farhan1008]

I have received extra funds from a client as a bonus after the contract ended. I did a nice work so I thought client was being generous. I withdhrewed the amount by going to the "Get Paid" section. After two days client is saying that it was a mistake and now they want a refund. Now within these two days, I migh have spent a bit of the bonus amount.

What should I do?

[shahadat0164]

if you refund the client it will be a negative impact on you, tell the client you could do more job for him or talk to the support center

[prestonhunter]

re: "if you refund the client it will be a negative impact on you"

This is not true.

re: "tell the client you could do more job for him"

Do not do this.

re: "or talk to the support center"

Do not talk to Support. Do not tell the client to talk to Support.

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If you received extra funds, then all you need to do is use the the "refund" option from your side to send the extra money back to the client.

This will not hurt you. It will help you.

[farhan1008]

As I mentioned, I already spent a part of it. I wasn't sure if it was by mistake because it was a bonus.

Also, it happened after the contract ended.