My PayPal got screwed!! Help!

ianbong

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My paypal account got limited. When I see the transactions, all of them do not involve physical goods or anything - they are payments for SEO services, purchase for e-books and so on.

The problem is, they require me to supply a tracking number in order to restore access to my account.

How the F*CK am I supposed to do that??

Any suggestions?
 
Was your account ever verified? If it was, just call them and say you were buying/selling a programming service.

Paypal customer support isn't as bad as you would think. As long as your account is verified, because that's their first solution to everything.
 
You can try calling them or writing them and explaining that you sell digital goods, but this is about a 50/50 chance. They might call several of your customers to verify. If they won't lift the limit, go back and see if there's anyone you can refund that will give your money back through other means. I highly recommend anyone selling digital products with pp setting up a relative-to-usual-balance sized payment to a friend or family member every couple of months, cash it out and give it back to them (you can even just send it right back thru pp), that way if you get limited with money in there you can issue them a refund for that particular transaction and get some of your money back. If it's at all possible.

Don't totally panic if you end up getting screwed by paypal, it happens to the best of us. Just research payment processors for digital goods and you'll find another solution, albeit you'll have to wait longer to get your money to your hand.

With all this bullshit with online processors, Payko is looking better and better to me. It's an online money order service, straight to your door, no fuckin chargebacks or hassle.

But yeah I hope this helps. I have been through this myself as well as a close friend of mine, rather recently.

Edit: Also, MK is right, don't be afraid to get on the phone with them. As long as you're shooting straight, they should work out something with you.
 
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well as singingsleep your best bet will be calling them and talk to them personally if you don't have all the required documents and even if they don't up lift the limitation all you can do is just wait for 6 months and then wire the money back to you
 
Well yeah my account is verified..

I hope everything can be sorted out. Gonna call them tmr.
 
As long as it's verified you should be good to go.

Update this after the call and tell us what they said. would help us help you a lot better.
 
Thanks for the support guys..

I've been praying to have my Paypal account back. Good news: My account got restored within 24 hours of me sending the email. I didn't even call them. Guess good things happen sometimes.

Happy now :)
 
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