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How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Just curious as I was also limited 4 days ago after having a 12+ year Paypal Business Account and was even on the list to test the Paypal Mastercard 5 years ago.

I tried contacting their UK support line but was told the waiting time was 9 hours! Why so long? Am I not the only one to be hit by this limitation in the UK this week?

So I am just trying to find out if anyone else from the UK, now outside of the EU, was hit with this nonsensical limitation for such an old and active account.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

I’ve not had an issue with any of my long-standing sellers accounts for personal use at the moment but if I do run into I’ll update...

That is an exceptionally long hold time for PayPal normally it’s only ever 10 to 15 minutes

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

You're telling me lol! Try the online support as that's been 2+ days so far!

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

what is the reason they gave you for limiting your account?

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Same reason they give for most. Violation of their Acceptable Use Policy or AUP which is so convoluted it can basically mean anything they don't like but cannot legally enforce.

What makes no sense is i've had this account for over 12 years and the money received has been pretty consistent throughout that time with no changes made to the account since 2016 (new bank account linked) so either this is an algorithm glitch or something that has happened on a larger scale and the only reason I state EU is because the wait time of 9 hours only seems to apply to the UK support number.

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Online support usually is 1/2 day rely times

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Have you been selling in the same categories all these years?
are you dropshipping or own your own merchandise?

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The policy covers wide range of products and services-
narcotics,steroids,drug paraphenelia,stolen goods,copyright,sex,weapons,services such as get rich scheme,pyramid,ponzi scheme,multi level marketing,lottery,layaway,moneyorders,credit repair,bribery,offshore banking.
Now here is one -
sale of certain items before seller has the items!
what are these CERTAIN item,it does not specify

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

So I am just trying to find out if anyone else from the UK, now outside of the EU, was hit with this nonsensical limitation for such an old and active account.
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may be they have found out this is an old and active stealth account,they never forget any account,closed,open or suspended ,they have new technology which they did not have before.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Have you been actively trading for 12 years ? if you only started trading recently the account is as weak as any other account.

Has it been through all the checks ? supplier invoice, 6-12 month forecast / projections, ID + Utility etc ?

Does it have FUNDS NOW activated ?

Without those I wouldn't say it's a strong account at all. Especially in 2020. Paypal have trigger fingers now.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

OP said it is an OLD and ACTIVE account.
It could be something he is selling or sold,they are known to buy something from you,leave no feedback,file no dispute but wham,you are limited.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

In answer to all the questions.

Yes Paypal can limit anyones account for ANY reason and not tell you the reason. Although their terms have no legal weight in the UK they usually operate above legality and use those 'terms' as justification.

No its not a stealth account. Its a long standing account since 2008 but really started making a regular income in 2016 so actively trading since then.

Yes it had funds now activated but obviously not available now with it being limited.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

so it is not stealth,then next question is-what were you selling?

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

You know why you were limited, you were selling stuff PayPal did not like.
PayPal does not limit accounts just for the fun of it.
This thread will be two pages long before you spill the bean for folks to realize that you're milking us for answers that you already have in your back pocket.

:violin:

Read this stealth guide, buy accounts here and get on with your business.
Good luck.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Welcome to the forum tdl - all the best as you master stealth :thumb:

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Paypal restored and even though you dolts keep repeating this it was not a 'stealth' account. It's a long standing account since 2008 and was even one of those picked to trial the Paypal Mastercard 4 years before it released to the public.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

We arent allowed to talk about certain things on this forum, but your issue is probably not with what you are selling. All 'creative' accounts are getting hit HARD now. I feel its only a matter of time till we see more getting culled.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

That may well be your experience, but there are hundreds if not thousands of users here that have a very different experience. I know because I deal with a lot of them. They are just not as loud and confrontational as you which means they tend to listen to advise given to them and don’t refuse to believe that it’s never them at fault for an account get limited. Just my 2 cent :thumb:

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

I'd have to argue that, with my 2 cent :thumb:, as you remove any threads that speak about these new issues we are seeing with PP and UK accounts, so there is no enlightenment or discussion how to patch and create workarounds. Thats what the threads are useful for, nothing about being loud or confrontational, just open and honest.

Re: How many UK businesses got their Paypals limited this month?
 

Document talk isn’t allowed in the forum - as explained a few times yet you keep talking about them

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Maybe something for the forum owners to reconsider due to the spaight of changes at PP recently? It would help people be fully enlightened with all the information.

We must gather and share information to ensure the concept of Stealth can continue.:uk: