Just spoken to a lady in customer services who assures me that my funds will be released at precisely 11:58 this evening, which funnily enough is precisely when the 72hr window closes. This surely proves if it is the case that no actual checks are being carried out and PayPal are simply holding the money for as long as they can, I can see why they would do this, after all based on a rate of say 4% compounded monthly, £100 Million earns just over £4 million per year in interest so it is a nice little earner.
... View more