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Re: Payment on hold for the first time forever

by Lovesong3326 Contributor in My Money Archives
‎Nov-11-2019 03:03 PM
‎Nov-11-2019 03:03 PM
My concern is I finish the job (and it's a huge one, trust me) and then paypal is like "sorry we can't prove you actually gave the person their art" and then I lose all that money and time. ... View more

Payment on hold for the first time forever

by Lovesong3326 Contributor in My Money Archives
‎Nov-11-2019 02:54 PM
‎Nov-11-2019 02:54 PM
Hey there. I'm a digital artist and I have done many transactions over the past year and a half. They've never put any payments on hold. I've received higher payments than this even. No problem, ever. I've never had any disputes, if I can't finish something I refund the person every time. Now it says I may have to wait 21 days, but that I have to give proof that the person received the product? I can't give proof if it's digital art. In fact on the invoice I sent (that the client paid) was set as "digital goods". Is paypal seeing me as the risk or the buyer? If it's me, why is it only now that I'm a risk when I've taken much higher payments before with no issue? If it's the buyer I'd prefer to just refund them and not have to deal with this. Do I really have to wait 21 days? I'd rather just refund them and refuse their commission if that's the case. I tried the whole "add tracking info, order processed, etc" thing but when I do it just gives me an error saying they are experiencing site difficulties but it's been that way for 3 days. ... View more
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