I have a little bit of a dilemma and hopefully some of you that have first hand experience with PayPal can shed some light on this.
3 weeks ago (Nov 12th to be exact), I ordered something online and paid for the item using my verified PayPal account.
A week later, after not hearing anything about my item being shipped, I contacted the seller.
I received a reply explaining that payments take a bit to clear through the bank from PayPal and when it does the item will be sent to me by overnight delivery.
3 days later, I get another email from the seller saying the following:
I received the following replay today:
Am I getting taken for a ride by the seller or does PayPal really take this long?
3 weeks ago (Nov 12th to be exact), I ordered something online and paid for the item using my verified PayPal account.
A week later, after not hearing anything about my item being shipped, I contacted the seller.
I received a reply explaining that payments take a bit to clear through the bank from PayPal and when it does the item will be sent to me by overnight delivery.
3 days later, I get another email from the seller saying the following:
So, I waited another 4 days before contacting the seller again about the status of the shipment.I should know within the next few days if your payment has gone through. Paypal does take a bit as they accept payment fom the buyer,(you) however for those funds to clear with the sellers bank can take some time. It is a pain at times. I do apologise once again. I will stay in contact and let you know the status.
I received the following replay today:
I have used PayPal many times before to send and to receive funds and when I was on the "seller end" of the transaction, I never had to wait this long for the funds to be deposited into my account.Im so sorry for the delay.Pay Pal has new regulations which has made payments gone through pay pal held for up to 3 weeks or more. So even if it shows payment gone through Pay Pal funds wont go into my account for quite a while.
Am I getting taken for a ride by the seller or does PayPal really take this long?