been having a email argument with paypal for a week now about this, but be warned they can hold your buyers money even outside of eBay, i use the word buyers / customer because until the funds are cleared then it still the buyers money and not yours, eBays own words are -: The dispatch (or handling) time is the number of working days the seller will take to post the item after receiving your cleared payment. A payment is considered 'cleared' after the money from the buyer has been deposited into the seller's account. If the buyer pays by PayPal, the payment may clear immediately. However if the buyer pays by cheque or postal order, it may take several days. It gives no mention to payments put into a pending balance. What i have done is a little bit dangerous but seems to be working, i have been selling online for a long time and have 2 eBay accounts one business and one for personal selling, my personal i have had for years with a feedback of over 100 and %100 with excelend dsr but i clossed that account because they ended up holding money even from outside eBay, more temper than anything, anyway i still have this account as business but only 14 feedback but sold 18 items, i also sell from eBid and my own site but they still hold money even from my site so i have started to tell my customers that paypal will not release your money so i cant ship to you, they are not impressed and within hours they email me back saying the funds are now available, personally i couldnt give a hoot, if they dont release the money i refund the buyer and must say the buyer is not impressed at all.
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