Pending payments not showing on activity

[SarahJpatterson]

I am hoping for some advice

I recently sold my dining table on facebook marketplace for $500 - I asked the seller to pay via paypal.....  seems like a mistake now.  So I hope someone can help me.

As soon as the person paid I got an email saying this payment has been held as I don't have a business transaction account and the person sending the money would be required to pay an additional $450 for the payment to be released?!

I can't even see the transaction on my activity page.  There is nothing at all for this payment.

I also have two email addresses on my PayPal account and the transaction went to the one that wasn't primary - I switched the email address to where the money was sent and still doesn't show.

There is also no option for them to cancel the transaction.

Any help with location / pending or cancellation would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

[kernowlass]

@SarahJpatterson 

You never pay any upfront fee as a seller.

Ignore scammers that send fake Paypal emails telling you that you need to pay an upfront fee to verify/upgrade/or any other reason to 'accept' a payment.

You would certainly never have to send funds via another payment processor/bitcoins/ or tokens/vouchers of any sort.

Any fee is auto deducted by Paypal at the same instant the remainder of the payment is credited to your Paypal account balance.

No funds in your balance = you have not yet been paid, even pending/held payments will still show in your Paypal account activity.

[SarahJpatterson]

Thank you