Just recently, I noticed that I can no longer send money instantly to friends and family. I do this twice a month to pay my Ex wife child support. I have done this for years, with no issue. Last month, one of my payments was declined by my bank due to suspicious activity. That left a negative balance on my PayPal account for about a day or two (until I discovered it when she said it hasn't hit her bank yet). So I added money to cover the negative, and about a week later she finally received the money cleared as an eCheck. I thought, ok well that must be why, but next month should be back to normal. Not at all. So I noticed that when I try to send a F&F payment to her, it shows about a 7 day estimate to when it will be available to her. So I started researching different things to look for and try to no avail. I added another verified bank account and tried it from there thinking it might be because my main account was flagged somehow. Not it either. So I call customer service today, and they proceed to tell me that due to that ONE single time I had that discrepancy, that I have lost my ability to do instant transfers from checking accounts. Oh, but I can still pay the fee and do an instant transfer with my debit card! Of course I can! Has anybody experienced this before? Have you been successful in getting it reversed somehow? I could understand if this was a repeat issue, but after 15 years of being with PP, I have one issue that was beyond my control and PP decides I should lose my instant transfer privilege?
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