O/T Ebay and Paypal Stuff - This is a New One for me...

[CardTarget]

As somebody who takes many hundreds of payments on paypal each month they ALWAYS reverse the payments when they go "under review". I've probably had 10-20 reviewed over the years and they nearly always take the money away even after both buyer and seller give authorization.

Don't ship until payment is completed.

[BlueDevil89]

I had PayPal block a payment from a customer in Canada. No apparent reason, other than he was Canadian and the purchase was for a few hundred dollars (--- guess PayPal is guilty of "profiling"). I know the guy. He has a 100% rating on eBay and is a legit collector. He ended up sending me a Canadian Post money order to close the deal.

[FUBAR]

what i think is happening is this, i think is paypal is done with his bank account rather then his credit card.

I know i pay using my bank account and it is always on hold for a few days.

I could be wrong, but this is my best guess.

[iggyman]

Jim,

In this situation, the buyer did not send an e-check or some other form of check payment. This is a straight credit card transaction, that paypal for whatever reason determined might not be legitimate and thus decided to put under review. If it would have been some sort of bank transfer, then yes, the paypal funds would have been put on hold for a period of time and in the interim, eBay would show the transaction as awaiting payment. That is not what happened to me.......this is what happened to me:

1. Payment was sent by eBay buyer via paypal.
2. EBay shows that payment was received and lets me know that the item is ready to ship.
3. Paypal gives a different story, payment is under review and funds are on hold. Oh, and by the way don't ship the card.

For me, it's no big deal, I didn't send the card so all is well. I'll roll with this stupid policy (or at least the bad computer programming part or it). This thread was only to give a heads-up to others.............always remember to check that those funds are in your paypal account before shipping, no matter what eBay says....

Lovely Day...