Yet another GD-Paypal thread :-)

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Nov 2013 at 17:23

... because we love 'em on GD! So yeah, I bought an old scanner, as I wanted a model similar to my old one. The seller has got 100% feedback, but only as buyer. The scanner is his 1st item as a seller. I paid up 4 days ago. Today, he stated that the payment is on hold for up to 21 days, as he only recently signed up to Paypal. I replied saying that Paypal are probably being arsey; must be a new policy or something? He said no probs - if I can send proof of purchase, he'll send the scanner regardless.

I'm not too fussed as the item was only £17. Just really like a confirmation from one of you guys if Paypal have changed policy accordingly? I don't think I could email him my Paypal receipt, as he'll think I've probably photoshopped it. Back in my days though, 2001, Paypal took 2 sums of money out of my bank (less than £1 each). Then I would phone up my bank for a mini-statement (as 2001 was before internet banking), obtain the two sub-£1 amounts, tell Paypal what the two amounts were and, bingo, bank account confirmed and Paypal up and running on day 1.

Captain · 17 Nov 2013 at 17:48

iirc, paypal only hold the funds if his paypal email doesn't match his ebay email.

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Nov 2013 at 18:07

Thanks Clov. Will pop him a message to see if it is an email mis-match.

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Nov 2013 at 18:14

Urgh, it won't let me reply because it apparently contains emails addresses, even though I didn't type any! :mad:

mjd · 17 Nov 2013 at 18:52

Replace @ with -at- should you need to include an address.
Check the status of the transaction under your account. If it is unclaimed then its likely that the payment has gone to an unregistered address. The seller will need to add this address to their paypal profile for payment to be claimed.