PayPal got banned for receiving too many personal payments

[wamb3]

I found this forum and hope you guys will shed me some light.

This is my legit PP account and I was selling virtual gold through some company and they were sending out personal payments for those, my PayPal got limited and I called up PayPal asking why, and they told me it was because I received too many personal payments in a short span of time.
I submitted my info such as ID, proof of address and so on but a few hours later I got an e-mail saying my appeal was denied and that I have to wait 180 days to receive my funds back which is just not ****ing possible.
So basically, I got permanently limited because someone sent me too many personal payments.
Has anyone ever got in this situation and how did you get out of it?

[ddtss]

Hardly you'll get out. Once the account is permanently limited it's good as gone.

[quizmaniac]

were they sent to you as paypal gifts, Paypal certainly wont like that as no fees for them.

[modernman]

Specify please how many person payments is too many 10 in day or 4 in month?
Thanks

[Qwoty]

One of the main reasons paypals get limited is because of personal payments, even just two concurrent payments raises red flags.

[xDii]

PayPal does not like Gifts as payments

[Play]

Pretty much echoing what others have said, avoid gift payments at all costs.

I dont even take genuine personal payments as gift, I ask friends/family to send it as goods/services. Since adopting this approach I've yet to lose a PayPal account for several years now. This is just one of the biggest red flags in PayPal's book I would presume.

[modernman]

I don't buy it - I have a Paypal account that I get 2000-3000 a month in gift payments of $150-to-$250.00 each from regular customers that I deal with nada zero peep from pp about it and I have been doing for a long time. I do the same with my regular suppliers

[xDii]

Originally Posted by modernman

I don't buy it - I have a Paypal account that I get 2000-3000 a month in gift payments of $150-to-$250.00 each from regular customers that I deal with nada zero peep from pp about it and I have been doing for a long time. I do the same with my regular suppliers

Believe me, this can hurt if PayPal will need to check your account. They do not like gifts because they loose money. I got locked 3 times because of gifts. Now i only send gifts and never receive. Because PayPal warning me last time for receive gifts as payments.

Lowest they can give is the 1-2 warning. The middle is blocking receiving any gifts. Top - just block an account. Also, they can take all fee you not paid. (they tell me this in email)

[amazonp]

Originally Posted by xDii

Believe me, this can hurt if PayPal will need to check your account. They do not like gifts because they loose money. I got locked 3 times because of gifts. Now i only send gifts and never receive. Because PayPal warning me last time for receive gifts as payments.

Lowest they can give is the 1-2 warning. The middle is blocking receiving any gifts. Top - just block an account. Also, they can take all fee you not paid. (they tell me this in email)

so sending as gift is ok right?

[SaiJin]

old thread, I suggest you open a new one so people can reply.

And no, sending as gift too much is not good.