paypal issues affecting ability to pay? O/T

[ullmandds]

I recently sold a bunch of crap on ebay...for not much $$$$...and this is the response I've received from the buyer:

"Hi. My name is Terry and I contacted you before bidding on your camera. PayPal has updated their site over the past 3 weeks and the long time member were affected with errors. I have been on the phone with them over 15 hours the past few days as well as about 3 hours with eBay. PayPal said they have a work around that will help until they get part of their site programming corrected. The work around will allow me to pay some sellers in the next few days. They were supposed to call me back today, but haven't. I will call them tomorrow. I am a Verified PayPal member and I can assure you that I will pay for the camera. It may take me a few days to get that done. I hope that will be acceptable. If that is a problem, please let me know and I will see what PayPal can do when I call them. I can guarantee that it will be paid by midnight of Aug 27th. Sorry about all these problems. Please let me know if this is OK. Thanks."

This is the 2nd...or third similar note I've received from this seller...one of them mentioned he's a vet and is on fixed income.

Does this seem legit?

[t206blogcom]

I had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. The buyer sent me a note saying something is wrong with his PayPal account and if I'd like for him to send a check.

I replied that I'd like for him to pick up the phone and work out your issues with PayPal. Suddenly, he paid for his item and I shipped his card.

[ullmandds]

I'm kinda thinking it's just his excuse for deferring payment as he has made numerous payments in last week.

thanks jason.

[D. Bergin]

I had an issue paying a seller a few months ago because Ebay had mysteriously unlinked my Paypal account from my Ebay account for some reason.

Took about 10 minutes to figure out the problem and rectify it though.

I'd guess the guy is either stalling for time, or he's been irresponsible with his Paypal account lately and they're limiting his transactions for some reason.

Maybe he's overdrawn on his "Bill Me Later" account.

[prestigecollectibles]

I had to call Paypal the day before yesterday about a problem I had with a seller and was on hold for 102 minutes before anyone picked up the phone.

[Stonepony]

My only experience contacting paypal was very positive. Somehow I had linked an incorrect paypal adress to an auction and buyers attempt to pay me kept failing. I contatced paypal about my mistake. They answered immediately and fixed it for me on their end within 5 minutes