I'm not a seller, but I have learned my lesson the hard way concening "pending payments". Firstly, I had spoken to a rep on the phone. I wanted to take $500 from my Buyer Credit and put on my son's Pay Pal card. I had to be walked through this, but when I also asked the rep specifically if I was taking the money from my Buyer Credit and NOT my actual bank acct, she said she "presumed so". That should have been red flag number one. When I figured out that it was actually going to process through my bank acct, I called and spoke to someone else, who tried to get me to a page that could cancel the transaction.We never found it. He said that I might just have to wait a day for it to come up then cancel it. Well, in that day, the money came from my bank acct and I was charged an od fee. Pay Pal sent me a letter to give to my bank, who then asked why I was asking them(bank) to pay for Pay Pal's error/lack of help/misunderstanding. They did wave the fee for me, though. Anyhow, it is still, right now, three days later, listed as a "pending" to my son's acct, though it already cleared my bank acct two days ago. I'm told it may be until Monday (6 flippin days later) until it goes on his card. What's the point of sending money to someone if they don't have access to it? I could have MAILED it in less time! Meanwhile, the SAME DAY I did the previous transaction, I (correctly) completed a transaction from Buyer Credit to my pay pal acct, then to my bank acct. This status is listed as "completed", but I STILL have NO MONEY in my bank acct. MY/my son's accts are linked. The money is just staying in our loop. 'Course, the money's NOT THERE AT ALL,IS IT???!!!!! They sure took it out promptly, but it has caused a major major headache WAITING for money to go in...and it's ALL MY MONEY TO BEGIN WITH!!! So,I can't imagine being a SELLER and having to put up with this nonsense. You may have overhead, you may have bills to pay. You can't pay your bills with money that gets credited a week or two after things ship.
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