I sell on 4 different platforms and would have a perfect DSR besides 6 'defects' for cancelling sales because i was out of stock.

I make no apologies for this..........

Today I made 2 small Ebay / Paypal sales only to find the funds withheld for up to 21 days when i tried to withdraw them.

I phoned Paypal and they told me that they wanted advice that the goods have been received before releasing the funds.

Thats simply unnaceptable !!!!!!

Who is profiting from the interest on the millions of dollars in witheld funds ?

My response to Paypal and Ebay was that i won't send the goods until the funds are available and in the meantime I will advise the customers why their goods havent been posted.

My opinion is that most changes that ebay initiate are aimed squarely at looking after buyers at the expense of sellers

Luckily I also take merchant credit card so if this isn't fixed quickly i will simply stop accepting paypal.