So, i fell foul of paypals 'legal' scam. I used to sell things for other people, charities, personal etc etc, i would set up paypal account with a mix of my own name and the person i was selling the goods for, i would get a cut of the profits. I never had any issues with setting up a bank account with any of these accounts, sometimes i would use the same bank account for mutiple paypal accounts, never at anytime was it queried that the name on the pp account didnt match the bank account name. Since this new EU legislation arrived and now PP seem to have gone from a money laundering service, to a 'legit' (LOL) bank, requiring people to identify themselves, i couldnt prove that i am the person on my pp account and i spoke to pp and explained the situation, i was told that it was common for people to use aliases and they do it all the time and just to send the documents in as they are and worst case scenario would be that they would close my account and ask me to open another one to which they would transfer the funds, i did this and instantly received the 'you cant use paypal anymore' lock down. It has now been over 180 days and pp are supposed to release the funds, i am still being asked to produce proof and have explained already that i cant, therefore what is going to happen to my money, are they just going to keep it ? i am supposed to recevie an email explaining how to rlease the funds but just keep getting asked to prove identity, so basically to get my money i am going to have to falsify documents to stop pp from stealing it, i dont see what else i can do. Why are the funds not just being transferred to the bank account on the pp account, its the correct account and then we can wipe our mouthes and move on and i wont ever have to use this disgusting service again. Im so happy that pp have been kicked off ebay, good riddance
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