Nothing has happened and I would be surprised if something does happen. When I asked the same question as you may see in this thread, I was cleverly (not) advised to send my money in another country so that my friends could transfer the funds to their bank and then send it over to me. Or buy staff on the internet... I had 4000 USD in my paypal, not knowing that in Qatar you are not able to withdraw as this is not clearly specified and I ended up having to use other people's accounts in other countries so as to take my money out. I ended up losing about 700$ in fees during the process which was so unacceptable and of course made me furious, but I literally had no choice. I stoped using paypal for business and I am using other ways now. I only use paypal only if I want to buy a pair of shoes or something. I tried really hard to solve this, most of my emails to customer service remained unreplied and I had to call more than once long distance so as to actually speak with someone from paypal. Paypal is blaiming the Qatari governemnt for this, saying that the central bank here doesnt allow this or something. For me, it's 100% paypal's fault that i lost so much money on fees and had to struggle so much so as to find a solution. PAYPAL SHOULD HAVE A NOTICE IN BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS TO ANYONE OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT IN QATAR SAYING: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WITHDRAWN YOUR MONEY FROM PAYPAL UNLESS YOU HAVE A US BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE PROCEED WITH OPENING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT. Then, it's up to you to decide and you are responsible for agreeing. On top of that, paypal in Qatar doesn't allow you to send money as friends and family so again, you have to pay fees for every simple transaction. Unacceptabel service for a company that wants to be no1 in online funds transaction.
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