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Nabco wrote:I sell a lot on eBay, I have 12 items ending today and tomorrow.
The only time I see a hold on a payment is if the buyer is new to PayPal or if they are using an eCheck and do not have the funds in their PayPal account. the holds on these type transactions are only for 4 - 7 days, never heard of a 21 day hold.
When this happens I never ship until the funds clear, I would think that would be a standard practice.
Tony, go by what it says in your PayPal account summary, it will tell you exactly if there is a hold and what it is for.
I have seen several phishing emails both claiming to be PayPal or eBay....it's amazing how creative these jerks are and how "official" the emails look. One way to help verify if it's legit or not is any real email will have your real name in it (John Smith) not your eBay handle. This is not a for sure test if it is real or not, I never put it past these guys to find your real name.
Thanks Nick....the hold seems to be a security feature. the funds do appear in my account but held/pending. As stated above the only criteria for them holding this payment is I have less than 100 transaction.
The buyer supposedly has over 1200 transcations.
Not sure what to do but I'm leaning to sending the money back and cancelling the transaction.
Seems odd, Tony. Why would they put a hold on his funds? Who cares how many transactions you have? Is that eBay transactions or PayPal? Whatever happens you are under no obligation to ship jack until the funds clear.