Permanently Limited...180 Days To Receive Funds. What About 45 Days?

wtfebay · #1 06-30-2016

Account got limited...Paypal asked for drivers license, blah blah. They did this last time they limited me and I sent the info and got reinstated. Account is 2+ years old, and the last time I was limited was about a year ago. Everything has been fine and dandy since then. I have never received any paypal cases. Ever. In fact, I haven't even sold on ebay with that account (name variation / partially legit account). I mainly just buy on that account but have sold on other outlets and received payments, even payments up to 4500. Never any cases, as I said. Last week I received a payment from a buyer that was "under review". I have had this happen multiple times and it's never been an issue at all. Payment clears within 24 hours and I'm always good to go. Well this time, two hours after I received payment, I got limited. Was told to submit drivers license, invoice, etc. I did all that, called Paypal and they said everything looked fine....except they did "further digging" and noticed that I had an account from 2010 that was limited due to buyer protection cases that I opened. He gave me the email that it was under and I told him that I never had such an email. Which I legitimately did not recall ever having that email, and if I did it would've been stored like with all of my accounts. Anyways, with some back and forth dialog, he said my account would be permanently limited and after 180 days, I would be able to withdraw my balance and I have no chance to appeal.

So...with that said, I know that sometime in December or whatever I will be able to withdraw my funds. But I have read here and there that people have been able to withdraw at 45 days. How is this done? ALSO, do I HAVE to add a NEW bank account to withdraw the funds? Or can it be withdrawn to the bank account that is currently attached? I don't want to have to burn an account just to withdraw the funds at 180 days (or 45 days if that's an option for me). Never had to deal with this 180 days deal, since most of the time if I am limited, I have a 0 balance at the time.

bluegrass1 · #2 06-30-2016

if you keep bank account active that is connected to it you can withdraw to it .. you can keep calling them asking for your money ,sometimes 45 days 90 days you can get them to do a review sometimes they will release part of it here and there ..

wtfebay · #3 06-30-2016

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Originally Posted by bluegrass1

if you keep bank account active that is connected to it you can withdraw to it .. you can keep calling them asking for your money ,sometimes 45 days 90 days you can get them to do a review sometimes they will release part of it here and there ..

The bank account is still one that I use...I was using it to purchase on ebay with and it will probably remain open for quite some time, regardless if paypal is limited or not. I will give it a little bit...maybe 30-45 days and see if calling or emailing does anything.

bluegrass1 · #4 06-30-2016

update the post with your results

rsot · #5 06-30-2016

You might want to hit up paypal and try for another agent - worth a shot for reinstatement...since you were reinstated before. And that 2010 story...could be fought off...with a different agent

miketyson · #6 06-30-2016

Just use the email list of execs around 30-45 days or and twitter to see if they will release it early.

wtfebay · #7 06-30-2016

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Originally Posted by rsot

You might want to hit up paypal and try for another agent - worth a shot for reinstatement...since you were reinstated before. And that 2010 story...could be fought off...with a different agent

The first time I was limited, I had a sale (5500) and it went fine, was never limited receiving the payment. I was limited when I tried withdrawing the funds 7 days later. They wanted docs, I provided docs, called and they reinstated. The agent I had was fairly quick at it too. After I was reinstated, I never had an issue. Until last week.

Now, I don't have a problem calling Paypal back and talking to someone else. The thing is, I am sure the reps put notes on the account after talking to you...and I'm sure the guy probably noted some account from 2010 that was permalimited. I honestly don't recall said account, and I don't have it stored as being used. That isn't an argument that Paypal is going to consider, even though it is true. How would I go about trying to get reinstated with someone else, if he made notation in my account?