MissCrystena wrote:
Wow you are angry. Paypal has held mine in the past too, but I didn't go all gunhappy on them.......
Mine was cleared. Yes I was angry because it was a 200 dollar phone sale and I desperately needed the money, but spazzing out on a forum doesn't really get the money any faster. Plus I'm sure it **bleep** them off to read it and now they are going to make sure to hold all of your money in the future. 
Happy selling!.........
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I'm glad you're able to take a much more cool, calm, and collected approach to this however , everyone doesn't feel the same. First, you may not be selling at a high volume or doing this as a sole means of income whereas others might. Also, I am one of the people who've been doing business on eBay since before all this hold foolishness came about. So folks may be spazzing out unnecessarily at times, but I for one agree with most of them.
And also, it's not about spazzing out but being straight out lied to! After I joined this disscusion board and started blowing up eBay and PayPal too, I decided to increase my store volume and take a chance on selling again. And to doubly make sure, I emailed PayPal and they said there were no restrictions on my account. (***Point: you're an individual seller. I sell items for a distribution company). So, someone buys an item from my store and I thought everything was cool. I go ahead and make the transaction through PP. Then about 10-15 minutes go by and then I get an email saying my payment's on hold! I wrote and told PP that I thought that was very underhanded!! You see Miss C, when you're an indidual seller you can be a little more tolerant of the hold policy. But when you're told that nothing's wrong with your account and when you sell stuff for somebody else then it's a little different.
So then, I tried to reverse the transaction but PP further went ahead and paid the distribution company for the item. So then the company unassuningly ships it the buyer. Not only was the money taken out of my checking account but I was charged a $35 overdraft fee ! I spoke to my bank and luckily they were understanding enough to reverse the overdraft fee because they said it happens all the time. And just as fortunately, I was able to communicate with the buyer and we were able to work things out. Other people are not as lucky. Now you tell me: why wouldn't I have a good reason to "spazz out??"
One last thing: all that spazzing has gotten quite a bit of feedback, which is what discussion forums are for in the first place. Lots of information came across by way of business news and other links that show how big this issue really is. For instance, did you know that in '02 eBay bought PayPal for a billion dollars?? Or that a few years ago Louis Vuitton spazzed out on eBay by suing them? And I have since opened up two new online stores and am using about 2 to 3 different pay methods, and I left eBay alone. Yeah, people may be spazzin' but if you delve into this thing you'll understand why.
****P.S.: In case you or anyone else is interested, my stores are www.blujay.com/tenthedj, and www.gadgetmanonline.ioffer.com.
And also I'm not trying to chastize or criticize you. Only enlighten you 
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