Ha. The money belongs to you, but you don't have access, but we continue to accrue interest on it, thus allowing us to make money off of your money. Gotta love capitalism. @kernowlass wrote: This is a user to user forum and not paypal customer services so no one here knows about your email. However this may help from paypals help pages and it has nothing to do with selling on ebay as paypal hold payments for new sellers as well. >>>> When some sellers receive payments, we may hold the money in their pending balance for up to 21 days. We want to make sure that there are no problems with the orders, such as disputes, claims, returns, or chargebacks. After we determine that the order was fulfilled and the customer is satisfied, we may release the money earlier. If we place your money in a pending balance, it belongs to you but isn't immediately available to spend or withdraw. We'll let you know if payments on your account are held. We'll also let you know what steps you can take to have your money released earlier. If your PayPal account was already limited, you'll need to lift those limits before you complete the steps to release your payments.
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