I empathise completely with anyone frustrated by not only ebay policies and timeframes for withholding payments but PayPal’s lengthy and seemingly unnecessary wait times for access to your money that has been refunded. Apparently depending on which balance you used I.e bank card, bank account or PayPal balance determines which timeframe you should expect. Why would it take 3-5 days for a refund to become available in your PayPal balance just because a seller may have issued a refund with funds not yet cleared from a bank account Or up to 30 days for funds to be returned to your bank account/card when the whole point behind having a middle man like PayPal who hold your funds in trust to provide buyer safety, ensure availability of funds in case of refunds or disputes etc is that the funds are already there and therefore shouldn’t be subject to any lengthy bank clearance wait times. As soon as I pay for something the moneys gone, ok it may take 2-3 days to clear but after that it’s there in the PayPal holding trust so how can it take up to a month to come back as a refund? Is anyone else wondering how much daily interest etc these withheld funds are making companies like PayPal?
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