i have sent payment to seller, payment done successful, got the email as well from PayPal & my bank funds deducted, but what the seller is saying that its pending balance showing in his ac, now he insist me to go to transactions page, check the delivered then only it will come success in his account? is that true? I never heard this?
PS: I sent payment through goods & services!
Traded with paypal for over 10 years and sold 100's of 1000s of products. You have done everything correct. Problem is with paypal and the person you have purchased the product from. Over the years paypal has become a pain in the arse with payment holds, freezes etc. Chances are the person you are trading with is either:
New paypal account
Gone over their withdrawal limits or close to it
Suspicious deposits (unusual activites) this is common when selling certain goods (mobile phones and electrical goods)
The amount you sent was a large amount
You are sending a currency that is different to their home currency
Plus whatever they feel like holding the payment for.
If it has been taken out of your bank it's being held by paypal to make sure the payment is correct. I had this for a few hundred pounds a few weeks ago. They were arses about it even when phoning them up. Nothing would make the money move faster. They said it was a 21 day hold that turned into a 72 hour hold. Considering I trade all the time they still held my payment. So it can happen to anyone.
Don't send them anything else. Just wait it out. Did you send the payment via email or over a secure connection, like the PayPal checkout. I assume goods and services was via your paypal account right? and you just sent it to their email which this would defiantly happen to someone you have never traded with before. Especailly if they are 1. new or 2. don't have a business account.
Personally I just see it as paypal trying to make a quick buck because when the money is being "held" it doesn't exist anywhere. It's not in your bank and not in their paypal balance. Meaning it's in another "storage" accounts accumulating free money, basically... But it's supposed to protect you...
This is quite common by the way.
