It seems that Refunds are the main topic of problems at Paypal. It seems they can take the money at once from my bank but when you get a refund on the same funds they need to hold it. I bought an item from dealtree on ebay, paypal removed the funds from my bank soon as I payed, then dealtree said I had to reorder because paypal was **bleep**ed up shipping to another address, so they issued a refund, (paypal hold), I made the purchase again at once it was removed from my bank. Then dealtree charged me tax so I had to pay the tax, then they said the tax was too much so they refunded the difference. (again on hold). Then I bought another item from another vendor, my bank deducted the funds, then he sent me a note it was out of stock and issued a refund, again on hold. Now today I see a small part of the refunds was released. So far Im out $72.76 and only got back $9.86. If my bank takes the money at once and paypal puts holds on funds then somebody is making interest on all the money they are holding. $50 times 100,000 is a nice chunk of change.Nobody at paypal can tell me how long the refunds will be on hold or why only part was credited. They claim all refunds have to go through the federal bank. I think its bull. How long does it typically take to get your refund? Both companies are large companies.
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