Withdrawal still pending after 72 hours

[Paulo1963]

Hi I am new to PayPal as someone reccommended it was a faster way to receive payments. I won some money which the company paid to PayPal on same day however I withdrew to my bank account on Saturday at 8am it's now Tuesday at 8am and it still says pending. I have bills to pay and want my money. PayPal have the worst customer service no live chat to discuss your issues I wish my friend had kept her recommendations to herself fuming is an understatement. PayPal are a disgusting dishonest company that use others money to gain interest its legal theft. DISGUSTING however even as I am writing this I know it will be ignored by PayPal

[PayPal_Siobhan2]

Hi catkin1969, 

Thank you for contacting the PayPal Community Forum and welcome as a new member! 

I understand your frustration regarding the withdrawal hold. This is an additional security measure and more information on this can be found here - https://www.paypal.com/uk/smarthelp/article/why-is-my-withdrawal-on-hold-faq2990

- Siobhan 

[mitalimoitra]

Whenever any financial organization puts a HOLD on your money, it provides a reason. I had spend at least 40 mins on chat and the only answer i got was "For Security reasons put on hold". 

My mind is unable to apprehend the "Security reason", which allows them to accept the money, then HOLD on to it [i.e. technically Paypal may well be  using my money for there purpose] without providing me the actual reason.

The people on chat keeps on repeating the same thing.

I had been using Paypal since 2012, but never had such frustrating experience before.

[Geode4455]

So true I’m having the exact same issue. I’ve waited a full week for PayPal to even process my fees from my sale on eBay. Then on top of that I waited 72 to withdraw the money and it’s still not in my account. This is BS