Paypal's 21 Day Hold - whats that all about?
Hiya!
I have just set up my new eBay and Paypal stealth accounts, I successfully sold my first 2 items using the buy-it-now option on my auctions, anyway I received the payments which are cleared in Paypal and I have withdrawn some of the money to my bank account and used some of the money to pay for a £56 DHL parcel delivery to Australia. Also I have just verified my Paypal account as I got the two deposits from Paypal into my bank account. However today I got an email from Paypal stating that they are putting a 21 day 'hold' on any future payments made via Paypal, which I guess will be most payments for items. What the hell?!? This is going to create real problems for me in paying for the postage for any items that sell, I have only just started out on eBay again and I simply dont have money I can pay up front for postage while I wait 21 days + however long it then take to reach my bank account. Especially if I get items selling to Australia, like my last item where it has cost nearly £60! Plus i was going to list about 20 items all to end around the same time, which would mean that I could end up with 20 items, all with the Paypal payments 'held' but which I would have to post without first receiving the payment!!! How ridiculous is this?! I am sorry if you have heard this one before, but I am a little bewildered and upset about this, as if they dont make it difficult enough and rip us off enough they then create some problem like this! What I want to know is how long this 21 day hold business will last for, cos they dont tell you that in their email, also is there any solution to getting around this? I cant pay the postage out of my own pocket, I simply do not have the money yet as I have only just started trading, please help me! I am enormously grateful for the existence of these forums and the help and advice I have received from all the people who contribute, I do try and help out other people where I can on here, but this one has got me completely stumped! Now years ago before they made Paypal compulsory I used to get paid instantly, and without Paypals rip off fees by asking people to transfer money from their online bank accounts to my online bank account, or people would even deposit cash into my bank account at their local branch of my bank as I would email them my sort code and account number. Do buyers still do this? Or could I ask if people would at least pay for the postage by bank transfer / deposit etc to get around the 21 day hold? Surely if I were to make people wait 21 days until the 'hold' releases the payment I would have got bad feedback - and probably the payment reversed! What a fiasco! Anyway, apologies for the liberal use of exclamation marks, I am having to hold back from swearing I am so annoyed about this! Thanks for bearing with me!
Kindest regards
Johnny
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