Earlier today, I was notified by PayPal that a hold was placed on my account and my funds would not be released for 21 days. I was very upset because I was given no notice and because it appeared by my shop met all the criteria necessary to avoid fund withholding. I have been a long-time eBay/PayPal user and never had any problems, had all positive feedback, etc. I posted an angry post here. I thought it was a new policy. After I cooled off, I read the Terms of Service and called the call center for PayPal. After reviewing my acount, they determined that the problem was that my PayPal account was not linked to my eBay account. If you are having this issue, you should check this: Go to Profile. In the 3rd column see Auctions. Click on that and enter your ebay account and password if it isn't there. The hold was taken off my account, the call center person was polite and helpful. This evening I got the following response to my post from PayPal employee, SurplusDealDude: " Oh, get REAL - paypal announced this a long time ago - sellers had plenty of notice. If you can't live with it, close your Paypal account and set up merchant banking instead. " I'm glad I called PayPal and didn't just rely on assistance from SurplusDealDude! Here's the phone number: Login, Click "Contact Us", Click "Customer Service Center"
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