Duh! I see my mistake. Thanks for your help guys.

Hi Mocacinno,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Herewith the txid: 5c34f17c458d2b9c73b013b9ba83b62f5be59f0ef954fdda5095b0d62ea3ddb5

I definitely meant to send  0.0686 and not 0.01816 btc. I can't understand how it happened as I checked the amount twice before I executed the transaction. Still, I'll follow your advice and contact the vendor, he seems a decent sort so just maybe he'll refund me. I know it's small beer but..........

Thanks again.

Hi,

I'm new to electrum and am completely confused by what has happened. I created an electrum wallet. I then purchased 0.1 btc from bittylicious. The [Suspicious link removed]ived in my wallet within minutes, so far so good. I then proceeded to send 0.0686 btc to a marketplace to make a purchase using the marketplace wallet address given which I copied and pasted into the "pay to" box in my wallet. I then entered the amount to be sent and description then clicked send. Bizarrely, the btc did not arrive in the vendors wallet. On checking I can see that electrum sent 0.1816 instead of 0.0686. I truly do not know why this happened as I double checked the amount. Further, It turns out that 0.1816 is too small an amount to be deposited in the vendors wallet.

My questions are: Did I do something wrong as I am a newbie to electrum? Further, it is possible to retrieve the 0.01816 btc or is that lost to the ether? I have used bitcoin twice before without problems, but this is the first time I'm using a desktop wallet. Can anyone help me out here, I would be most grateful, thanks in advance.

Incidentally I can see a balance of 99.8184 in my wallet.