I have also been victim to my money being held! My Mother called because her funds are being held too and they said it's because she was not established as an e bay member and once that happened there would be no more issues. She said well that's not true because my daughter has been selling for years and you are holding her funds too! They then came up with some other excuse, I believe about using their shipping labels. I do not want to use e bays or pay pals shipping labels. I never have, never will. I just prefer to go to the Post Office myself! I also do not offer refunds on my auctions because I am an honest seller and describe my items in great detail! On a rare occasion I have made a mistake on my auction and refunded money only in that case. Even if I did offer refunds, my Pay Pal is connected to my bank account and that is one of the requirements for pay pal, so if refunds were really the issue, they could just take it out of my bank account right? I have also heard the excuse "the buyer has to leave positive feedback" well we all know that not every buyer leaves feed back period! Some are new to e bay and just don't care, others I guess just don't care! I always leave feed back and its not fair that because one or more of my buyers do not take the time to leave feed back my money is being held! So now while I wait for my funds to be released, I have to pay for shipping out of my pocket and I have to pay all fees for e bay and pay pal out of my pocket! My theory is they are holding the money to draw interest off of our money! Whatever the real reason is, I am ticked off, I depend on the money to have the money to continue using eBay! On a side note they are also holding my Brothers money who has been selling on eBay forever! My Father is a Lawyer and is looking into this matter for us. We feel like they are not abiding by their contract when we all initially signed up years ago for their services that we pay for! It would be nice to get a real answer as to why Pay Pal is holding $300 plus of my money since October 4th! Maybe after we contact their corporate office and the DA in their area we will get an answer!
... View more
