So I placed an order on Target.com on Dec 10, checked out with PayPal (Amex card) and everything was great. But upon checking my Amex account I noticed I was charged twice - one from Target and another one from PayPal (not in pending). I thought it's a temporary hold but it's still there after weeks. So I opened a dispute on PayPal, showed the Amex transaction log and Target order (which showed I paid with Amex card directly), then the dispute center asked me for "more evidence", I upload the Target invoice (which also showed I paid with Amex), then they closed my case saying "you didn’t respond to our request for additional info". Getting frustrated here, I called Target to confirm that order is indeed charged the Amex charge directly without PayPal, and call PayPal, they still wouldn't confirm anything but re-opened the dispute case for now. I searched online and see a Target page saying "PayPal® authorization holds can be extended up to 365 days, renewing every 30 days.", is this what's happing to my card? I've checked out with PayPal on multiple sites and never had I seen this kind of double charged/long time holding, makes no sense to me.
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