I have over $500 in my paypal account. It's all unavailable to me, despite the fact that all but one of my sold items have shipped and been received by the buyers. I've tried calling, emailing, talking, and yelling at Paypal. All that happens is my life span shortens due to elevated stress levels. They don't care to help. Hell, I'm on hold now waiting for a supervisor. I've been on hold for FORTY MINUTES. I have speaker phone so I'll sit here all darn day if I have to!
My issue is this: SELLERS pay PAYPAL a fee to process the transaction but they spend a great deal of time protecting buyers and do nothing to protect sellers. We are dirt. The reps like to claim they protect sellers by insuring packages shipped with FedEx/ UPS. However, these insurances are available free of charge (for packages up to $100) to any FedE/ UPS customer regardless of whether they used Paypal or not. Paypal does NOT offer this service and should not be promoting the fact that they do. It's a flat-out lie. In addition, when I listed my items on Ebay, I included a shipping charge. NOT a REIMBURSEMENT SHIPPING CHARGE. I clearly state in my listings that I will ship items "within 2 days of receiving cleared payment". Any idiot knows that a cleared payment means that the funds are readily available. With the hold on my funds, I have to front shipping charges and sit around and wait for the day that Paypal is feeling generous enough to give me my own damn money. Complete BS!
