Just because a person received their item(s) and leaves positive feedback does not end your waiting woes. I just sold three items a few weeks ago, was paid and shipped the items, marked them as shipped in ebay, received positive feedback that they were received and the transaction completed. I still await funds on two of the items. The money is just sitting there in Paypal with the transaction complete. Oddly, one of the payments was released a few days after the person received it. But all have left feedback and the status on all is the same. I don't get it. Plus, I am mainly a buyer, but have sold a few dozen things on ebay, and I still have my funds pending for weeks. If you are a constant seller, it might go away, but if you're the occassional seller it's always going to be an issue. Personally I find it to be a rip-off. Are they earning interest from our money as the funds sit in some 'pended' area? Selling on eBay is all about trust anyway. You trust the person will send what you pay for - but while you have to trust them apparrently paypal does not. Even if I could understand their mindset on this, since my transactions have been long completed with feedback left I'm unsure of why they are holding my funds at all. Calling them for an explanation is pointless as the foreign chap on the other end usually is as clueless as I am.
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