Ebay and paypal SUCK!!!!!!

[rockwerks]

time to check out alternatives for us here........how about google checkout?

[Spot Me 2]

Update. The buyer left me positive feedback last night. The money is still on hold. I called to find out why. It will take paypal 3 days to clear the hold. The company has become a complete joke!!!

[Norcal2500HD]

I have 2 friends that work for paypal and even they refuse to use it. It is nice having someone on the inside to take care of issues though....

[Meniscus]

First of all, what number do you have where you spoke to someone in the US? SHARE SHARE SHARE!!!!

Second, what happened to the good old global yard sale? I miss that...

Third, I vote you hold their money on/for your future sales. (think "Office Space")

[Meniscus]

You could always try

Maybe you can bill them for the difference of opportunity cost! And you're sure they aren't in real estate?

OK, I'll stop now...

[Boatman]

I got this tonight. Sold something on ebay and payment was sent and is now ON HOLD SHIP NOW from paypal. FOR 21 DAYS. What a load. I am refunding the money to buyer and will never sell on ebay again. YES, NEVER. I have almost 50 rating 100% on ebay and they want to hold my money. I called them and they said to use other funding source to print shipping label. F them.

[Ub Hauled]

I just bough something on fleabay, and the buyer never complained. When one buys via PP the money is released right away, there is no cooling off period... the buyer gets the money a few minutes after the transaction. This leads me to think that if the buyer sends funds linked to their bank accounts directly it should not be a problem, if they use a credit card, debit or any other means where the money stays in "escrow" for a while it is a problem until it clears. They cannot hold your money if there was actual funding, that is borderline illegal.
Now flagging your account as suspicious just cause someone got lazy is bull... that's ridiculous (to keep it PG).

[Ub Hauled]

I have 2 friends that work for paypal and even they refuse to use it. It is nice having someone on the inside to take care of issues though....

This is very interesting... w/o giving is any names, can you give us some insights?
I'd like to know the company that has a lot of my personal info a bit better... since the customer ph# is nearly impossible to find, this would be a good way for us to know something.
Thanks in advance.

[domwilson]

Google'd this info. for Paypal customer service...

Toll Free for Business/Premier, USA & Canada: 1-888-221-1161 / 1-888-204-4481

Personal Accounts: 1-402-935-2050

PayPal UK: 0870 7307 191

They are open between the following hours:

4:00 AM PDT to 10:00 PM PDT Monday through Friday
6:00 AM PDT to 8:00 PM PDT on Saturday and Sunday

[Ub Hauled]

Excellent!!!!

[beatyourtruck]

Hmmm....I just bought a boat a couple of weeks ago, payment was sent and received right away and they shipped right away. No problems at all. I have been using ebay and pp for many years. Perhaps I slipped inside of this new "policy" or something else is going on? There might be some new equation that they are using comparing number of purchases & sales/feedbacks received/time frame?

I HATE the new feedback system where you can not leave negative feedback!?! What!?!?! that in itself is crazy...why even have feedback if you can not call out a bad seller/buyer?!?!?

[AndyKunz]

It's because you haven't done enough business, and it's clearly explained.

As soon as you get the positive feedback, your money will magically appear in your PayPal account.

I used PayPal for years for my business and it was ALWAYS great to deal with them. Maybe pumping $30K a year through them made them like me more, but they were always good to deal with. I have friends who make a living from ebay who otherwise wouldn't be able to provide well for their families. It's a fantastic tool and enabler.

Next time, read the fine print. It's not in bold, but it's not in micro print either.

Andy

[Boatman]

Well it has nothing to do with bank acct, e-check, transaction numbers. It is just random. You guys will find out if you sell on ebay. It doesnt happen all the time. You WILL find out. It is over and it is what it is. My wife does almost 40K a year through them and when its direct from person to person it does not appy. Only through ebay. You will see someday, and you will then be on this very thread...

[AndyKunz]

It isn't random, dude! Check out the ebay policy. If you have a low rating (ie, you haven't sold enough and had good feedback) you wait EITHER 3 weeks or until you get a good rating for that transaction, and then the money appears. Until last year I did 30K/year selling ESCs thru PayPal and it was never held BECAUSE it wasn't thru ebay. A few months ago I was selling off a bunch of kits and because I don't use ebay much I had to wait up to 3 weeks for the first few payments to be cleared (one guy took 2 weeks to send my feedback because he didn't buy much and didn't know the policy).

Andy

[Boatman]

ok dude. 50 transactions is low I guess and 100% is pretty bad I suppose as well. sorry.

EDIT::: through paypal it doesnt apply. just ebay. Your cool Andy Its just a sore subject cause I have never screwed anyone and I feel I am punished.