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"Your transfer is delayed"
 

Just tried transferring funds to my bank account from one of my stealths and got this message:

"Your transfer is delayed" --- "For security reasons, we need a bit more time to review this transaction. This can take up to 24 hours, but we'll email you as soon as we have an update."

However, after that I got the usual email saying "your transfer request is processing"

Could this be a glitch? First time I've ever seen this message.

Anyone else?

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i think i got this once, but nothing became of it. money transferred fine.

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Same thing happened to me, first time ever. Is it a new message from PayPal?

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Same here. Seems new. Finger crossed.

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Did your request really get processed within 24 hours as they promised?

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Mine are crossed too.

I got this withdrawing from 2 accounts yesterday. Checked one this morning and it's still pending but it hasn't quite been 24hrs yet.

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Yep. I received this message last night when trying to transfer to bank. Just received it again when I did it again. The screen message says to allow 48 hours not 24 hours. Red triangle with exclamation mark at top of the screen. Both times I received the usual email saying the funds were being transferred. For the record, I rarely receive funds quickly - but up until yesterday the 17th I've not received the screen message.

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Update: transfers (two instances) went through fine, taking around 20 hours.

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i got this as well everything went through in a bout 24 hours time

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Just transferred this morning and got this same message as well. First time I've seen it.

Is this a new message that PayPal is showing on every transfer?

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Seen myself, must be new. Pulled $500, then 2 days later $200. The smaller deposit showed up, still have not seen the larger amount hit my bank account. Very strange

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My two transfers completed but they took longer than usual. Haven't seen that notice since last week.

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Mine is the same, it continues for more than 5 days now. I withdraw twice, the first amount hit my bank eventually after 4 days (consider the weekend) but the second one I just did it 5 minutes ago, still got this "delayed" notice.

It's very strange.

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There's another thread on here currently where the guy suggests this "transfer delayed" message is a precursor to having your Paypal limited. However, to hopefully bring peace to some of you, that hasn't been my experience so far.

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the $200 deposited early this morning, then the $500 a few hours later. Seems like a review process, this is new.

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This is happening across all of my accounts recently for under no particular reason (mostly to my accounts under 90 days, that is). I've been withdrawing in the exact same manner as always, with no special changes to my withdrawal patterns, but still get these garbage notifications.

The transactions all go through but still... who the f wants to see that ****. Just another reason for PayPal to hold onto your money longer.

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Also, the notice is accompanied with a disclaimer that they'll "email us when they have more information". But of course, they don't email any explanation whatsoever, because they have none. Even after the transfer has been processed. Bull****

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One more thing... I noticed this thread was started on the 15th. This is around when I started seeing the issues too. It also coincides with the due date of my eBay invoice, which I paid directly from my eBay balance. I noticed that right after I paid that amount via PP, all my accounts started seeing these issues.

Is this the case for anyone else? I wonder if there's a correlation

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Exact same thing for me

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In my cases I had just paid my fees on both accounts (as I do everyday) with my Paypal balance. I hadn't considered that as a possible cause but I guess it's plausible.

Personally I think it was just a glitch caused by security updates implemented by PP. I've withdrawn from both accounts I got that notice on since getting that notice without any problems.

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just an update - received this notification a few times since i've started this thread with multiple paypals and everything was in my bank account the next day.

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How much do you guys transfer usually?

I wonder if there's a $ amount that triggers it.

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Smallest amount withdrawn with that message so far for me was $125 yesterday. All deposits hit the bank but at least from what Ive seen its a further delay. Only detail I can add is the paypal is under 90 days old still with 21 day hold.

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Has anyone tried to call and see?

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I just did another transfer yesterday ($1100) and saw this message, it's taking a little longer than usual, but I have no reason to suspect a problem. Transfer delays are nothing new.

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^ do you routinely leave that much in there? I try to empty as much of it as frequently as I can

Back to the point of the thread, I've gotten the notification for as little at 10 bucks. I dont think its the amount, it's probably correlated to something but maybe they pushed some new code that is a bit ultra-sensitive at the moment

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As a matter of practice, I always leave enough in acct just in case there are returns, and also to pay fees/portage, etc. I also don't w/d the money right after a sale, usually leaving it sit for a day or two before doing so. In PP's eyes, moving money too fast can increase level of risk.

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Is it in process ?. If yes then you have to wait 2 or 3 days

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FWIW I usually wait til at least $1k to withdraw. I've had bank accounts closed before and I'd rather not raise red flags by having daily deposits of $50 coming in from some random name(s). Nothing dangerous about leaving a little in Paypal if you don't have a track record of getting money locked up in limited Paypal's.

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Exactly, I think it's actually a good thing to leave at least 1-2X the average sale amount in PP at all times. I believe it being less attention to the account in the long run.

FWIW, going back to the original topic of this thread, the $1100 w/d took at extra day to complete after seeing the "Your transfer is delayed" message. Normally it takes 2 business days, this time it was completed by the morning of day 3.

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How old is the account in use?

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This account is 6 years old and has an average of 5-7K /mo transactions on it.
I started seeing this "Your transfer is delayed" message pop up when I w/d for few days now.

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Here are my relevant details if anyone cares:

Both accounts 1.5yrs old
One transfer of ~$750, the other ~$600

Got the message last Tuesday or Wednesday. Like Nick said the transfer took a day longer than usual so it may or may not have actually been manually reviewed. Both accounts have withdrawn since without getting that notice. I've also withdrawn similar amounts from several other accounts since then without getting that notice.

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5+ year old account, never suspended.

same type of transfers all the time. just started getting this new message last week.

doesn't matter the amount, transfers go through as usual.

there is no way it's being manually reviewed each time. this message seems to have replaced the "Usually takes 1 business day, may be delayed to be reviewed" message I used to get after every transfer.

it appears to be a new generic message after the transfer alerting you to possible delays.

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Thanks, wonder what they are up to

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I myself just started experiencing this.

I tried transferring just $10 to my bank and I got the "Your transfer is delayed" message.

Just before attempting to transfer, I had just sold something on eBay. I'm assuming having an eBay payment on hold is part of the problem (at least for me.)

Two days later the $10 did change from pending to completed. I still get the delayed message for new transfers though.

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I just did another transfer this evening around 9pm Pacific Time and got the same message again.

The yellow exclamation point along with the "Your transfer is delayed" seems like there is a problem, but my last transfers completed without further incident. Just took an extra day longer than usual.

I suspect PP must have tweaked their security a bit and these transfers are just being subjeted to some type of automated review. I doubt it's manual given the sheer number of w/d requests in any given day. No way possible PP has the resources to review every request.

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My transfers did go through however they are taking longer. The last one took 3 business days. This current one was sent first of the week and 3 days later still not there. I usually leave a little but not much in there. I just started paying the PP invoice manually last month and it seemed to happen right before the seller performance evaluation. Perhaps there's a correlation there?

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Unfortunately that's not the case. I got the message we're all talking about one time one two accounts and have withdrawal several times since on both accounts without seeing it again.

:s

It used to take three or four days several years ago just to transfer to a banking account