Paypal's newest trick for me

[FattyM]

So check out Paypal's newest illegal scam. I sell an item on ebay, buyer says he needs a few days to pay. So he finally pays by echeck a few days later and paypal puts a 21 day hold on the payment. So now they deduct the amount of the payment from my balance to hold on a payment that has not even cleared, causing me to go into negative balance. Now they want me to restore my negative balance or be limited. I remember at one time there being an option to turn off accepting echecks, but I am not sure it still exists.

[arsgunner77]

thats not a scam,im sure yer account is pretty new on selling so its unfortunate 21 day hold happens on echecks as well,you know ebay and paypal are a business,people need to stop thinking there out to screw everyone

[GreenBean]

Don't be saying that stuff. It's not a scam. It's not illegal. You accepted their terms and that's what they do. Find out the way to beat them.
It is unethical and annoying though.

btw, Welcome to the forum. There's a heap more posts like yours. Solutions do exist.

[doughboykilla]

just issue a refund on the echeck it should cancle it and return the echeck back to the buyer

[FattyM]

Originally Posted by doughboykilla

just issue a refund on the echeck it should cancle it and return the echeck back to the buyer

@doughboykilla - That is what I did. Refunded and told him there was a problem with his echeck and issued a paypal payment request.

@GreenBean - How is that not illegal? It would be like having $500 in the bank, depositing an out of town check for $1000 and then having the bank deduct $1000 from your account to cover the uncleared check. It would make your account -$500 and then causing overdraft fees.

Just because Ebay/Paypal puts something in their TOS, doesn't make it legal. If they put in their TOS they could rape me if I have a negative balance, I suppose I should bend over.

[vu_lan_nhi]

This one is a blatant scam:

PayPal

Dear Vu Lan Nhi,

You have an Instant Payment of USD $260.00 from Briling Zury(shyngo.zury43gmail.com)


Payment Details

Purchased From:Vu Lan Nhi
Transaction ID : 3W492537HE3468708


shipment
Quantity Price Subtotal

Cell phone $260.00 $260.00


Shipping & Handling via to USPS PRIORITY REGISTERED MAIL 3-4 Days Delivery to 23401 :-
(includes any seller handling fees)
$00.00
USD
Shipping Insurance (not offered):- 00----
Total: $260.00
USD

Delivery Information
Address:
Kazeem Ayinde.
30,Cardos Street
mushin
Lagos
Nigeria.
23401
Address Status: Confirmed


Important Note: This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED"but will not be credited to your account until the shipment reference/tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller.
Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited.
Send tracking number to us or email us through this mail online.tracking17@accountant.com and our customer service care will attend to you. As soon as you send us the shipment's tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Once item has been shipped and the tracking number sent to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" from PayPal® Team informing you that the Fund has been credited
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (USA) Limited is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United State as an electronic money institution. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056.

PayPal Email ID PP28

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The funny thing is that my real name that I signed up with paypal is not Vu Lan Nhi and this email is sent from this email address: online.tracking17@accountant.com

Hilarious! This person tries to scam me to buy my cellphone on craiglist!

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by FattyM

@GreenBean - How is that not illegal? It would be like having $500 in the bank, depositing an out of town check for $1000 and then having the bank deduct $1000 from your account to cover the uncleared check. It would make your account -$500 and then causing overdraft fees.

Just because Ebay/Paypal puts something in their TOS, doesn't make it legal. If they put in their TOS they could rape me if I have a negative balance, I suppose I should bend over.

Stop splitting hairs. From your posts you know exactly what and how paypal are. You also know they are not a bank. A merchant account might be better for you.