An update, I sent an email to PayPal and received no response in 72 hrs, so I called them. I hit the usual script reading support person, so I escalated to their supervisor, then I kept escalating until I reached someone who would listen. The policy is this, if you are an eBay customer/seller, and you sell less than 25 items in 6 months, or your rating drops below 4.9, you will be subject to the Payment hold policy. I relayed my absolute frustration, that this penalizes the seller, and that it would be far better to institute a balanced escrow system that fairly treats seller and buyer. He promised to escalate my complaint, and urged me to report here in the forums. So folks, keep posting, and perhaps I'll go look at the class action lawsuit info mentioned by another poster. It's not about the money to me at his point, it's about customer care, retention, and balancing the experience. eBay and PayPal management, in the footsteps of Netflix, you really have made an error here. I am happy to talk to the decision makers, I live with 10 miles of your corporate campuses here in Silicon Valley.
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