Does anyone else hate paypal

Someone at PayPal realized the mistake and issued a refund, but two weeks after the said error, they had not gotten their money back. PayPal says they are not sure when they will get it, and even when the money is returned to their account, it will take several days before Wells Fargo can have it. This story is about one individual. According to an individual who posted on the Reddit platform some years ago, PayPal almost ruined his life and business by restricting his business account, his account, and those of his wife and children for no reason.

He only got automated responses saying he could not appeal the limitation. After that, they continued to increase the rolling reserve until they finally limited all his accounts without explanation. It is safe to say you only love PayPal until its activities affect you personally, like many others. Charlie Svensson is a fast, engaging freelance writer that provides dissertation help.

He is skilled in content writing and blogging. The favorite topics of his posts are education, social media, marketing, SEO, motivation blogging, and self-growth. Excellent adaptability of skills to reach diverse audiences. Skip to content. Author: Charlie Svensson Charlie Svensson is a fast, engaging freelance writer that provides dissertation help. Okay This website is using cookies. More details. I forgot to change the bank account to take the funds my fault, not Paypal.

Paypal did the right thing and caused an Overdraft from that bank account. That is fair stupid tax on me. I tried to delete the bank account, it was not possible, so I set another bank account as preferred. Life continues. Two months ago, the same thing happened.

Now I am in doubt? Did I switch the preferred method, right? I tried to delete the original bank account, that is not possible. Set the selected bank account and took a screenshot.

A few days ago. Again the same thing, the preferred bank account goes back to the old one. Can we build a group for a class action against PayPal? I am not the only one with this issue. I can elaborate more if needed, and what we need is an attorney to put some heat on the computers that are running PayPal and causing this much damage, affecting their reputation and generating this much hate against a company that once was good.

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So everything happened exactly how Paypal say it works, the only 'problem' was that you failed to check your funding source before you made the transaction in the first place The reason Amazon can change or cancel orders is because they DO NOT credit the seller in advance for you like Paypal do.

Advice is voluntary. I have been scammed 3 times now through paypal and does paypal care? Well, what do you think? My latest problem is I disputed a charge because the company never performed the service. They then said they would do it in 5 days. Not knowing that once you close a dispute you're screwed, I closed it and the services were not rendered. Apparently once you close it that is it. Paypal basically told me oh well now you know. Biggest P. S company with worthless customer service.

They knowingly allow people that are habitual scammers get away with it. Another time this one guy scammed several people and paypal said sorry it's virtual property you're out of luck. So all 17 people had to pay that stupid a-hole. You ask to speak with a supervisor because you think the agents must be the only stupid staff. It took an additional 5 days to transfer. That wouldn't stand in a post-apocalyptic Mafia bank. I couldn't pay for my procedure, and am still waiting to reschedule.

I purchased three items in the same week through paypal. Now my bank calls and tells me that paypal charged one of the items to an old bank account number that I used five years ago on paypal that no longer exists that I had pay pal take off long ago.

Pay pal must have kept that account number. But they charged two of the three items to the correct account. The bank said that I simply can't open another account and use the old number because they can't chose what number is on a new account. All I did was click to button to pay, I changed nothing.

I did all three purchases exactly the same. It's a good thing that I have a an understanding bank, seems they deal with paypal screwups on a regular basis.

I was informed that technically charging an item to a non existent account is the same as writing a phony check. Paypal charged it to a non existent account not me.

It's a good thing that I am on a first name basis with the bank or I could end up in court or even jail. Calls to papal did no good. They blamed eBay and visa versa. What a bunch of dumbasses! I contacted paypal about the bal. What happensd to her money? I still don't Know. Paypal is the most arrogant, customer-unfriendly business on the planet. I had an eBay customer dispute a wildly popular item as not being as described. You know Customer refused to do the paperwork but good old Paypal granted the refund and will be tracking the shipment back to our warehouse so when we receive it Who is the real customer?

PayPal sucks, and unfortunately since they and Ebay are one and the same company, neither one will go out of business anytime soon. Too many of us are looking for items inexpensively and all in one place So, just a little suggestion for everyone who wants to get even just a little bit Stop at every payphone you see and dial one of their toll free numbers and just leave the phone off the hook I just called PayPal and the automated process tried to connect for about 10 minutes before a person got on the line.

That's 10 minutes of phone service that they will pay for before a person gets on the line and tries to talk and then disconnects it. Here are the numbers: and If millions of us do this I had a problem with my PayPal account beginning in May All attempts to get help just resulted in the familiar loop of email, useless advice, emai, same useless advice.

I hunted down a couple of phone numbers which gave me an answering machine and never a return call. I filled out a simple form and submitted it. In less than a week, I had a phone call from a wonderful Customer Service Rep named Doris who listened well, asked questions until she could repeat my problems to me therefore understanding the precise problems, and asked me to send her a copy of a picture ID.

I got an immediate confirmation that she had received my ID and two days later had cleared up everything. I strongly urge any customer who is having problems with any on-line vendor to hunt up their headquarters city and check out the BBB in that town.

Vendors who want to continue in business will work very hard to satisfy problems through the BBB. I used to like Paypal in the past, because I would use it for transactions I never sold things off eBay, I'm just the buyer. So I never had any problems.

But until recently, I had to rid the old account I used it was under my grandfather's name, he is now deceased. Which back then is when I had no problems So I attempted making a new account and did but found when I tried to complete a transaction, Paypal forces me to "verify" by linking bank account information or signing up for their credit card!

I have never been so frustrated when making a purchase, now I'm suffering at the inconvenience with resolving this issue with the seller. I never expected this, I am just very upset and disappointed.

I never thought this would happen, hadn't a clue that it would, since I didn't have any problems in the past until now. I'll miss making purchases off eBay, because there are so many great deals. I'll never do it again unless I can pay directly with a credit card. I live in a rural area, and have a PO Box. Anyhow, I tried to buy a twelve dollar mostly shipping! First attempt: Paypal says I am unverified, apparently, and the money gets refunded.

I don't understand this, I log on to Paypal, don't see anything, log back out, try again at Buy. Paypal has a second address for me on file, as it happens: it's the UPS terminal with "hold for" instructions on it. Rejected again, because it's an unconfirmed address. To confirm it, it turns out I have to give Paypal my bank account number. I wanted to buy a phone off of ebay, however the merchant only accepted paypal so i figured why not sign up for it. I have a paypal horror story.

I had been a little more active than usual on ebay the last month gathering some things I needed for my bicycle to get ready for winter. I didn't know that my bank had a limit on the amount of transactions I could initiate during any given month. I bought the sticker and low and behold that transaction was one over my transaction limit so my bank denied it. Without telling me or asking me why paypal shut down my account, is now trying to charge me fines or fees over the transaction, and refuses to do anything but quote policy to me.

This has been going on for about a week now, with all my accounts in limbo, paypal launched a supposed investigation and now my bank is starting to foam at the mouth wanting to charge me research fees for all the crap paypal is doing. Over a dollar. That's right one dollar. I don't know what to do, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

What nasty bank are you using? Is it Skank of America? I would contact the bank to get them to allow it then tell Ebay to shove it.

I have been selling on ebay for over a year now and had no problems and then all of a sudden i was selling alot of goods and having alot of paypal transactions on a daily basis.

Well I was going to start to transfer the funds from my paypal account to my bank account I had asked them why they closed my account and they bascially told because i was importing goods from china and that deemed a high risk Don't they know that almost everything is made in china Assembled in China.

I'm really really angry at PayPal big time for screwing with my hard earned money which i cannot get for six months!!!!!! I'm almost broke now and a large portion was in my paypal account Just tell various different lies about technical issues, they'll release it immediately, they understand my frustration blah blah blah - scum. Will never use them again and would advice anyone to avoid using them as a payment provider.

It may be the easiest way to start accepting money online but it soon turns into a nightmare. Just an FYI that Paypal holds your money because they make interest off of it. So, on top of the percentage that they are taking when you sell something, they are also making even more money off of the interest.

Nice, huh? They'll give BS reasons as to why it's being held, but they are lying. Same thing if you don't transfer the money out of your account after everything has cleared I believe they are being sued for this reason.

In order to eliminate ANY problem with Paypal limiting accounts, freezing money, not allowing payments to go through, etc go to www. I have sold on Ebay before and used Paypal before with no problems. This time This would not have been such a big deal if Paypal sould have at the minimum released me the 45 dollars needed to ship it!!!

What a freaking disaster. If I had requested a money order I would not be having this problem right now. So paypal winds up the winner because they can collect interest on that money.

My buyer says he paid paypal and doesnt understand the hold up. I told him I had to wiait until I got paid to send his stuff. Well, my check got delayed and I just had to bite it because I didnt want my customer to wiat anymore. So, now I have 86 cents to live one while I wait for my dollar payment form freaking paypal.

I thought about just waiting until the funds were released. Paypal does not care about Ebay sellers of buyers. You should not cut off the had that feeds. So, US postal money orders!!! You get your mail and your money at the post office and the customer gets shipped the item. Every one is a winner I wish EBay would select a differnt vendor for payments I am so frustrated I can't stand it!! And ebay owns them. It is a blatant violation of Federal AntiTrust laws.

I used to be a ebay buyer and seller, and at first I had no problems with them. They seemed to change the software every so often and when they did the sights both ebay and Paypal got worse. When ebay finally made it mandatory for the seller to use Paypal I quit using the service. I have no plans to use them ever again. I guess I will use Craig's list or Amazon. Paypal would always take money out of my verified account when there was nothing in the account so they caused overdrafts multiple times.

I finally cut up my Paypal card so it no longer exist. There is a link on paypal's home page that you can use to cancel the account. But before you do be sure you have told your bank that you will not allow them to make ANY payments to Paypal under any circumstances. Of course you will get the usual warnings about freezing your account. After a while you will get a final bill from paypal. Wait 5 to 6 months and then send them a Postal MO for the amount. Then after this has been taken care of log on to your computer and go to your favorites bookmark and delete Ebay from your favorites list so you won't be tempted to use them again.

Think Craig's List, Amazon or Yahoo. Forget that, I sent an email quickly to all buyers to claim a dispute and get their money back because I was not going to ship a dime without the money on my side.

My business with paypal and ebay is over, I been selling on ebay and using paypal since and now they call me High Risk after make so much money with my sales. This is a true history and a very disappoint one for customer who doesnt care and doesnt understand what is happening behind the scene leaving negative feedbacks by not getting what they paid for but what else can I do if this situation is totally out of my hands.

If there is any attorney that would like to take this to court can contact me any time at [email protected]. I agree that paypal sucks. But I am actually managing to trick paypal. Since they don't support my country. But the fact is that i am running my site on paypal and alertpay. How I trick paypal??? When I earn in paypal I just exchange with trusted people to alertpay which is s of times better and they support my country!!! Am i verified?

So of curse it's said that other can't get money back but there are people who trick paypal instead of paypal tricking them. I hope I can last long with this. But it's funny how a year old boy me can do well against one of the largest companies on the internet. Wish me luck. Btw my name is not Hitgod of curse that's just a username. Much to my dismay, pay pal has an A rating!!??!!! I would guess that many do not know they can report them. Will it help? Only if we do this in mass numbers.

Since they have robbed so many people without consequence, simply reporting them makes ya feel better. And, you might get some of your money back. It seems that if you squeak to the right people the BBB , you just may get oiled. Link below. I called the helpdesk which is outsourced! The amount charged to my credit card is "refunded" back to my PayPal account, not my credit card account.

And I am not able to close my PayPal account because it is of "limited" status! It just does not make sense. I wonder how many forced inactive accounts there are in PayPal now! I think all need need to start reporting this to the ftc and the bbb, there very unfair to the sellers, i had lost so much money its almost unthinkable. I been limitation from stupid PayPal because i was accredited open two account and i call them up to solve the limitation but they said no we can't solve it this is because of Term and Agreement you can't open two account with different email address and now i been limitation forever and i have to waited days to withdraw my money from them and some of my money been missing!!

PayPal are useless Hate it Hate it Hate it!!! PayPal sandbox wont send me a verification email to test the API. I am an art collector. I buy hundreds of pieces a year. I hate them with a passion and will now reappriase whether I will buy from anyone who won't take a direct credit card. I can't even begin to get into how annoying the last two days have been. But i am done with paypal. I found other ways to get paid by my clients through my site or otherwise.

The new Amex version of paypal will surely end up being terrible too, but for now, I'm happy to give them my money rather than Ppal. I have to give it to Ppal, tho, they ARE genius in the ways in which they get you with fees on transactions that are denied.

Anyone know of a good class action i can get in on? Similar scams people above talked about happened to me. PayPay closed my account without an explanation, stole my balance and ruined my life!!!

I did no wrong and they are thieves!!! And the site that sells the item only works with Paypal so my card is blocked until I confirm my location. So I have to wait however long it takes them to mail me some shit before I can buy it. Yeah, fuck you paypal. I hate paypal and im not use paypal again and forever!! I create pages at Facebook and get many people hate paypal.. I agree that paypal sucks Paypal hold my money for days without any interest Will not use paypal anymore.

I have used paypal and ebay for years and have a stellar track record. Now, out of the blue, they want to place a "hold" on funds that are paid to me when I sell something. I have to rely on the mercy of the buyer to post positive feedback in order for the funds to be "released" so I can transfer it to my bank.

Sometimes I have to wait 2 weeks or more for payment because the buyer forgets to post feedback or once the feedback is posted, I still have to wait for paypal to release my funds, then wait an additional few days for the money to be transferred to my account.

In a world where money transactions are finished in an instant, they hold up the works, I believe, intentionally. I believe that they are receiving interest on your money as long as they can hold onto it. This company is a criminal organization and I am getting rid of my account asap. Ebay and paypal are partners and ebay forces you to use paypal for any transaction. I hope that paypal goes under.

They are rotten, filthy, criminals. All transactions had been covered by credit card, before AND after this transaction. This was the last straw, so I've just closed my PayPal account gave them a nasty earful in the process, and I'll admit, it felt really good! They did refund the money that time, but I've been suspicious ever since, and I see by all the above complaints, rightly so.

I've filed a complaint with the San Jose BBB, joined the "I Hate PayPal" page on Facebook, and will now make it my mission to sway as many people as possible to use any competitor of theirs. I will be throwing a party on the day that their bankruptcy is announced. Just because PayPal is 1 doesn't mean they give 1 like service!

You can count me in as one of thousands who used PayPal to receive money for goods and then got shut down overnight for no reason at all -- and add insult to injury by having the pleasure of having my money frozen for six months, too. I sympathize with all these neg comments. Yet I have to agree PayPal is the only 'trusted' source there's out there. I have a question. I have been using PayPal as a regular Buyer so my PayPal account has a negative balance of say dollars.

Suppose I sell an item for 20 dollars plus fees and everything. What will happen? Can I withdraw my 20 dollars? What happened is a person bought another item from me but then he wanted a full refund. I agreed because the amount involved was petty 20 say and the buyer had a valid point. Since he sent 20 why can't I refund him his 20? Apparently PayPal insists I have a negative balance totalling 80?

They did the same thing to me yesterday. Suspended my account after jumping through all the hoops all week, proving identity, sending in utility bills, my driver's license, proof I was filling and sending orders with tracking numbers proving my customers received them.

So over this and my business will surely suffer. Then they send me a customer service excellence survey that says my account was reinstated. I started hating Paypal when Ebay banned sellers from choosing their own payment methods they are willing to accept. They say things like "get your money faster by printing labels through Ebay or Paypal", or "You can get enough funds to cover the shipping by doing this, this, and this". The problem is, I have to ship freight.

Even if they offered freight, it probably wouldn't be as affordable as I've been able to find it on my own. The sad part is that its management thinks this is fine. PayPal holding your money?