I'm new to PayPal and EBay and I'm struggling to understand why anyone uses it. Am I missing something? I was a first time seller on EBay so after I sold my item I had to wait 5 days before my funds were available - fair enough, I understood that they wanted to make sure there were no problems, I was okay with that. But, today my funds became available and I have Withdrawn the Money into my UK Cooperative Bank Account but it is currently listed in my account as 'pending' and that the money won't be in my bank account for another 3-5 working days. Why do I have to wait another 3-5 working days to receive my cash? I have already verified my bank account. When I also take into consideration that I have paid PayPal £14 in charges and about £44 to EBay for selling it, for my cash to be then withheld for almost 2 weeks, it makes me wonder why anyone does this? I could have sold it on another selling site for less cash and actually been better off and have the cash in my hand already. I'm failing to see why this is so popular? Can someone enlighten me? A very frustrated and annoyed PayPal user
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