PayPal finally got me
After over a year of using my eBay/PayPal account they finally caught me. I was a top-rated seller and had virtually zero selling limits and my account had had 100% feedback even after many disputes/cases etc.
I wasn't careful whatsoever, always thought I was on borrowed time and was amazed how I lasted so long. I accidentally logged into my ghost PayPal on my old IP (linked) whilst resolving a dispute (which I still won) so I knew it was coming, they manually limited me and even when I called PayPal they didn't know why. I just thought I'd share this so you know if you do make a slight mistake, it's not all over yet.
I've already got another account set up so I don't really care about that, I wanted to start fresh anyway because I was making many mistakes of logging into my eBay on my old IP address and in general wasn't doing everything I should to remain undetected.
I have £450 in my PayPal, thankfully AFTER the dispute I realised what I'd done and withdrew the majority of the money. I buy a lot of stuff on eBay so I needed that amount of money in as it would of got used relatively quickly.
Do I have to wait 180 days for the total to be released OR do they gradually release funds ? Also, does anybody know when eBay will start taking new payment methods? And to they have any right whatsoever to keep my money despite it being in another persons name? I'm going to ring them up and kindly ask them if they would consider reviewing the original limit on the account that started all this (I was under-age, couldn't provide ID.... banned for life). If not I'll tell them I'll just keep making more
That was much longer then expected lol.
tl;dr - got limited, can they keep my money, will my funds get released gradually or after 180 days
thanks! |