i just need a moan really as i am a fully verified member of paypal and have sold a few things in the past all with positive feedback!!! last time i sold some items and 2 of my transactions the money was put on hold by paypal to protect the buyer!!! the only problem last time was i was told to post the item although my money was on hold and the money is released either when i recieve positive feedback or 21 days later, luckily for some reason i couldnt post the item straight away and 3 days later i get an email saying DONT post this item as basically the buyer is fraudulaent!!! i thought thank f*ck i never sent the item, however this time i sell these items so i can buy some baby stuff and i have it all worked outas to what the money will go on. tonight the item is sold for nearly £400 and lo and behold the money is again put on hold and i am told to post the item!!! i am outraged by this!!! why should i be sending out a £400 item when i have not received the money yet again!!! and why on earth did i verify my account when everything ebay and paypal do just protects the bloody buyer!!!! so once again im facing the same dilemma and at least 21 days till recieve my money!!! sorry to rant on guys just so annoyed!!! has anyone else experienced this??

I have experienced similar, but when I have had money that would take a while clearing, like an E-cheque (they take the biscuit!), I was told NOT to send the item until it went through. So why they are telling you to even though the money is on hold and the person has obviously paid I don't get.

How annoying for you. And if the buyer is genuine I would email them and explain that you are not posting the item until you have money for it. It is perfect logic NOT to and they should not mind. x

I got an E-cheque last night and it said its gonna clear on the 21st or something.. it's only a dvd but i won't be sending it out til the money's cleared.

Could you request the buyer pays by a different method as you're having problems with your Paypal account? I mean, personally I'd probably try and say "I'm not posting until the money's cleared..." But if the buyer then says "I've still paid though, so the item is mine" it's going to get complicated.

That really doesn't sound right. I've never had issues like that with Paypal... So far at least..

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They put it on hold if teh amount is more then 100 pounds and u have a feedback score of under 200 ....i sold my sons psp and had this i had to post the item and keep pesterin the buyer for postive feedback then it takes 24hrs to be taken off hold ....i rang paypal to check it wasnt a con as there are so many about if ur buyer doesnt leave feedback they give u the money after 21 days grr hope this helps xxx

that is absolutely ridiculous. ebay is really starting to piss me off lately. x

Urgh don't even get me started on Ebay I posted a top and got neutral feedback cause the person said I hadn't washed it :O cheeky biatch!

I'd ring paypal just to make sure it's not a scam or anything, OH had this when he sold his phone, turned out to be some Nigerian scammer grr

the thing that annoys me is paypal are still expecting me to send out a £400 item when i havnt received the money for it!!! they can sod off, what bout protecting the sellers aye!!! also they are then saying i need to take the postage money out my own pocket to send it!!!! they can get stuffed lol grrrrrrrrrrrrr makes me so angry when they are screwing over the honest and innocent xx

I sold a DS for 200.00 recently and no money was put on hold, maybe ring and find out why?

I sold something recently and my money was put on hold until I got positive feedback. I could see the money in my paypal account just couldnt transfer it. Fucking pain in the arse. It was for around £60 I think