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I recently spent $350 on some art only to discover further down the line and after what they tried to turn into 4 months of excuses that I was simply never getting my commission. I returned to Paypal and opened a dispute for my money back and remembered. When I first contacted this person they were so kind and asked me if I would select 'friends and family' for my payment as to avoid the cut paypal likes to take. I was fooled and obliged. Then even despite me putting in the disputes details that this was actually for a purchase and that I had been scammed, Paypal declined the refund due to no buyer protection. Is there something that can be done for when scammers and con artists use this method on victims like myself? Or are we just meant to accept that we're now out of pocket for huge amounts of money? ... View more

I have a notification telling me that I am "About to reach my Initial Paypal Spending Limit" That I can't get to go away despite my account having my bank and ID verified. In the help bar I asked how to resolve it and it told me to go to the Resolution Centre and go to "Account Limitations" however this section, button, or whatever it Is I'm supposed to be seeing is not present in my Resolution Centre. As such I'm unable to life the limitation and so may not be able to continue using Paypal. ... View more