Same here. I made a couple of smaller payments, in the $200 range, which went through quickly, but the next one of $450 is on hold for two weeks even though the payments were all from the same bank and all taken from that bank the day they were made. I was told my larger payment was “suspicious”, hence the hold. After badgering the agent, I finally got her to admit that there is no notification of this hold, so the only way to know when it has or has not been applied is to look at the available balance. I think this another example of taking the definition of a word, like “suspicious”, to the extreme when the true reason is that they make money. I’m sure that the money they hold, plus extra interest we may pay, funds the entire cash back program and then some. It has to be on the brink of illegal, but PayPal knows just how far to push. I’m torn between closing the account or just working around the hold so at least I can make them give some of it back!
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