Re: Ebay and PayPal Policies
I have had this happen to me and I got a bullshit message about it being for my protection.
The hold is waved if you have enough history of selling. But I suspect in my case the real reason it was held was because the buyer had just signed up and made first purchase. Ebay thinks this may be fraudulent use of a card for payment so won't let you take the money as you could just take money and stop any charge backs. If it was card fraud then you lose out unless you can convince ebay to pay up. They won't tell you that though.
Just mail the buyer and tell them ebay has put a hold on payment and that you won't release item until they do. Also in future spell it out in selling terms that you won't ship until ebay release the funds.
Banks are bastards
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Did you check the "Immediate payment required" option? (I've never seen the scenario that you described...)
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They did that to me once. As soon as I received notice of what they did and how much they were holding - without paying me interest while they used my money - I called them and was told that that was policy. I asked for a supervisor and was tol the same thing. I asked for his supervisor and in very strong language explained that I expected the monies to be deposited in my bank within 24 hours or I would immediately file small claims court proceedings.
The money was in my bank the next day.
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FeeBay and Pay-thru-the-nose-Pal continue to get worse and worse and worse. I quit greedBay and Pay-me-all-of-it-Pal years ago.
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Originally Posted by
Mike1234
FeeBay and Pay-thru-the-nose-Pal continue to get worse and worse and worse. I quit greedBay and Pay-me-all-of-it-Pal years ago.
With all due respect to your (probably correct!!) feelings
to eBay/PayPal, for the sake of those still not fully p#ssed off with it, can we please try to let the information, rather than the vitriol, come out in this thread?
Otherwise, I feel that your sentiment will be reiterated ad nauseum!!
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a few questions.
did you verify your bank address, and maybe SS #? this will make using some features easy and it will give your account more credibility. this may help. i do not know. i have to verify the above to be able to with drawl more than $500 per month. i have had no problems so far.
i think it will only hurt you to hold the item for 21 days......your innocent buyer will be the only affected party. just add a nice not e saying you have left him pos feedback and would the buyer please do this after the item has been received. most people are good......
my wife has just opened a PP account (and e bay!....she has been "gambling" already!) so i will see what happens to her and see if we can get the cash any other way or faster.....maybe i will buy something form her just to make the test.
i try and play within the PP rules....so far so good. a few things to keep in mind. i insure the package no matter what. i assume ebay and PP will not cover me. PP sellers protection appears to be only non delivery or unauthorized signature....nothing else. i use the PO insurance. anything over $300 gets you a signature that you need for PP by default. paying the $2 for signature confirm is not worth it....you may as well just buy the insurance.
a second more important thing i learned is that PP does not warranty the goods condition. i learned this from a forum member here....he got screwed by another forum member a while back. basically IF you buy something and you are suspect of the buyer or just want to be covered USE your credit card as the funding source! for example if you buy a watch and a rock comes inside the package PP will not cover you! (your CC should and ebay goods are covered) they say they do not warranties condition! that is just F ed up......
oh! i also ship 90% of the stuff priority mail....fast and cheap if you are going a long way. neither you or the buyer will have to wait to long this way. NY-Ca takes 2 days usually. so if you go PM and ask the buyer ti leave pos feedback you should have your money in 3-5 days. (about as long as an e check takes)
please keep us posted on how this goes and when/if you have this hold lifted in the future. OH! maybe if you have proof of delivery you will get your $$ sooner.
eddie
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As others have stated - this happens when you do not sell very often on eBay. They will hold your money for 21 days or until your buyer has left positive feedback. I don't think there is anything you can do about it - eBay and Paypal have gotten very buyer-only oriented - they seem to think that sellers are by default crooks. The pendulum has swung too far IMHO.
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Interestingly, while PayPal is obligatory for sellers on most of the English language feeBay sites (USA, UK, Australia), it is not on feeBay Canada. You could still list (mind you I have not done so in some time) on the Canada site even if you did not take PayPal.
I do not know for certain the reasons for that, but it may be related to Canadian banking laws. And with sincere apologies to ducks everywhere, it may be that if it walks like a banker and quacks like a banker, then it may be viewed as a banker by the Canadian banking laws. And if you do not comply, you do not play.
As a mandatory financial service, it would presumeably get closer observation than it would as a optional service.
Just some observations and speculation...
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Juergen Sattler
- eBay and Paypal have gotten very buyer-only oriented - they seem to think that sellers are by default crooks.
As a buyer-only, I disagree. To me they seem to be leaning over backwards for the sellers. Apparently it is an equal-opportunity screwer.