Money received. Pending

[Vmomoh4]

I recently received money from a friend and it’s been on pending for days. I read some advice online that asked me to complete a tracking option(unnecessary)ie I didn’t know my account was on personal, and I did that. But still the money has been on hold and my friend didn’t receive any email.

[kernowlass]

@Vmomoh4 

Its down to how the payment was SENT to an account.

1. If sent using money > goods / services option then paypal would see the recipient as a seller and apply the new seller hold. They would also charge a fee.

2. If sent using the send money > family / friends option then the recipient would have the payment instantly (as long as it wasn't an echeque pending with a clearance date) with no fee if funded from a bank account or balance (a fee if you use a card). (However that option is not available in every country).

Seems as if the person that sent you the funds used the first option.
There are however some occasions where friends / family payments are held for reviews but these are normally only 24 hours.

[Vmomoh4]

So what do I do about it, considering they used the first option. I completed a tracking which was supposed to help the money arrive earlier but that didn’t help.

[kernowlass]

@Vmomoh4 

How can you add tracking if you didn't sell anything?

You said it was a friend sending you a gift payment so you would not have a tracking number would you?

[Vmomoh4]

Well, I thought add tracking would make me receive the payment earlier. However, the money is still on pending and I tried to issue a refund and that didn’t work either. What do I do now?