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Posted by ppc on September 3, 2010 under Account Verification, Frozen Accounts | 
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We are a known and valid small business. We waited the stated 60 days to apply for a Paypal Debit card. We didn’t really need the Paypal Debit card, given that we’ve linked our own bank account to Paypal along with a card we already have Read more of this article »
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I recently sold an item on eBay for $700 because I need the money to pay my bills. The buyer promptly paid for the item, and I promptly mailed the package. However Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on August 28, 2010 under Account Verification, Frozen Accounts | Comments are off for this article
Before you can apply for the PayPal debit card, PayPal requires that your account be open for at least 60 days. So, I applied for the PayPal debit card as soon as the required 60 days had passed. During the application process, PayPal asked for verification of my business address, so I sent them a bank statement Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 19, 2010 under Policy Issues | Comments are off for this article
On 3rd May, I made a purchase via PayPal for a lifetime membership at http://www.animedownloadsonline.com. The correct amount was deducted from my PayPal account yet I never received the promised membership access. My emails to the seller were unanswered. Naively believing that PayPal would mediate in such a case, I raise a dispute with PayPal in hope that I could get the seller to respond and perhaps perform a refund Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 18, 2010 under Policy Issues | Comments are off for this article
I wanted to make a payment to a travel agent. Problem was that I was in Europe and even after entering id, password, etc, PayPal decides that I am a risk. So, I spent 43 minutes over the phone (international call) from the hotel entering twice my credit card number Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 16, 2010 under Policy Issues | Comments are off for this article
I have used PayPal for years and trusted them with my money, credit card numbers, personal information, etc.. One day I was notified by PayPal that some “suspicious” activity had occurred on my account. Since then my life has been Hell. Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 9, 2010 under Frozen Accounts, Policy Issues | Comments are off for this article
I’m the guy that posted here 2 posts back about PayPal holding around $100,000 of my money for 6 months. An update to the situation- Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 7, 2010 under Policy Issues | Comments are off for this article
On May 3, 2010 I received an e-mail from PayPal telling me that from now on the payments I received from my e-bay auctions would be held for up to 21 days. I was to provide PayPal with tracking info and receive satisfactory feedback before they would begin to review the transaction and then release the funds within a day or two of that Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on May 6, 2010 under Account Verification, Frozen Accounts | Comments are off for this article
So… I sell on eBay, as I am guessing a lot of you do… and I typically do anywhere from $3,000/day to $26,000/day… Happily withdrawing around once a week to the tune of $30,000+… All was going well for the first 4 months of running the account, with only the occasional limitation because “they think someone else was accessing my account” Read more of this article »
Posted by ppc on April 26, 2010 under Account Verification | Comments are off for this article
I use Ebay frequently with nearly 500 purchases, not a single bad mark on my feedback. Some years ago I set up a PayPal account which PayPal froze for three months without explanation. Because of this I opted to make my purchases using a credit card, in fact a PayPal sponsored credit card Read more of this article »