Known Issue: Received payments not appearing in balance

PayPal_Frank
Administrator
Administrator
"PayPal experienced a brief technical issue yesterday during a planned system update which resulted in some consumers being unable to see a transaction in their account history after it had processed. And, some merchants may not have received immediate payment.  
 
The technical issue has been fixed and PayPal is working to have these transactions reflected accurately for both consumers and merchants. 
 
We apologize for any inconvenience."
 
Hi everyone,
 
I know this has been a frustrating issue and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.  I want to assure you this was immediately escalated and is being worked on at a high priority.  We don't have an exact ETA but our engineers are working to fix the transactions affected by this issue as soon as possible.
 
- Frank
 
 
 
FAQs
 

Q. Why I cannot see the money in my balance? I am sure that I received a payment because I received the email confirmation.  

A system change last night has resulted in an issue whereby instant bank funded transactions are not appearing on account balances. Once you received the email confirming your payment the transaction did complete but it will only appear in the account balance once this issue is resolved.

 

Q. Why does the system not allow me to withdraw the payment that I already received?

You will be able to withdraw the funds once the transaction appears on your account balance.

 

Q. I received a payment, but I cannot see the money in my balance. Should I send the parcel?

Until the payments shows as completed in your account activity log we would advise you not to send out the parcel. We expect this issue to be resolved soon therefore this shouldn't cause any major delay to your parcel send.

 
 
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ICI
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Same thing happening to me and I have not received the normal email stating that the buyer has paid. I was looking for help in here. Thank you for posting. Hopefully mine will be resolved soon as well.

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700hpAMG
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As of this morning my money is still not reflected in the balance. I try my best to not sell through Ebay much anymore due to their fees but when I do I like to ship right away, this is holding me up. ARGG!

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jjcmr
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I too am having the same issue.  Sold 7 other items say day that show up but one for $55 is not.  Very flustrating we pride ourselves on fast shipping but a littlehesitant to ship before i get paid for item.

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700hpAMG
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It appears numerous threads on the same issue has popped up since I first posted this. Appears to be a widespread issues. All I can say is WOW!  Pretty bad when you hold everyone's money for this lenght of time. Granted it is only $50 on my end, but for many I'm sure it is much more. 

 

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PayPal PayPal PayPal smfh. Theres always some type of issue with no solution. Ridiculous. It would be nice to receive some sort of notice about updating the system so people have the option to choose a different method to be paid.
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Ktnegs
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It isn't fixed in the US anyway...still not correct balance being shown at 1018pm, 9/7/16.
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mommamia58
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First time ever that I had a sale posted and completed, but it's not showing up in my balance
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Careyklotz
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I have no idea why my balance has not changed . I have 3 completed payments not showing up

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zhan
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same issue. This happened to me today. I received 2 payment from my friends, it's complete but areb't showing up in my balance

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Koryukov
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I have the same problem yesterday 😞
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