PP holding my payment for 72 hours?

[*kazumi*]

I bought something from seller with 100% FB, no neutrals and all stars intact, and paid immediately with my CC though PP.  Few hours later I get this message:

Your payment to Keranka Spirova on 7 Aug 2017 is pending

"In accordance with our policies, we review certain transactions to make sure they don’t pose any risk to us or our customers. Your payment is currently under review. We will complete this process within 72 hours. Please note, this review involves this transaction only and does not affect the use of your PayPal account for other transactions."

Why on earth do they do that - it was $20 only ?

[kopenhagen5 · Accepted solution]

PayPal are known to randomly hold payments or turn them into e-cheques for security reasons.

I think it happens to accounts making lots of small purchases or having recently made a large purchase.

I usually message the seller explaining it is PayPal that changed my payment to pending for their random security checks.