They simply take the money, whenever they feel like it

Recently eBay / Paypal (they are THE SAME company!) has decided that they have the right to withdraw my eBay fees every ten days and regardless of invoice, from my bank account (for some reason they will not take these fees from the money of mine which they have ILLEAGALLY been holding as ‘unreleased’, now [...]

Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:46 am

How can PayPal get away with what they do

My account has been limited due to the £1900 threshold being met, but even though I have provided all the requested info to lift it, I still cannot access my own money from items I have slavishly put up for sale on ebay to try to earn a crust. According to Paypals own website I [...]

Posted on 16 May 2012 | 10:07 am

Happy buyer files Chargeback and now my account is Frozen

I sold an item for $1,200. The item was shipped, delivered and the buyer was happy. Weeks later, I received an email from PayPal notifying me that the buyer filed a “chargeback”. The reason “unauthorized payment”. After documenting all of the facts that the item was received by the buyer and there were no complaints [...]

Posted on 15 May 2012 | 11:28 am

Someone hijacked my PayPal account and I am treated like a criminal

I’ve had too many bad PayPal/EBay experiences over the years. Even though I’ve done over $200k in eBay/PayPal business; I’m still treated as an annoying bug on the wall. I’ve had my account stolen; password changed; blocked from getting in and meanwhile this same person made a sale than turned into a disputed transaction. This [...]

Posted on 14 May 2012 | 11:34 am

Sold gold coin on eBay, lost coin and money

I recently sold a Gold coin on Ebay for $950.00. The buyer paid me thru Paypal within 2 days and I shipped the item. As soon as the item shipped the buyer filed a chargeback with Paypal claiming the item was never purchased. Paypal immediately put a hold on the $950 and asked that I [...]

Posted on 11 May 2012 | 11:41 am

People are brainwashed thinking Paypal is the only way to pay

I had been selling designer & none used baby clothes on ebay for a couple of years, I was buying the clothes from ebay, I would wash, iron & sell back on ebay, I had no end of problems with paypal, the main trigger was the amount of money going into the account, I was [...]

Posted on 10 May 2012 | 9:45 am

Conversion Warning I Lost Eur 900

Here’s what happened to me recently: I usually successful withdrawing Euro money from Paypal to our Indonesian Rupiah bank account. Last time Paypal cancel it. Worst is they took away almost Eur 900,- from conversion. First they convert Euro to Rupiah then they said transfer is cancelled, so they return back the Rupiah to Euro [...]

Posted on 9 May 2012 | 10:17 am

Paypal limitations cost me my home and business

I don’t have the strength to go into it here and now so I’ll give you the short version. Basically I wanted to update my business name and things went very rotten from there. I’ve had the business account with them for many years and never had a problem. They asked me about a dozen [...]

Posted on 8 May 2012 | 8:53 am

No protection for sellers using Paypal

I sold an item via e-bay and once the payment cleared, send the item immediately via first class, retaining the receipt. The buyer send me an e-mail of thanks, telling me how much he loved the item and thanking me for the speedy delivery. He also gave me great feedback. About 2 weeks later I [...]

Posted on 7 May 2012 | 11:28 am

Proof of return delivery but no refund received

I have never vented online before. This is to all those individuals who use Paypal AUSTRALIA should beware!!!! A month ago, I purchased a Car DVD GPS off of eBay. I won the item and I paid for it. It. On Receipt of the Item I found it contained Fraudulent Software & the unit was [...]

Posted on 4 May 2012 | 11:49 am