Shipping

[myra556]

I am trying to ship out something to a buyer. The buyer paid me shipping which is $10 but I have no way of retrieving the funds for shipping? I have to send it out before I can even get the money that was paid? What am I missing what do I have to do to get the shipping funds?

[kernowlass]

@myra556 

CAREFUL MAY BE THIS SCAM?

They encourage you to accept a direct Paypal payment and may ask you to send the item internationally.
No funds or activity of the transaction shows in your Paypal account and any emails may go into your junk/spam folders.

You will get/got a "fake" email that looks as though it is from paypal.....it isn't because they don't have a Paypal account and have no intention of paying you.
It will say the buyer has paid ...you won't have been paid.
They will tell you that the payment is released when you provide paypal with a tracking/shipping number......this won't happen.

Paypal NEVER tell you to send an item before the payment is showing in your paypal account.
Paypal do not tell you to send trackable, they advise it for selling protection but it is not compulsory.
Delete any emails and ignore the scammers.

[myra556]

The money due and shipping was payed, it comes up into my paypal account as "pending" so the buyer did pay. however, it says that in order to receive the money the package has to be sent out and I have to give tracking info to them as proof to paypal I shipped it before the money can go into my account. But I need the money to even ship it out..?

[kernowlass]

@myra556 

In that case >>>

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