I need some advice...
I needed some advice on what I should do with my Paypal situation.
My Paypal account got limited six months ago. I was basically selling digital copies of certain language learning computer programs and some e-books. In the description I would say that the buyer had a "choice" of receiving the actual physical disks of the program or the program in "digital" version, which I downloaded from torrent and then sent to them through email. The thing is though that I never actually had the physical disks of the program, I just said I did so I wouldn't have to sell under the "classified ads" category (you can only sell digital items in that category). So since I knew I didn't have anything physical to sell, I purposely said that the physical disks were damaged in the description so that the buyer would be automatically encouraged to get the digital version of the program. If they said they wanted the physical version, I persuaded them to get the digital version, most people did. It was a clever idea and everyone went home happy, but after a while Paypal caught on and limited my account.
Paypal wanted me to provde: 1) proof of delivery, and 2) supplier contact information (not invoices, just phone numbers and addresses). The were two things I couldn't supply because I never shipped anything physical so I had no tracking numbers, and I didn't have a supplier, I downloaded the programs off of torrent sites. They also wanted me to resolve issues with another account: apparently I had another account from years ago that had a negative balance and they linked it together.
I decided to wait it out. Yesterday was the last of the 180 day hold. Now, i get this message: Your account has been limited for more than 180 days. It will continue to be limited but you now have the ability to withdraw funds. So, I've waited six months, and Paypal lets me withdraw the funds but my account will stay limited?!
What would you do in my situation? I need some possible solutions. Would you withdraw the funds into your bank account, and just abandon both your ebay and paypal account and create a new, stealth account? Would you work with Paypal and give them what they want, shipping empty boxes to the people to have a tracking number? What about the supplier contact info. though? What would you do?
Thanks, creznor
Last edited by creznor; 06-20-2010 at 11:59 AM.
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