Paypal Issues
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Hunter spirit
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- Dec 13, 2024
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euh, chatgpt, is that you?
Incomterm
Newbie
- Jul 16, 2025
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Yes — a lot of people experience PayPal holding or locking funds even on fully verified accounts with a clean history.
Typical triggers include:
Typical triggers include:
- sudden changes in transaction volume or patterns
- high-risk categories or spikes in new buyers
- disputes/chargebacks or mismatched shipping info
- security flags from logins or linked accounts
- Feb 4, 2016
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Sometimes this happens. PayPal monitors your transaction behavior, and if they find any major differences or unusual activity, they temporarily hold the funds for verification for a few more days.
If you receive full clearance from your buyer through PayPal, the funds are released instantly.
This is part of PayPal’s standard process and is common for everyone. It’s nothing serious. That’s also why most buyers prefer to make transactions via PayPal.
If you receive full clearance from your buyer through PayPal, the funds are released instantly.
This is part of PayPal’s standard process and is common for everyone. It’s nothing serious. That’s also why most buyers prefer to make transactions via PayPal.
- May 13, 2013
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It's seems their profit is declining,they are looking for new ways of making more money while they declare the money as part of their looses
Funny thing is they stop giving some.of their money back
Khawar2003
BANNED
- Jan 29, 2026
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There is another comment below. Sounds the same :0
IdeationsTech
Newbie
- Aug 9, 2024
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In some cases paypal even take your funds from the account after they lock it. once u get permanent limited by paypal, they tell you to wait 180 days to withdraw the funds from limited account but before that they transfer the funds to themselves, and says they have taken the money for PayPal damages.
theusualkeysersoze
BANNED - Failed to resolve a dispute
- Oct 11, 2025
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180 days is the normal rolling reserve time due to chargeback periods, that's why you'll see that number sometimes.
The up to a month can be suspicious transactions, SAR etc.
To the people who think paypal benefits from confiscation, that's not how it works, they have to send back to the origin if something was flagged or eventually release the funds and all that incurs heavy legal and compliance cost.
Ideally, they want 100% non suspicious transactions, but we have people shopping with stolen cards, identity mismatches, multiple accounts, people thinking they lost their card or it was stolen while being drunk out, see a charge they don't recognize(airplane charges and such come much later often).
If they're not compliant they will lose the ability to do licenced processing and worse, could be held liable under anti money laundering directives.
There's plenty of things to be done until you can legally process funds, even if an emi and not custodian of funds.
ZenMarkets
Junior Member
- Jul 23, 2018
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100% dont rely on paypal. Withdraw asap if you use it.
horrible platform
horrible platform
- Feb 3, 2024
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This issue probably come from people sending you money. Stripe has a fraud score system on each transaction. I presume PayPal doing the same.
Albert Wesker
Regular Member
- Jan 18, 2024
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This.
Everyone knows PayPal is garbage.
That's why their stock never recovered and PayPal stock is now the lowest value in nearly a decade. Good riddens.
Hope they collapse.
Albert Wesker
Regular Member
- Jan 18, 2024
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Solution is stay away from paypal if possible. Use an alternative payment method. The funds locked there is 0 guarantee you'll actually get to keep those funds.
Abdul Ahads
Newbie
- Apr 10, 2026
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Yes bro, if you use different locations or IP then PayPal issues this problem.
ladyfintech
Newbie
- Jun 29, 2026
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Do you still have the funds on hold?