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Paypal withdrawal 72hrs later still not cleared
 

Hi - Anyone else facing issues withdrawing from Paypal lately? Currently have a withdrawal which was done 75hrs ago however still hasn't cleared. Account has been perfect till date all previous withdrawals have been 72hrs and cleared on time. Unfortunately on this occasion I am still waiting - strange thing is its vanished from pending transfers too... :confused:

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I’m having the same issue: one payment has been over 90 hrs and still pending, I’m currently on hold to PayPal who I’m hoping can give an explanation. From what I gathered on Twitter there seems to be a PayPal glitch but I’m not sure when it will be sorted.

It’s because of shi* like this that I have no bad conscience about screwing over Paypal.

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Cheers - glad I'm not alone thought account was on verge of getting screwed. Will keep this thread updated. Guessing they'll be few more facing same issue on here??

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Yes also facing the same issue on one account. Found it strange that I didn't receive the usual 'you requested a withdrawal' email when the withdrawal was initiated, 4 days later (2 business days) and still waiting for the money to hit my account. Other more established accounts with instant withdrawal not having any issues.

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*UPDATE* Just got off phone to customer service - there fully aware of the issue and have tech guys doing there part. Apparently issue has been on going since last Thursday with number of accounts effected. Been assured payment will be processed soon... fingers crossed

Paypal withdrawal 72hrs later still not cleared
 

Quote from PayPal agent on phone:

“I can see you have withdrawals pending, there is an ongoing glitch with the PayPal system and we are working on it, you have nothing to worry about as it will be sorted within 24-48 hours but I will add you to the ‘priority list’ and you will be informed by email once it’s fixed.”

So pretty much useless information as expected.

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I’m having the same problem on 3 accounts. All 72 hours due to clear today. Spoke to PP and they said they’re aware of issues and not to worry, it’ll be in ASAP. Same as some posted above really.
I’m wondering if they will cancel the withdrawals then tell us all to withdraw again, hopefully not though!!

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So glad I found this, registered here just to message, although browse often.

My main account and two stealth have been having this issue, been waiting over 90 hours for withdrawals.

Was ****ting it that i may of ****ed all of my accounts.

Be great to know if anyone has updates.

Cheers

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Using a 5 month old stealth account and made a withdrawal on Sunday morning and it showed me the transfer delayed 24 hour message and still shows as pending in my paypal.

WD history in my account:
1st withdrawal was 72 hours waiting and then was processed after exactly 72 hours
2nd wthdrawal was the same as the 1st
3rd withdrawal went through instant
4th withdrawal was the 24 hour transfer delayed and then was processed after exactly 24 hours
5th withdrawal was instant
6th withdrawal (the one done on Sunday) was the 24 hour transfer delayed

Glad to see Paypal have confirmed an issue on their end as I was going to call up today and risk someone looking at the account but I obviously will not now!

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It does seem a little odd that it's taken them almost a week to fix this issue...

Its probably just an excuse to earn more interest on our money, wtf do they expect small businesses to do.... Been nearly 6 days for me now.

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Just spoke to Paypal again, they said it’s affecting all UK customers withdrawing from 9th November onwards. And they cannot give a time frame as to when the funds will actually clear. Just the ‘our technical team is trying to fix the problem’ crap.

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I doubt it's something sinister on PayPals end. Looking at twitter there's a few people moaning as well. I just hope when they fix it that it doesn't cancel all pending withdrawals and we have to do it again.

On this topic....how many withdrawals on a stealth account before nearly every withdrawal is instant?

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From personal experience it’s always few months in and once EU docs have been verified. Considering account is in daily use ie. eBay sales - then I always tend to see instant withdrawals after 2-3 months... of course it will vary to account usage etc.

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What is strange is that I had two pending withdrawals on 13th, both due to release that day, one from a 24 hour wait, which was completed with no issue and the other a 72 hour wait from Saturday, which did not complete and is still pending over 90 hours later.

It is an absolute disgrace that withdrawals are held for that long in the first place, but to have a defunc system as well, to keep us all waiting for even longer. I, like a lot of affected customers, are in urgent need of this cash, which I own and are entitled to receive.

I cannot phone them because of the risk of limitation, but if those who have an active dialogue with PayPal could keep a track for us, that would be really helpful.

Wishful thinking, but after this flop, I am hoping they amend the internal system to release withdrawals instantly on a more regular basis for less established accounts, as I assume they have a daily pool of millions upon millions of transactions pending which the system has clearly struggled to handle. They only need to hold them when something in particular is detected, they seem to do it one after another on a new account, which is not security orientated, it is simply a pain the ass and no need for it. It doesn't stop money laundering, as the system processes it anyway after 72 hours so the criminal still has their money, but after a longer wait for it.

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Even if you call them they won’t have anything to say but “there is a system glitch that our tech team are working on” , “they should’ve fixed it within 24-48 hours” and “I will put you on the priority list”

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Seriously wondering how many customers are effected - majority will not even be aware until they check bank accounts - LOL

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They are fast and sophisticated enough to limit accounts on an automated scale, run state-of-the-art algorithms and fraud detection mechanisms, but cannot resolve a problem for days and days with the module that pushes pending withdrawals through to completion.

This is disgusting on their part and hope that BBC Watchdog make yet another humiliation of them on British public television, not just for this but a variety of other misleading claims they make, instant withdrawals being one of them, when all new accounts are subject to holds, so should not be advertising it as a feature of signing up.

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Phone call with UK based agent (more helpful) :

•The issue has apparently been fixed so future withdrawals will take a max of 72 hours

• Me : “how many accounts have been affected then”
Agent : “ about two thousand accounts today”

•As the issue has been “fixed” they just have to manually push the withdrawals into the customer account

• the problem was with the FPS (Faster Payments System) so once they’ve manually initiated the withdrawal it won’t have to go through the 72hr security hold


•” you have been added to the priority list, we are working through all of the accounts and it shouldn’t take more than a few days.

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Good that it's fixed but a touch worrying they manually have to push them to completion as surely that means they'll look at the account but perhaps since there are so many in the queue they'll just keep pushing them through without checks.

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It is worrying that they will manually push them, and perhaps look at the accounts, but I can't see them having the man power to look through everyone's account, they will just let them through hopefully... Or it's gonna be a massive amount of accounts that get limited lol...

Still... Having to wait a few more days is unacceptable, hope it goes through quickly.

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Anyone who successfully receives their funds please keep this thread updated - fingers crossed they have the capacity to process all pending withdrawals...

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When these get completed I wonder does the internal system view it as the withdrawal was made just now or will it refer to the time it should have cleared as I was hoping to make another withdrawal this week

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Good question - keen to hear opinions on this one too. Guess will just have to test and see results

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Priority list, what a disgrace. How about stop playing games of hierarchy and process all of the pool? These transactions haven't vanished, they are still in the pool as pending, release them and be done with it.

If that is right, then us non-priority people will be waiting more day(s) for our cash.

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Just made another withdrawal from my balance in the hope it would release instantly to make-up for the stuck one, but what a surprise... held for 72 hours.

Are you sure its 72 hours PayPal or did you mean 72 days?

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Wondering if this has been done on purpose - they usually do the rounds at this time of year to hold as many accounts for 180 days. Unable to withdraw is obviously building up funds in the accounts which just can't be risked on stealth accounts anymore!

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I made an additional withdrawal last night and got a '12 hour wait' message and have just recieved the deposit now, even though I am still waiting for ones I did over 6 days ago.

So hopefully the theory of building up funds and limiting accounts is just that, a theory.

Getting anxious....

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I made a direct dig at PayPal on their forum and people are also complaining, so it isn't just us who use stealth accounts.

They would not do something like this for the intention of catching out people, it puts themselves into an unnecessary predicament with innocent customers. They have the tools and resources, mostly automated, to perform sweeps of accounts for limitations.

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I think I have set off the firework... since I made an essay dig at them, others have come forward on their community site and made complaints in anger. Too right, they are in the wrong fully for this. Some have been waiting 7 days over there, absolutely ludicrous.

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My UK clients are having the same issue.

I think it's a UK wide thing that's happening.

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I cannot confirm whether this is true or not, but someone on the community forum has posted a chat log with PayPal about the issue and apparently, there is an option to chat with them but it is freelance and only appears randomly with the other options.

I am yet to see the option, so I can't confirm if he is BS'ing or not, but it will make me feel better if I have someone to vent my anger on. I owed that money to a family member for a meal we recently had and they think I am making excuses, so I am extra annoyed right now at PayPal for letting us down like this so unexpectedly and without site announcement or warning.

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Shame there's not an alternative way to pay people. Imagine if we had a thing called 'cash' or even 'bank accounts' where out cash is stored safely... Imagine the possibilities.

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Or maybe your business income pays your expenses and you withdraw it to your bank account, with the reasonable expectation of you having it within the 72 hours outlined in their policy...

Why are you trying to be clever? Do you take their side on this or something? There are a lot of people affected by this and it has seriously impacted certain individuals, over on the normal PayPal forum, which are non-stealth, I am looking at posts with people in the same or similar predicament with not having access to their cash.

I would never put money from my bank into PayPal for safekeeping, I only ever move cash from PayPal to my bank.

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I was just making a joke (with a hint of truth in it) about you not paying your family member. Don't take it so personally :)

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It starts the processing of putting the money into your accout the minute 72 hrs hit. At that moment, it could take 1 business days, or even longer, if the process starts on a Friday. So if it's 75 hrs later on a Friday, you might not see it till Monday.

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^^ I don't think he read the thread :)

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There’s been an ongoing issue affecting withdrawals over the last few days so it’s a bit different to what you’re explaining. And from my experience 72 means 72 hours even if it’s a weekend, when PayPal is working correctly anyway.

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Just logged into my paypal and see the withdrawal is 'Refused' with a line striking out the amount I tried to withdraw. Unsure of when this would've happened as I've not got any emails. Sometime between now and me last checking around midday yesterday though.

Made another withdrawal just now after seeing that for a larger amount and have the 24 hour review just so should be fine hopefully.

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So the withdrawals have been reversed and added back to balance of PayPal, so I'm guessing I can just withdraw this now.

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Seems like the couldn’t handle transfers - both my accounts currently showing as reversed. Funds have been added back to actual balance. Will be attempting again tomorrow now