PayPal Won’t Answer Me

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How Does PayPal Make Money With My Money?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, there are approx. 100,000 complaints outstanding at PayPal (Are any of these yours?). In many instances disputes can run on for months leaving people frustrated and out of pocket as they are unable to access their accounts. So what happens to the millions of dollars tied up in frozen accounts and disputes? Well, here is a clip from the San Francisco Chronicle that basically sums it up:

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose refused to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of PayPal customers nationwide. A common allegation is that the company brushes off or stalls customer grievances for months and meanwhile freezes the customer's account and pockets the interest (So that's how they make their money!). No wonder they freeze so many accounts!

By Greg

I have so been pwnd by Pay-Pal. I mean, really- there is nothing that compares
this: I make several rounds on large forums, pushing my graphic design and logo
services… Well, I designed a webpage for a nude model and she gave me excellent referrals and started designing on for all her friends. Now, I’m in the web design business, I don’t sell anything but my services. No pictures, no movies, no anything adult. But I get this message one day when I log into PayPal:
“Resolution Center: Your account is limited. Click to Resolve or Check Status”

So I check my email and get this from PayPal:
“As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account…”
I was contacted?
This was the first I heard of this. But the damage was already done. Without warning and without reason, my account had been closed and 6 months later it STILL is closed.

I called and they didn’t tell me anything. They give me an email addresscompliance@paypal.com or something) and I email them asking why my account is dissabled they never emailed me back.

3 weeks later…
I called PayPal again and after 45 minutes of babble I pulled it out of them. Apparently, my PayPal address was on a website that contains “adult content”, but they wouldn’t tell me which one. Do I deny it? Hell no. I have my PayPal address on 50 websites. I’m a webpage designer, what is there for me to deny?