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I am not giving up on getting my money back

Yet another story on Paypal thieving the poor!!! Just recently Paypal has frozen my account asking me for proof of my registered credit card! Unfortunately I do not have a credit card. After a few emails and given copies my … Continue reading

PayPal charged my bank card $400 12 times= $4800

Was told I needed to get a PayPal account to buy on ebay. Did that about three weeks ago. Today my bank calls me to tell me paypal was charging my bank card $400 12 times= $4800. They stopped my … Continue reading

Paypal reversed payment from a good buyer

A very good eBay buyer from Mongolia sent a $154.50 payment for a Turkish coin made in Turkey and in his payment through PayPal he mentioned that he liked a coin from Shiraz of the Ilkhanid dynasty that he bought … Continue reading

Spending limit cause account limitations

I registered with paypal/ebay and conducted many online transactions starting with an agreed spending/receiving limit of £1.600. As I approached the receiving limit I was invited to have these receiving limits lifted and was then notified my limits had been … Continue reading

I would advise anyone to avoid PayPal

Paypal suspended my account 6 months ago. They wanted all my personal info to prove I’m not helping terrorists overseas. Actually my information is easily obtained as I am a self employed health worker and worked in my profession for … Continue reading

My violation was my business doing well

PayPal limited my account access and I provided them with all of the information they had requested. They said that I was making too much money too fast (even though I could confirm the sources of my inventory and I … Continue reading

Can’t close my account because it is limited

I’d been a happy occasional user of PayPal for several years, done all the verification things with the bank account etc and even become an approved business user. I had good ratings on eBay and all was good in the … Continue reading

As a seller I am done with paypal, as a buyer you apparently get stuff for free

Sold a r/c car engine(nitro) to a guy, before he even bought it he emailed and asked what all was wrong with engine? Like in the ad I explained to him the problem and for $40 he bought it. I … Continue reading

I was punished for alerting Paypal to a suspicious Payment I received

After alerting PayPal to a suspicious payment and following their instructions they have overdrafted both that account and business checking over $750 On April 20 someone contacted me on Skype to say he had paid for Online English Lessons from … Continue reading

Truly disgusting customer service department over at Paypal

As a web developer I have set up a booking system that allows hotels to accept there own booking rather than pay a commission to a booking agency. I used paypal to receive payments and stupidly without realizing attached paypal … Continue reading