David, I'm having the same problem, but from the other side. I just purchased a phone over eBay using my PayPal account, and now the seller doesn't want to post it to me until she gets her money (which is not unreasonable, I don't think - but it's a major pain for me!) I should have been able to get my item on Tuesday, now I'm not sure when I'll ever see it. And yes, in the meantime PayPal is socking away my/her money and making interest off of it. If this isn't a crime, it **bleep** well should be, and I'll be reporting PayPal to the fair trading ombudsman as soon as I finish writing this email. I haven't sold on eBay for quite a while and had never heard of this ridiculous scheme - I have several things I need to sell, but I can tell you I won't be using eBay to do it! PayPal is and has always been a massive pain in the **bleep** to use; the only reason I do, occasionally, is that it's a convenient way to access one of my accounts when making purchases online. I'll be avoiding that as much as possible now, too. It's time for businesses to wise up and stop being so insanely greedy. You've made heaps of money by providing a unique service - be happy with that and quit trying to rip off the people who make your paycheques possible!! Please don't bother to reply to this if you're just going to sell me the party line; it's obvious, and I don't want to hear it. What I do want is for you to stop messing me around and release the money to this seller, so I can get my item. Amanda
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