Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paypal does not have staff personally monitoring you every move. They have computers which look for suspicious changes in account use patterns. You ran a large number of small items through for a few years and then came a large one which you promptly tried to withdraw. With all the idiots giving their Paypal account info to fake emailers, of course they froze your account. I do not know how one time use credit cards work but perhaps, while convenient for you, they cause a right royal headache for Paypal? Institutions can be difficult to work with, especially when they are in transition. However patience, persistence and flexibility usually win through. John Collier On Feb 3, 2004, at 3:49 AM, Eric wrote: > Chris: > >> but I always, always take $$$ out of my Paypal account once I >> receive the money sent. > > That was our plan, too. My wife has sold odds and ends to the tune of > $500 > or so over the past few years. Never a problem with PayPal. Never > more > than a hundred bucks in the account at a given time. They've cut us > checks > and sent them without a hitch. > > An hour or so after my first lens sold and we had $400 in the account, > we > tried to withdraw. That's when it was frozen. I figured that it must > be a > mistake, and that there was no reason to inconvenience the person who > bought > my lens. After all, I had agreed to accept PayPal. In hind sight, I > should > have told him the deal was off and I would no longer accept PayPal. > > I've heard on the news about PayPal. But I've never known anybody > that this > happened to. Yeah, yeah. I know. But we weren't leaving the money > in. > And we had had no problems getting money out before. They didn't have > access to our bank account. I thought I was being safe. That's one > of the > reasons I posted here. > > Oh, well. In the grand scheme of things, it's only money and it's not > going > to make me miss a house payment. Just delay getting a new toy. > > > Eric > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html