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Money paid by buyer's on ebay have been put on hold. I sold 4 items - all from an old computer, at once. 3 of those have been unduly put on hold. This has made it so I'm unable to complete the transaction and send out the items. Reading here it seems like it's a total crap-shoot if they'll even release the money after everything has been sent and positive feedback has received. I'm not a new seller and I've never really had any problems or complaints.
This seems like an illegal, and outright gross attempt to hustle members of this service. I am honestly surprised that paypal hasn't been sued to the ground with these shark tactics, and ebay moreso with their complete anti-competition.
What is the best thing to do here, as a seller? Contact the buyer and tell _them_ to speak to paypal, as they've locked their money away?
Attempt to cancel the order completely? As people have suggested here, the best thing to do to move forward is to move over to Amazon. If I cancel the order I assume that Paypal will have no choice but to refund the money back. They'll no longer be able to hide behind the idea they're protecting anyone.
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Absolute nonsense.... Same story here, member of paypal and ebay for as long as they have been around. 100% positive feedback. I sold an expensive item a couple days ago and bam, my money is on hold. Contacted ebay first.. NOT their hold, they told me to contact Paypal.
Contacted paypal, told I have to have the seller confirm receipt of the item. WHY would I need or want to do this? Why is my money at the mercy of an honest/dishonest buyer??!! Why would I want them to know the money is on hold!!? What if the buyer never claims receipt of the item, what if they dispute the tracking info?.. what if they claim they don't want the item, and return a box of dog sh%t back to me???... how would I ever prove to paypal I didn't receive the item I sold back and instead got something worthless.. tracking info doesn't show what was inside. It doesn't prove anything.
Think of how many ways the seller can get **bleep** with this policy. Too much money to take all these risks..
No help from Paypal's worthless "customer service"
I make 10-20 transactions a month involving paypal... I will now do everything possible to take my money elsewhere. They don't give a da%$ what we say, but money always talks! Only way to get their attention.
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PayPal holding money for 180 days is illegal please sign our petition if you have been wronged by PayPal so we can get something done about their shoddy behaviour [removed]
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