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Juanitaethomas
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Posted on
May-04-2020
08:11 AM
I requested money from my Fiance on April 28 we both have PayPal and I received this message. I've looked at this transaction and it's being held because it's outside of your normal selling activity. This may be because: We found an unusual change in selling price for this transaction. The transaction is inconsistent with your business model. You're selling an item that customers could be dissatisfied with. Your account has been inactive for a while. The expected release date of the payment is . Would you like to know how to get your money sooner?
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May-05-2020
09:40 AM
Thank you for reaching out to the PayPal Community Forum!
Based on the messages that you received, it appears the payment was sent as a payment for goods/services (not friends or family). The system may have detected that you do not have enough selling history causing the funds to be on hold. You may refund the transaction back to the sender and ask them to use the friends and family option.
You may forwards this link to the sender so they can do it correctly.
https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/how-do-i-send-money-faq1684
Hope this helps!
Kudos and Solved are highly appreciated

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