PayPal hold on funds?

[kmac32]

For any interested, the buyers eBay name is maedad7. He still hasn't responded to our earlier email and not sure whether PayPal is playing games or if the buyer is playing games. He has been buying 50's and 60's stuff like mad and a bunch of newer basketball stuff. Just a FYI.

[sdkammeyer]

I had one of these strange holds placed a few weeks back. if anybody really wants to know the buyers ID is templarfsgt

Anyways, he bought a $34 card off me and told me his payment was going to be held. No big deal .... usually a 5-7 day thing until the payment clears his bank. It turned into a 10 day thing and i contacted the buyer and he replied. after 20 days i contacted the buyer and he replied. after 24 days the "payment pending" icon disappeared. I contacted the buyer 3 times over the next 3 days and heard nothing back ..... so i filed the non-payment bullcrap.

still never heard anything from him or got a payment.

[digdugdig]

Originally Posted by kmac32

For any interested, the buyers eBay name is maedad7. He still hasn't responded to our earlier email and not sure whether PayPal is playing games or if the buyer is playing games. He has been buying 50's and 60's stuff like mad and a bunch of newer basketball stuff. Just a FYI.

maedad7...just recently became my 1st ebay blocked bidder. No pay, no contact. Had over 100 feedback rating but also the "new member" icon next to his name.

[flavius]

Paypal will ALWAYS hold your ebay sales funds if you don't meet their criteria, which is at least 100 feedback and a couple of other things. I'd assume baseball cards are in a low risk category, which is a good thing for getting your funds quicker. It's certainly a pain in the wazoo for newer ebay sellers though.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by flavius

Paypal will ALWAYS hold your ebay sales funds if you don't meet their criteria, which is at least 100 feedback and a couple of other things. I'd assume baseball cards are in a low risk category, which is a good thing for getting your funds quicker. It's certainly a pain in the wazoo for newer ebay sellers though.

My feedback is 1142 so definitely not a reason to hold funds. And please don't insult Wazoo, he's a nice kid. LOL

[flavius]

Originally Posted by kmac32

My feedback is 1142 so definitely not a reason to hold funds. And please don't insult Wazoo, he's a nice kid. LOL

A quick question I should ask, have you had paypal limit your account after you provided your ssn/ID/billing documents asking for supplier invoices and such? I know that with running an unofficial sports cards business it can be difficult/impossible to provide supplier documents. I had an old account get limited with this while I was selling stuff around the house.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by flavius

A quick question I should ask, have you had paypal limit your account after you provided your ssn/ID/billing documents asking for supplier invoices and such? I know that with running an unofficial sports cards business it can be difficult/impossible to provide supplier documents. I had an old account get limited with this while I was selling stuff around the house.

Not to my knowledge.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by digdugdig

maedad7...just recently became my 1st ebay blocked bidder. No pay, no contact. Had over 100 feedback rating but also the "new member" icon next to his name.

Definitely slow pay in our case and looks like he likes to play games given the current story. Once this is resolved, he will be blocked also.