I ended up calling and speaking to the outsourced paypal associate in India, I believe, who ASSURED ME that the timely manner they are using was to conform to all government regulations to secure my money and make sure it was properly directed to my account. Um.....what? That's called money laundering. When you ship money from one hand to another to another to another to another and it crosses more state and country boundaries than Ma Bell, um, yeah, that's what that is called. Funny story: 3 hours after my call (on day 6) my money appeared in my paypal account. FORTUNATELY for me, the sellers I buy from on a regular basis were more than understanding because apparently, Paypal was playing hide the salami with their money as well! Not just bank transfers, but simple payments and collections from sales. "When you absolutely MUST get it there on time because your life depends on it, hold up a liquor store wearing a paper bag with the words "Processeing Transfer, thank you for using Paypal"."
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