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@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
stop buying gift cards on ebay!!

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I hear you. It's worked well for about 6 months ... few problems, now this, a real sh1tstorm.

Just finished speaking to PayPal about the $1500 purchase. PP representative said that physical Gift Cards ARE covered by the PayPal Buyer Protection. They are only not covered when they are digitally transferred gift cards.

 

She agreed the tracking number was not showing any activity and placed a hold on the funds.

 

I asked her to note on the case that the buyer (me) had been told that this transaction IS covered by the PayPal Buyer Protection.

I had feeling you would say that!

Sorry, robinsonmarineparts, but I'm not sure of your purpose or meaning in this thread. If you are suspicious of me or think I am bogus in some way, please explain why. I can assure you I am a genuine person and everything I am saying here is true.

I think RMP just means it would be interesting to hear how these cases go, nothing more.  I took the smiley face to be a friendly gesture.

Positive news: after the PayPal case was opened, and despite ignoring multiple messages and emails, the seller in the $1500 case (#4 above) wrote to me:

Yeah its my policy to wait for funds to be available before I send as Ive had funds pulled from me in the past after sending goods. I also have the purchase receipt card serial numbers and can if need be convert to bunnings ecredit card that I can scan and email immediately and its another option if you want today or I can just refund Im not sending till funds cleared and availible in paypal.

I wrote back that I had paid from a positive PayPal balance, so the funds should have cleared immediately to his account. I can't understand what he is talking about!

The other case above (#3), the guy wrote to me claiming that he was away and his "bloody wife" had dropped the ball and not mailed it, and it was now on its way to me Express.

I'm now cautiously optimistic.

The payment could be as pending in his PayPal account and he doesn't have access yet being a larger amount.

 

Or it's pending due to the new money back guarantees - 

 

Based on your postage method and information you provide us, funds that are temporarily placed on hold should be available:

• 3 days after we can confirm the order was delivered when you provide tracking information automatically through buying and printing your postage on eBay.

• 7 days after your latest estimated delivery date when you manually upload tracking information ormark the item as posted in My eBay.

• 21 days after your buyer pays if you don't upload tracking and you don't mark your item as sent in My eBay.

 

Perhaps ask him if an estimated clearance date is showing.

Has the $1500 seller sold much? If not, he might be having his funds held for 21 days by PayPal. Their latest ingenious idea. Sellers are told they can't hold off sending until the 21 days are up, but some are still doing it. They pay dearly for it though when buyers express their disgruntlement via feedback and stars.

He's sold 70 items. I'm amazed at what you are telling me about how long funds are held. As a Buyer (who never sells), I had no idea.