Paypal's holds on verified funds is illegal. Join the class action law suit to make them stop!

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Paypal's policies of with-holding verified funds has absolutely no statutory, logical, or ethical basis as grounds to hold and keep your money from you against your will and without your permission. In fact, so outrageous and corrupt is the practice of  these"forced interest free loans," the practice is literally against the law. Paypal must be forced to play by the rules, and obey the laws like every one else! Even if that means we as the customers it swindles on a regular basis must take matters into our own hands, and do so in the form of a class action lawsuit for all interest and damages Paypal has caused our lives and finances by it's unethical and illegal practice of with-holding access to our verified funds!

 

     To that end, I am asking the community of those whom have suffered this intolerable acts of corporate greed by Paypal, and suffered Paypal unlawful with-holding of your verified funds for any period of time, and for whatever made-up excuse they gave you, to please contact me at about the possibilities of forming a class of victims willing to bring the class action law suit so clearly required to ensure Paypal plays by the rules like the rest of us do! 

 

      If you don't believe their policy to be not only harmful to people who need and deserve the funds we earned without being forced to loan it interest free to a billion dollar company first, just ask yourself the following: What do you think would happen to you, if you took some ones money without their permission? You'd expect to go to jail, and face criminal charges for your illegal behavior, right? Well, Paypal, in all of it's corporate ego, has come to believe itself above the laws of this country. The proof of this, is the policy and practice of with-holding verified funds from it's customers, in violation of criminal statutes, banking laws, and all other laws Paypal wrongfully thinks do not apply to it (EVEN THOUGH IT IS A MONEY LENDER OFFERING CREDIT AND CREDIT CARDS, AND DEALS IN AND WITH DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS!)! We have rights as consumers under the banking laws, laws that govern financial companies, as well as the Fair Credit Reporting Act as Paypal never gives a legally recognized reason for wrongfully with-holding and converting for it's own uses your money via the with-holding policies! We do not need to stand for this! Join me in punishing Paypal by hurting it, the way it has hurt us... In the pocket book! Let's sue for our interest, and to get Paypal to stgop stealing our verified funds once and for all!

 

I look forward to hearing your stories about how you ewere harmed by Paypal unlawfully with-holding funds you earned and needed immediately,! We will show this greedy corporate egomaniac that even a billion dollar company must obey the laws of this country, and may not make gifts unto itself in the form of interest free forced loans from other peoples moneys, and that in this country justice is not determined by the size of your bank account but the merit of your actions and treatment of your fellow citizens!

 

Respectfully waiting to hear from all of you,

Joel <removed> Juris Doctorate

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Mutantbobo
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I have updated tracking and confirmed delivery with customer. Paypal still won't release my funds on hold. I have tested this with a friend. They say to have the buyer go on the app to confirm receipt of the item, but there is no way to confirm the delivery on the app. I think there is a way to confirm on the traditional website but they definitely don't make it easy on new people trying to figure it all out. All in all, this is the first time I have used PayPal to receive money in a few years and I won't do it again. I followed all the rules and my item is delivered to a happy customer, but my funds are on hold. They customer can't figure out how to confirm delivery so I'm stuck??? How is this right or correct? Why can't we send a confirmation email to the customer to make it easier for them to say they received their items? Paypal is a last resort option for me.**bleep**

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kernowlass
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@Mutantbobo 

 

https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/my-payment-is-on-hold.-why-is-this-happening-faq3297

 

With payments received for tangible goods Paypal would request valid tracking information confirming the item has been delivered to the buyer. They can validate the tracking information online, so once it is delivered they can release the funds. IF you have received the funds for a service / virtual or digital sale or no tracking number is applicable Paypal would be unable to release the funds any sooner than 21 days.

However If you mark the transaction as processed then the buyer or sender may have the option on their account to mark the transaction as delivery/satisfied. If the buyer or sender confirms this by clicking on the "Confirm Receipt" button, funds may be released sooner ie 7 days after the buyer or sender verifies receipt. This is not always available or guaranteed. 
If not then sadly its 21 days.


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Ellienoel
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@kernowlass- Yes. We all can navigate the website and access the policy. We all can read and comprehend the policy. Thanks but no thanks for posting it here and insinuating that we are not very literate. You are missing the point. We are saying that the policy does not seem legal and should be challenged.
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kernowlass
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@Ellienoel 

 

Well apart from the link I posted the rest is an explanation as to what paypal do and how you can get your funds earlier so....your welcome !

As for illegal try READING the LEGAL user agreement that you say you can read but it appears you have not.

That LEGAL agreement has been LEGALLY approved in every country where paypal operates.

That LEGAL agreement that you LEGALLY agreed to when you opened your paypal account explains about the holds.

Bye then. 


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Ellienoel
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@kernowlass First of all. This is a forum for those of us who believe a class action lawsuit should take place regarding this policy. If you think this policy is fair, then this is not the forum for you. Do not come on here and be an apologist for PayPal and try to gaslight us. And insult our intelligence. You seem very passionate about defending PayPal 🤣 😂. As a matter of fact there are currently class action lawsuits against PayPal. The lawyer is Eric [removed]. Evans VS PayPal, 5:22 cv- 248. US district court Northern District of California. professional poker player Chris [removed] is involved in the suit. Lawyers are not going to take on a case that has no chance of being won. So based on the fact that there is a lawsuit against them gives merit to our standing on the policy.

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Ellienoel
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Same here. Exact same problem. I spent literally hours on the phone trying to get assistance. It took multiple transfers to get to someone that seemed to understand the problem. But they didn’t do anything to help get my funds released. And this happens every single transaction. Unfortunately this is my clients favorite way to pay. So, I have continued using it so far. But it’s ridiculous to wait for my payment while it’s being illegally- in my opinion- held by PayPal. I was told by the customer service reps that the policy is in place to protect the buyers. Ok. But if all sellers quit using PayPal….there would be no buyers. Furthermore, I don’t need PayPal to protect my buyers. That’s simply not their job or the service I need them to provide.
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ReleaseMyMoney
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Yes, it's a scam! I'm disgusted & furious. They sent me an email, certifying that I'm "a trusted seller" and shouldn't experience holds, but they still hold EVERY PAYMENT!

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Sassysue77
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I bought Bitcoin in 2020 for $500 from my debit card. The restricted my account and I couldn’t sell so it grew to 2500 and they finally said I could transfer the money but it never works they finally sold the bitcoin last November I can’t get anyone on the phone I wast my money
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Victoria-13
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Where do I sign?
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Mrscoasty
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I will join. Everytime I sell my extra test strips they hold my money. Once it's verified by the buyer they restrict me being able to use it till I verify it's me and send them the same documents everytime.
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