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Re: "Your transfer is delayed"
 

yea i stopped selling on at $4700, waiting 22 days from last payment received for first withdrawl of 99

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No way in hell I'd leave 4700 dollars in a brand new stealth account!

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Hell yea, so true, 700 dollars I get wary already.

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You shouldn't leave that much money in a stealth acct. Slow and steady withdrawal's are key.

I'm still getting the "your transfer is delayed" on the same accounts linked to eBay, but they complete within 1 business day most of the time. Withdrawing to BofA & Wells Fargo.

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@nikopedia do u withdraw when the funds have been completed in your bank? I got the 72 hr delay warning, transferred on Monday didn't see it till Friday. When it's completed, u think I can transfer without a problem? I had like 500 dollars in there, first transfer was 75.00 dollars, planning on witdrawing another 75.00

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That is correct. As a general rule I don't do another transfer until the previous one is complete. I also tend to wait at least a day or two between transfers.

Even though these accounts are well aged (several years old) I am very careful about spacing out my withdrawals.

I also won't drain my PP account, leaving at least 2X the amount of the average sale at all times just incase there are any returns/cases open. I don't want to risk a negative balance.

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When you say you wait one or 2 days between transfers, do you mean one to two days after the money is complete to your bank or do you mean 1 to 2 days after u push the withdraw money button on your point? Thx

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Simply WAIT until any transfer you make is done, "complete".
After that, wait for maybe 1 to 2 days then do another.

My point is that you probably shouldn't have more than one transfer "in progress" at a time. That's just what I do, however on an established account you can probably do it, I'm just more careful than most.

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Yea, longer the better, that's what I will do, paypal getting crazy strict the last 2 months for whatever reason.

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Exactly. There are plenty of new people who just want to w/d all the money from their PP's and get antsy or greedy and want it right away. You can just about guarantee a limitation if you do that, and in PP's eyes, it's alarming.

Like the old commercial from JG Wentworth back in the day:

"It's my money and I need it NOW!" :rolleyes:

Leaving a bit of a reserve in the account is always a good idea too, just not too much.

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I usually withdraw once a week. Like $200 every Monday. I haven't had a problem thus far.

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i just got "your transfer is delayed" on my first stealth account yesterday. Started my withdrawals at 50 to 100 then 200, 400, 800, 1000, 2000, but then i transferred 1000 twice this week which was a bit less than half of my balance and i got hit with a transfer is delayed message. I still got like 2300 in there which is the reason i started pulling out the cash a little faster. I have 2 stealth accounts now with super high limits so im just working off the other account in the mean time. I hope all goes well cause this account already has 200 feedback and a top rated account again.

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How high is super-high?

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well, scientifically speaking, if you want to get technical...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BO6KylTCYAAShDx.jpg:large

that high.

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That's super-high!

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New guy here, with an awesome first post.

Background:

Paypal confirmed account opened in Feb of 2007. No charge backs or cases over the lifetime of the account.

eBay account opened same month Feb of 2007. 100% positive feedback on eBay over the lifetime of the account.

Recently decided to offload some used Cannon camera equipment (Camera bodies and lenses) on eBay. All goes smoothly, all equipment bought either by auction winners or Buy it Now buyers. Total sales, just over $4,000.00

Let the money sit in my PayPal account until ALL items were delivered to buyers (with delivery confirmations linked to PayPal) so I assumed I was good to go to withdraw. Initiate my first withdrawal for $2000 and change, get the your transfer is delayed message. Receive the automated confirmation email from PayPal seconds later saying yada yada yada my money would be there in 1 business day. So, I naturally assume the delay message was a glitch. 4 days later my $2000 and change hit the bank.

Once the first withdrawal hits the bank, I initiate another withdrawal for $550 and change. Get the message that my transfer is delayed again. Seconds later, I receive the automated confirmation email from PayPal yada yada yada my money would be there in 1 business day. 3 days later my cash is in the bank.

I log into PayPal this morning, and yep, you guessed it, my account is limited. I've got close to $3100.00 locked in a 10 year old account, and I cant get a straight answer from anyone at PayPal. The PayPal Brand Risk Management Department, won't even respond to email requesting info on why they've deemed this action appropriate.

Just wanted to drop a data point, hopefully this BS doesn't happen to anyone else here... PayPal absolutely SUCKS!

So sorry to hear, goes to show the thing PayPal hates the most, quick sales, electronics , big withdrawals, even on an old account. If you had a history of sales such as this I think you'd be fine. Good luck and thanks for sharing. I have 12k in limitation limbo rn too. How hard of a limitation is it ?

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Got the red Exclamation message, saying "You can't use PayPal anymore."

Attempted to call CS that was like dealing with my ex wife. So, I emailed the PayPal Brand Risk Management Department, that got me nowhere as well. Basically they told me, we don't want your business, but we'll go ahead and hold onto your money for 180 days.

Thing that pisses me off most, both the PayPal and eBay accounts, are legit personal accounts. eBay account has no restrictions. PayPal on the other hand, can go eat a bag of d**ks. I've got an appointment to see my attorney to see if I have any legal recourse at all... I'm not holding my breath though.

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^^^

makes sense, which is why you (and all of us) need to go stealth. Like it or not, Ebay does have somewhat of a monopoly, along with Amazon.

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Agreed. I have now seen the light. Stealth is the only path forward that makes sense to me now.

Not much an attorney could do, were all playing by PayPal rules, no other competitor so they can do what they will . You can file a bbb complaint and they'll respond within 2 weeks for sure. But they stand by their decision, bla bla bla bla. Nothing they can do. They don't care. Best to have tons of accounts. Live and learn. Good luck man!

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I'm guessing it had been pretty inactive for a while, until you sold all this Canon gear?

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About 3 months since my last activity. I guess I should have thought about that before selling 4k in a week... lol

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Selling it wasn't the problem... your drastic change in withdrawal habits more than likely was!

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Both accounts have 1000/25000 limits. I consider that super high because even in my hay day i was only doing about 22000-25000 a month in sales.

Its really more than i can sell anyways with a stealth account without really raising a few flags.

My transfer went threw fine on Monday. Im waiting to withdraw the rest.

Made 2 new stealth accounts this week just in case. Really happy all this is still working over 5 months later.

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Good to hear it went through! Better safe than sorry, for sure!

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Of course "Super High" would depend on your perspective.

1000/25000 is not really considered "Super High" as some of the sellers in the marketplace have accounts that can sell $100k and even $500,000 monthly.

The bottom line with PayPal is they don't give a rats a$$ about your limits with eBay. They are irrelevant to them.

The topic of this thread was mostly about the transfer delays imposed when taking out money. I have always suspected this security alert had something to do with selling on eBay as I don't see this message on any of my PayPal's that are NOT linked to eBay, and don't take in funds from sales.

The good news is that despite this message most of my transfers are completing within the specified time frame (1 business day) to Wells Fargo & BofA. It's still nerve wracking tho to see that big red exclamation point with "Your Transfer Is Delayed" on it.

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If they don't takes fund in from sales, where are the funds coming from?

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My accounts that are NOT seeing the transfer delayed message are personal accounts, they either get funds from P2P payments or direct invoice to customers paying for goods or services.

The other PP's receiving funds from ebay are the ones getting this message. Maybe it's their way of notifying you they MAY hold the payment longer if they want/need to. I dunno.

Usually anything with a big red exclaimation point on PayPal these days makes my heart skip a beat. ;)

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Had this on an account i would do friends transfers with. But, arrived fine

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Just happened to me also, but it's 48 hrs - on top of the god damn 3 days it takes to transfer to my bank! :tears:

Btw, I think it was triggered by paying off my ebay fees.

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When I read stories like this, this is where I have a problem with Paypal's system. How can an establish seller sell used camera equipment by auction, plays by the rules, and when we goes to transfer his earnings, he gets penalized. I don't get it at all. I just don't get it.

It's easy to say, have multiple accounts, but that really doesn't solve the problem when you can't even sell an item without even knowing if you will receive your money.

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I think you get that message if you try transferring after 7PM or on weekends.

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This is definitely not the case; time of day does not matter. I still get the "Your transfer is delayed" message during business hours on weekdays as well.

What I do know is it only appears on the PP accounts linked to and receiving funds from eBay.

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Exactly. Stealthers must be doing something wrong, because there's NO WAY IN HELL millions of people across the US(or wherever) would continue using PP if they encountered this issue on their very first sale. Would definitely leave a bad taste in their mouth.

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Been using this paypal account with eBay since 2010. Never had an issue until now. I have 100% positive feedback at over 300, I've bought old phones and fixed them up. Just sold an iPhone 6s, nothing new there I've sold quite a few over the years but I also just got this message when withdrawing to my back accout however it says may take up to 21 hours which I thought was a random number.

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5+ year old account and never sold on Ebay. 80% of the time the transfer to my bank goes through fine. 20% of the time the delayed message comes up and transfers to my back after exactly 24 hours.

I've never had them email or call me with a question. It's some automated crap but I've def. never used my account with Ebay.

I sell on ebay and have had this happen from early September to now. However prior to this my transfers only process for one business day before posting to my bank account. I've graduated from 21-day holds already my paypal/ebay are both over 115 days aged so these delays are completely unnecessary. My transfers are always small amounts ranging from $15-90 and most often get the "tranfer delayed for 24-hours", "tranfer delayed for 48-hours", and rarely the 72-hour which I have gotten as well. After the specified amount of hours the transfer goes to a complete status and goes to my bank account, CHASE bank, the very next day. This is very inconvenient as I meed the money for shipping fulfillment. If you try to inquire of Paypal about this, they will scratch their ass and give you a prescripted answer. Long story short, fxck paypal and their financial monopoly over internet sales..

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Yup, I just got this message again last night after doing a transfer. So I don't expect the funds to arrive until next Tuesday to my bank. But the funny thing is when they send me the automated email, it says "Estimates arrival: 1 business day"??

Their system seems completely flawed, how can you tell me the payment is delayed 72 hrs, then send an automated email saying the payment will arrive in 1 day.

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So this clue is very interesting here. It has something to do with eBay.