@mollysdad No idea, but that's their policy. You only get credit fairly instantly for "when" you paid to avoid late fees: https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/when-will-my-paypal-credit-payment-post-faq2844 "All payments may take up to 3-5 business days from the date they’re processed to show on your account. Please allow up to 8 days for your payment to reflect on your available credit." But what if you accidentally made a double payment? It has happened to people and they wanted to cancel it, this extra time may give PayPal a chance to cancel it.
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