Been member of Ebay since 1999, sell items once in and while. Mostly buy. Well, opened 2nd account then everything went down hill from there. Both my accounts kept getting restricted within 60 days they have now told me I cannot sell period on Ebay. I have over 900 positive feedback with only 1 negative. [...]
My account was limited with “no appeal” because my husband’s account was permanently limited. They had no basis to limit my husband’s account; he had several thousand A+ sales, and because one person complained and insinuated he was selling a counterfeit item, Paypal suspended his account, then later, mine, with no grounds whatsoever. Submitted By:: [...]
Paypal limited my account permanately right before christmas and the only thing I used pay pal for was getting paid through my employers and that’s the only way they pay their employees or u can’t work for them ( except for 1 purchase I made that went sour according to them) so when they limited [...]
-21 day hold for things that aren’t my fault -VERY poor customer service – on the phone for 4 1/2 hours, and thats just today. -offers other country site, but doesn’t set up ways of dealing with that country – even after you told them about it. There is a lot more! Very cold company [...]
Well, what happened to many other PayPal victims, it happened to me also. For more than 2 years, I haven`t had any problems, but exactly now when my wife is suffering from Cancer I purchased some Items on Ebay and wanted to help her, as usually I paid per PayPal and then unexpectedly I received [...]
My personal paypal account was “limited”. WTF? I have two possible conclusions (from what I have researched online, since Paypal offered NO real explanation and won’t until I provide sensitive personal and financial info!): 1) I happened to be using an anonymous proxy while transferring funds?? 2) The funds(just $100) were a DONATION for a [...]
OK so I get a message when trying to pay an eBay purchase that says they can not fund because I am over my limit???? Now I use my CitiBank credit card have never had a problem or blemish with paypal and have plenty of credit on my card. I call Paypal and they say [...]
After almost 2 years of using PayPal and making a few purchases on eBay, I get limited for a stupidass reason. I e-mailed them and figure they wouldn’t reply so I called them and they said that the reason was that It’s too much of a risk for me to be using PayPal? I told [...]
3 months ago PayPal has limited my account without any reasonable explanation and hijacked 40$ on it. They do not answer to my e-mails and over the phone they always promiss to sort things out but they never did, so I stopped calling them and waste further my money. Now EBay wants me to pay [...]
I’ve always had problems with ebay and paypal. It’s cost me my brick and morter business when ebay billed me incorrectly and paypal held funds so I couldn’t pay ebay. My latest is that they decided to place an up to 21 day hold on my sells, even though I havn’t had any problems with [...]
Been with them lousy people for 3 years and out of the blue i am limited on my account after i got a payment for 45.00 from ebates and the csr said i was in violation of their policy and they are not going to do business with me anymore i had 100% + feedback [...]
Paypal limited my account for no real reason and are “investigating” my monthly payment to ebay. I rang them the person I spoke to could not see any reason and told me the account would be sorted within two hours. I immediately received an email saying their decision was final. I rang back but was [...]
Having been with Paypal for at least 7 years, I suddenly found I had account limitation. It was locked, no explanations, nothing. Their email advises to go to resolution centre etc.. but the links they talk about in the email, don’t even exist. I call them, they tell me there are “multiple” accounts associated with [...]
Paypal restricted my account pending their “review”. They said it was going to take 14 days, it has been a month now. The website says that I can remove my credit cards or bank accounts while my account is restricted, however this is not the case – the only choices it offers are edit and [...]
First of all ebay restricted my account indefinitely and refuses to reinstate it even after 6 months of no sales. After 4 hours on the phone and 3 times they hung up on me, they still refused to reinstate my seller account. So my husband opens a new account and they are holding our money [...]
Paypal has limited my account for the second time in approximately 30 days. The first time, after calls, emails, etc- and no help—i finally reached someone who researched it and lifted the limitation and who told me it should not have happened. Now, it’s happened again–i spoke with ‘ricky’ and ‘fred’ this evening–they, of course, [...]
I don’t know why paypal limited my account for 180 days. Before the 180 days limitation i was given an email that paypal suspended my account for login with multiple IP’s at the same time, but I didn’t do that. They asked my to solve the problem by visiting resolution center. They gave me step-by-step [...]
My account got permenantley limited due to “excessive risk” , when asked what risk they said it must be due to a dispute but they could not tell me the exact reason due to them having “limited info available”. when i appealed limitation they changed their minds and said it is due to “security issues” [...]
Hello, Paypal limited my account without any reason right after I received one payment. Im trying to contact them, but they always says same empty words. Last email I got from them is this: “We’ve reviewed your PayPal account and determined there is excessive risk involved in doing business with you. To minimize the disruption [...]
I had a paypal account which got limited recently. I have not done any fraud and there is no charge back in my account. A customer has paid $250 to our business account and suddenly paypal stopped processing it and my account got limited. I have escalated the matter to their 3rd level and folks [...]
Well I was selling web graphics online in forums, when I withrawed money first time everything was ok but when I tried to withrawed money second time they limited me for violation. I called them like 400 times, also contacted them by e-mail but they can’t help me, once is limited the can not fix [...]
I have had my eBay account closed and also my paypal account closed. Basically i deposited around $200 in to my account so i could go on some betting sites. I have won $1800 for which is now in my paypal account. They have closed my account and told me i cant have the money [...]
I created a web site using PayPal and e-Junkie. I had $250 in sales in the first week. Then PayPal decided they didn’t like the merchandise I was selling and limited my account. They then cancelled my agreement with e-Junkie (without my permission) and tell me that my funds will be held for 180 days. [...]
Paypal is holding my funds! I have a perfect selling record and they want me to ship my item before I have my money and then wait three days before I get it. They have never held my funds before and when I called them they said I needed to sell 25 items every 90 [...]
My PayPal account was limited when I found an ad for a PayPal debit card on their website. I submitted the form, thinking that maybe it would be a nice convenience to have such a card. But PayPal used that application as an excuse to limit my account. That is the ONLY reason they gave [...]
PayPal keeps putting limits on my account, then taking them off, then putting them back on again, for NO reason. I work very hard and have Excellent ratings on Ebay, with very satisfied customers. I work hard to offer extremely low prices, I actually lose money on shipping, have always shipped on time, and they [...]
I have only sold one item on ebay using paypal. It went very smoothly. Other than that I have only paid for purchases using my account. Today I get an email saying “We reviewed your account and determined that there’s a relatively higher than average risk of future transaction issues (such as claims, or chargebacks, [...]
I have used paypal a lot over the past 2 years and now I am having problems with them keep limiting my account, I have lost over $200 from these idiots. I called them on the phone they ask one question which was what was my SSN when I told them the lady said there [...]
We’re local artists. Paypal has been freezing our account, without cause for the last 4 months, taking their fee and not allowing us access to funds. When called they told us it was a one time thing. This is the third time now. This morning we read about the screwing kids over for Christmas and [...]
After two years of using a verified, chargeback-free, positive balance Paypal account, my account was limited for ‘suspicious activity’ for requesting a $4.75 label refund for mangled postage. The account review specialist found a many years old account that had been overdrawn via ACH by my ex, using a debit card issued with his own [...]
so first off i start selling stuff on ebay making over 500$ i decide to apply for a debit card because i was watching judge judy and it happend to be about paypal how funny paypal in court yeah no there probably in court 24/7 so i send out my items have 500$ ready to [...]
I have 2 PayPal accounts both linked to my CIBC bank but to completely different bank accounts.Recently PayPal informed me that they limited account #1. After several emails to them I finally figured out that all I was getting was an automated reply that kept sending me different replies and no specific answers. Next step [...]
I have been a UK PayPal member since 2001 with an unblemished record. I run a handful of websites. No refund requests, no chargebacks. But out of the blue I get a “Account Limited Permanently” notice stating that I must remove all the PayPal buttons and references to all my websites. They go on to [...]
Paypal sent me an email stating that my account had been limited. I called and spoke to a customer service rep who could not find anything wrong with my account so she sent it for review. I received another email from paypal the next day stating that my review had been denied. I called paypal [...]
SUSPENED FOR 180 DAYS OVER $400 FOR NO REASON. I HAVE 58 ITEMS TO SEND AND NO MONEY TO SEND THEM AS I’VE ORDERED MORE STOCK. PAYPAL ARE SAYING; TOUGH, ROB YA NANS PURSE. COMPLETEY RUDE DISGUSTING AND EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL. WILL NEVER EVER USE THEIR CRAP-ASS “SERVICE” AGAIN Submitted By:: R. HALLOWS Location-: edinburgh
I had an account limited from over three years ago do to THIER mix which froze my account. With that about 20 people failed to get their items they ordered from us off of ebay and I was not able to make refunds at that time. I had to take it all down and pay [...]
I have had terrible experiences with paypal, I am a POWER SELLER on ebay, paypal has repeatedly froze my accounts, and funds (now in the hundreds of dollars) and they will not tell me why, allow me to appeal it, or get any money back,, ebay power seller support says that i should just used [...]
Selling on ebay had 2 accounts blocked selling items from China, other people are selling the same products to this day but we cant for some reason, (used own text and images no trade mark logos used ) – 2 Accounts blocked on pay pal, managed to unblock 1 account but if i sell something [...]
PayPal is holding $1000.00 of my money which is preventing me from being able to ship out items promptly and they use that as a excuse to continue holding my money. I created a petition to get this stopped immediately. Its the holidays and I’m unable to go shopping for my friends and family because [...]
I paid for an item on a Friday. On Sunday I got an email saying my account had been limited and that my funds were frozen. I have had this account for 3 years and never experienced such a thing. When I called and asked why, the first person responded by saying ” we dont [...]
so paypal will hold your money for no reason if you sold your item on ebay. THIS IS THE STUPIDEST BULLSHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN. unless the buyers give you positive feedback, and most buyers do that after a month or so when you send a request for feedback. this shit is so stupid… i [...]
My PayPal account was limited sometime in April I think. This essentially means that the account is closed because it is not useable. A person can sign into paypal but not use it to do anything. No paying for things with paypal, no sending or receiving funds. Nothing. According to the written information on the [...]
It’s taken over 6 months now to work on openning a paypal account for our registered tax-deductable charity in Switzerland. It is still a limited account despite over 20 emails being sent and 13 different documents being uploaded and emailed to verify our organization. Every single request I have complied with and when at last [...]
we use our account for our vacation rental which has many transactions in on-season to hold a reservation, pay for the rental and deposit refund at departure. During the end of on-season, Paypal froze my accounts with a balance of $6000, and now require bank statements, proof of house ownership, and contracts to get our [...]
I purchased merchandise from an online business, and charged it to my Visa through PayPal. The package never made it to me, so I disputed the charge with my credit card bank (granted) and with PayPal. PayPal never responded about the dispute, so I thought the matter was resolved. More than two months after the [...]
My bank requires me to generate a virtual credit card online at their site. I can use that virtual card only once for online purchase after which the card gets void. Every time I need to pay for something online (ebay) i need to add a new card to my paypal account. Because of frequent [...]
I have not used my PayPal acct for over a year. It is a personal account, only ever been used a handful of times to buy stuff from Ebay. I have been notified that the account is now limited. When I asked why, the PayPal reps refused to tell me. My ‘Why’ question has now [...]
Our PayPal account has been limited, here is our complaint regarding our limited account- a) We have sent all the documents PayPal is requiring in order to remove the limitation on our account. These were sent as soon as possible, but Paypal is delaying the process on purpose and it is really annoying. b) The [...]
I put up a website for a software engineering and eCommerce class I teach. Within hours of putting it up Paypal sends me a message claiming I used it and Paypal to sell fake items. The website works like a real website, except there are no payments connected to the site. So Paypal reversed my withdrawls and limited my account. Anyone [...]
I recently logged into my Paypal account only to find the “limited” notification. After contacting Paypal they report that someone with the same name was linked to my account with a negative balance. After further investigation I find out that my adult son has had his own paypal account and had a bad transaction 2 [...]
I just moved to China to work recently and used my Australia PayPal account to pay for a service I have been using for years. PayPal must have some how detected I am at different location and froze my account altogether. This is a surprise to me because in the past years I have accessed [...]
A customer that bought some goods from me sent me an email regarding the tracking details of the parcel I sent him. He apparently did not check his email because he filed a dispute 4 hours after I sent the email. PayPal then closed my account with them and my ebay account. The next day the [...]
Paypal sent me an email saying my account was limited because it was linked to another acct that had violated paypal’s acceptable use policy and customer’s who violate paypal’s acceptable use policy are permanently limited and therefore my acct was permanently limited…(which does not follow logically) Below is the letter I received- “We are hereby [...]
Ok, so I opened a Paypal account a few months back. Jumped thru all of the hoops to get verified. Ok fine. Sent my daughter a couple of payments to help her with some bills and other things. Her and her family were out of town on vacation and I told her I would send [...]
This is a complaint to make everyone aware of the unfair business practices Paypal uses in regards to their users’ financial information. I wish to solicit ideas from others who experienced their behavior in order to figure out how to resolve this, as I have attempted to reason with them to no avail. This is [...]
My mother recently had her Paypal hacked into and they caused a big mess of it. Understandably, they limited her account until the situation was resolved. She was required to send various paperwork such as proof of address, ID etc.. Then a week later, Paypal blocked my account too! They stated that it was because [...]
On March 15th, I received an email from Paypal stating my account was limited. The reason for the limitation according to PayPal is as follows- “Our system detected that multiple PayPal accounts contain registration information similar to yours”. I went to the resolution center on Paypal to contact them and was given a web pin, [...]
Pay Pal has Limited my account in Sweden after 1 week usage. It has been limited for 4 weeks now and no resolution available 180611. I have answered all their questions correctly however they insist that I need to have a credit card to verify my account. I do not have a credit card and [...]
I’ve been a subscriber with Paypal since 2002, and have been in good standing all the while. Recently, my 16 year old son got me in hot water though. He has had a Paypal account for a year or more, and has had no issues (although now I find out he was not supposed to [...]
Pay Pal has locked my account so that I can not make any more payments. I am an ordinary person and have not done any money laundering or other illegal activities. Pay Pal locked my account because I received more than 2500 USD to my account (accumulated this year 2011). It seems to be an impossible process [...]
I would like to present you with a situation completly discriminating, of how PayPal treats their customers- I have opened an account with PayPal and have verified it with a credit card attached to my account. The credit card appears as verified. I then received the amount of USD 750 from the affiliation forex trading Anyoption.com, PayPal [...]
My business had collapsed back in 2010 and so I closed my PayPal account at that time. I am now re-launching my business and wanted to start using PayPal again. I called PayPal to reopen my account, and was told that there had been a chargeback after I had closed it. PayPal told me that [...]
I have about $355 ebay gift cards linked to my permanently limited Paypal account about 7 months ago. I thought after the 6-month waiting period, I would be able to withdraw money from ebay gift cards that I fully paid for. However, Paypal told me that ebay gift cards are not refundable, and once ebay [...]
I withdrew funds from my PayPal account to my bank & without any prior notice PayPal reversed & canceled the transaction. Then, 4 or 5 hours later, they tagged my account “limited” all wo/ my consent or knowledge. No advance notice, just took it upon themselves to hold my money for ransom. My PayPal account was in good standing [...]
Finally sold something and used Paypal as the payment option. The buyer tried to transfer funds into her Paypal account. PayPal told her it would take 5 days to do the transfer. Once the 5 days was up, she was able to transfer the money to me. PayPal charged me a $35.00 fee for the [...]
On March 15th, I received an email from Paypal stating that my account was limited because “Our system detected that multiple PayPal accounts contain registration information similar to yours”. I went to the resolution center on Paypal to contact them and was given a web pin, so I called. After listening to the recorded message [...]
My company handles a proprietary line of apparel and related accessories for a Sporting Organization who has about 270 offices throughout the USA & Canada. Along with this the organization also maintains a membership list of over a million people. In addition to the apparel site we own and operate for them, we thought that [...]
I have been a seller on Ebay for over 8 years with no negative feedback. Recently I stopped selling due to other work commitments, and have only made a few purchases on Ebay. When Ebay kept invoicing me for running a store, my balance went into the negative. And instead of me owing them money [...]
I have been selling my extensive personal collection of DVDs and Blurays via eBay and was doing quite well with it. 10 days ago, I discovered my Paypal account was limited and they were requesting further information. I thought that was annoying, but fair, as I had been doing ok with my selling and they [...]
I personally hate credit cards and debit cards and I choose not to get one. Surely, I don’t have plans to get one in the future and go through a lot of processes just to get my PayPal account limit removed. I will only use an ATM. Paypal doesn’t have the right to limit my access [...]
I was a PayPal user in good standing for over five years. While trying to make a small purchase I found out they put a limitation on my account. I could no longer use PayPal unless I gave them my bank account information. They have had my major credit card number for five years ($25,000 limit) [...]
On March 15th, I received an email from Paypal stating my account was limited- “Our system detected that multiple PayPal accounts contain registration information similar to yours”. I went to the resolution center on Paypal to contact them and was given a web pin, so I called. After listening to the recorded message I was [...]
After I applied for a PayPal debit card, all of a sudden my PayPal account was limited. Then I was requested to upload a copy of my drivers license, social security card and bank statement- which I did, as a matter of fact 3 times, to get the compliance to restore my account. I also spoke with [...]
We are a department of a leading Portuguese university and we are organizing a Conference and this moment we cannot use the participant fees paid through PayPal to pay all the congress expenses because our PayPal account is blocked since March 10 due to the lack of documentation required for the European Union Anti-Money Laundering [...]
I had 24 silver dollars and sold them on Ebay because I needed the money. Now PayPal wants to see the receipts for them. I had them for years and can’t provide them any proof. They locked my account and I can’t get the money. Now I don’t have the money nor the silver dollars. [...]
I was selling some used computer parts on ebay, total items sold was 4. After receiving the payments which totaled $780, I tried to withdraw the money to my bank account. However, PayPal decided it was too risky for them so they limited my account. My PayPal account is verified, they have information about my bank [...]
I have had a similar experience to others with Paypal, and am unable to access my money despite sending numerous files to re-verify who I am (including drivers licence, passport, tax file number- etc etc.) This was the first sale I made using ebay, and I thought since I had used Paypal to send money [...]
I have a problem with PayPal, my account was limited in December of 2010 because I received more then 2500€ in my account (EU regulation). 22.12.2010 I sent Paypal the copies of my passport, driving licence, and ID card. In January I sent Paypal the copies of my bank account statement, the invoice of insurance from Alianz, my mobile phone invoice, the [...]
PayPal limited my account claiming that another PayPal account was attached to my old email address. The thing is, I never attached any PayPal account to this email address, and it’s an address that is almost ten years old. I called PayPal’s ‘customer service’ and tried explaining this to them, but their attitude was that nothing can be [...]
PayPal I guess tried to send me a replacement debit card while I was deployed. Naturally I didn’t get it, so after replying to the dozen or so emails to activate a card I didn’t actually have I had to re-apply with a credit check to get a replacement debit card. I then got an [...]
I posted an ad on craigslist selling a few items, and the person who responed to my ad was from New Jersey. When he emailed me about my items I explained to him where I was from and that he was in the wrong section of craigslist. He said it didn’t matter that he really [...]
I am a seller on ebay and opened a new PayPal account in November, I have nearly £2000 in my account. Paypal asked me to verify my account, and was waiting for the verification deposits to go into my bank before. Today i realized that my PayPal account has been limited, so I called them up and asked them [...]
Message upon log in: “This account has been permanently locked with a £0.00 GBP balance. All information associated with this account has been blocked from the PayPal system and cannot be registered with another account.” Submitted By:: Cheri Martin Location: Nottingham/UK
Account balance was frozen when reached £1900.00. Have been trying since November to get the limitation lifted – have provided every piece of information requested by fax and uploaded directly via’ the resolution center. It is now January and still in the same position. Have begged them to get someone to call me to discuss [...]
Hello, I have a problem similar to this complaint. I am under 18 and I have used paypal for about 2 years. I have had over 50 sucessful transactions. I recently put 750 dollars on my account from a Paypal Moneypak to order something for my uncle. I have don’t have a limit on my [...]
I listed 2 separate items on eBay. The buyer contacted me and wanted to combine the two items and purchase them at a discount, to which I agreed. The buyer paid by Paypal on Dec 6th, but after she received the item she contacted me to say it wasn’t what she thought..even though there were [...]
Paypal has frozen my account, this is the second time they have done this and I have no idea why this keeps happening. The first time they hadn’t verified my account, although it was registered as verified on the system, but I had reached a payment limit. Now they seem to be unhappy with a payment [...]
I now have about $3,600 in my Paypal account. I was selling on ebay and everyone was happy, I never received a single negative feedback. But when my balance reached $2,000 PayPal limited my account and told me I had to go to the resolution center, and that they need some information from me. So I submitted [...]
An email from PayPal after they limited my account due to a security breech. Notice the very ironic header of the email- “PayPal- The safer, easier way to pay online. Why use PayPal? Use your credit card or bank account without exposing your financial information to merchants. Dear PayPal user, We recently reviewed your account and [...]
I purchased a sword on eBay. When I tried to send the payment to the seller, however, PayPal put a limitation on my account and are holding the $89.99 payment that I authorized to the seller. Now, not only am I unable to receive the item I tried to purchase, but the seller cannot receive the [...]
Pay pal is saying that I am a high risk, and they have limited my account. I have 100% positive feedback on ebay, with no complaints what so ever. Pay pal will not let me access my own money for 180 days, and all the while the merchandise that I have sold on ebay is happily being [...]
My account was frozen for no reason. I sent all the information they required for verification, and my account was closed regardless. PayPal simply said that there was no appealing, and the account would not be reopened. Nothing more ! I have had the PayPal account for over 4 years with no problems. Then, boom! they [...]
I am livid with PayPal. I bought a web site for $6k, and immediately tried to upgrade my PayPal account to a business account. However, PayPal’s system would not let me. I called them regarding the issue (after having problems with the customer service phone number) and the PayPal representative said they would have to [...]
My son had a PayPal account for a year with no issues selling or buying. Once he applied for a PayPal debit card, PayPal limited his Account. They advised it was because he was under 18. So, as an adult I opened an account with my son as a Student and requested the funds be [...]
On the 29th of October, Paypal limited my account. Since then I have called and emailed them repeatedly, but PayPal is refusing to remove the limitation from the account. They explained to me that they have limited my account because it is a possible “high risk”, and because of my “association” with another limited account [...]
After 5 years of using PayPal for my Ebay auctions, PayPal limited my account. I have 100% positive feedback on Ebay, and the limited PayPal account came out of the blue. PayPal was requesting all kinds of personal info, but no matter what I sent to them they kept the account limited to where I [...]
I have been using Paypal for 9 years only to have them close down my company. First of all, I applied for a paypal debit card and to my surpise I found my account frozen after doing so. I called paypay 4 or 5 times, waiting an hour to talk to them each time. I [...]
I have been using PayPal to make purchases on eBay and have had no problems with PayPal until I opened a student accounts for my kids. After opening the student accounts, PayPal froze my own account for no apparent reason. When I called PayPal customer service to resolve the matter, I was told that there were transactions [...]
For a couple years I’ve sold intermittently on eBay. Old CDs, movies, stuff like that. This summer, my mother in law who is a licensed hair stylist told me about some new hair products she was selling. She said that it was a really good business, and even suggested I put it online to make extra [...]
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, when I tried to withdraw the money from PayPal into my checking account, they immediately put my account on limited status. I need [...]
