why paypal hold our paypal funds

melnsoph
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Hi Andy, I`d like to know why paypal has to hold our funds we received as payments from our items we sold on ebay? it says they`ve got to hold the funds until 21 days? We need to purchase something online that`s why we sold some items on ebay so we can use that money to buy something online. This is very upsetting we can`t use paypal balanceto purchase online and we don`t want to use our bank account. buyers received items quickly and they left positive feedback. I mean this is not fair. Please explain paypal.

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mamabeardove
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Yip, I'm pretty upset about this as well. Why punish the rest of us who are honest and ship out said product, promptly. If nothing else, new sellers should be notified about the "hold" well in advance.

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heartandhere201
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I am upset over this also. I could understand if the item had not been shipped or received by the buyer, or positive feedback had not been left. All those things have happened and I show no money in my Paypal account balance, NONE. E-bay just told me I owe them an invoice (my first) of 17.00+ dollars and it will be taken from my Paypal account balance....What balance they don't show one. I have sold 60+ dollars of items on e-bay. I am a new seller. I have gotten all of 13.69 to put into my bank account. Does e-bay and paypal get the rest. All of my shipping fees were paid directly from my own bank account not my paypal balance, so what gives. I should have the price the item sold for and the shipping cost the seller paid in my Paypal balance, since I personally paid for all shipping costs through my bank account. I for one so no reason to hold my funds....for what????? the transactions are complete, and the buyers are happy.  I would like to have my money

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