Paypal freeze account.

[theliquidatoraustralia]

Hi all,

can anybody offer any info.Paypal have frozen my account because I listed some CDs that obviously should not have been listed,my mistake.eBay did not remove them,but Paypal have frozen my account for up to 180 days,the CD sales were $50,the amount in the account is $1300.so not only cant I withdraw the money,I cant sell anything on eBay cause all my listings are BUY IT NOW,and any sale wont go through.Has anybody had a similar problem,and if so how did you work it out.

[*sparklz*]

Call paypal and they might ask you to verify your account as you are new to selling and have a sudden influx of money.

They do this to stop money laundering.

[theliquidatoraustralia]

Hi,

thanks for the reply.I have 3 eBay stores,its not about this one.The others have been open for years and years.I have spoken to Paypal,and they cant do anything,its one of there departments,but up to 180 days

,come on.And they can hold all that money for just a $50 glitch.My advice never leave any money in Papal.

[*sparklz*]

Call paypal and ask to speak to a supervisor as they can not hold your money for that amount of days.

What was the reason they gave in the email?

Tell paypal you will call the Ombusmen about the issue if they do not release your money.

As said this is sometimes done till you verify your account.

If you still have listings on that ID then edit the paypal payment details to a paypal account you do have access too.

[theliquidatoraustralia]

Hi,

I have spoken to Paypal x 3,and Ebay x 2,its all to do with selling restricted items,even though eBay did nothing.They can hold the account for up to 180 days without releasing any money,so my advice,dont leave anything in there.I am waiting to here back from them,and I will go to the Ombudsman,I'm not having this,all my accounts are linked so all 3 stores are frozen.Nothing to do with verification,i've been trading for 15 years,this is all new agreements,this covers everyone,so I hope people are reading this.It was my error in listing,but as I said, 180 days !!!!

[jensmanchester-australia]

Unfortunately I have heard of this happening quite often and it is in the terms and conditions of Paypal that they can do this.

It might be worthwhile offering Paymate as a payment option so you can continue to trade whilst your Paypal account is frozen.

[haolove13]

I know of this happening several times and it sent one business to the wall. Several others have had this happen to them.
It is like fighting the CIA.
when you fill out the complaint with the ombudsman it changes slightly.

Paymate or an online payment facility is the only way around it.

Check you DSR as that is more often the trigger.

you may also like to look at a website paypalsucks.com

you will find it interesting.

[*crikey*mate*]

If your account was frozen because of listing naughty things, I think you will find that your account has been frozen in case there were more naughty things and an influx of cases may be about to come in.

PayPal is just restricting your money for that period to allow for any claims that may be made in the interim to ensure that you have enough money ion there should there be a huge amount of claims needing refunds.

Are you sure that it weon't allow people to pay into your account though? It does seem weird that they would stop you receiving money, but I get why they are stopping you from withdrawing it.

[lyndal1838]

Why would the OP want to accept funds into hispaypal account if he cannot withdraw it?    How is he suppose to pay for his stock?