I've spoken to Paypal on the phone who have said that it will take 72 hours for them to release my money. The reason for this is that it is in a "queue". The more I have looked into this the clearer it is that PayPal is great for buyers (fast, free, easy) but terrrible for sellers (slow, expensive, difficult). Fortunately I have found the 'close account' button now on the PayPal website so will be hitting that the second the cleared money reaches my bank account (whenever that wil be...) They may have swindled me out of £25 but at least they won't get another penny out of me. I should have listened to the bidder who asked if I would accept cash rather than using "Pain Pal"...
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