[PVarck31]

So I've been selling items on ebay for years, and also sell things on other sites that use paypal like Swappa, which is what happened here.

I sold a phone on there early this morning and this is probably 10th or 12th phone I've sold with them and I got the notification that it sold, then an email from Paypal saying my funds have been put on hold because I am new to Paypal and haven't had a history built up yet.

I'm like WTF!!! I've been a member of Paypal since 2004. So I go to the Paypal site and sure enough it shows the amount was paid but it's on hold.

Like I said, I've been using paypal since 2004. Whether it be with Ebay, Swappa, or other sites and in this time I have has somewhere along the lines of over 1,000 transactions and I have never had a single one put on hold.

So I ended up chatting with someone from Paypal and they told me it was because it was paid for by good and services. Ok so again WTF? 99.9% of my payments on Paypal have been through goods and services. I pressed the guy to give a better reason why this is happening and all he would tell me is that I can be assured I will get the money.

I was told that if I buy the shipping label through Paypal then once delivery is confirmed I should get the money within 24 hours.

Has this every happened to anyone? I'm really sorry for the long post. I just feel like it is not acceptable to have to send the item to someone before I get paid. And they are saying well you did get paid it's just on hold. I don't think that's acceptable. I should have the money in my hands before I send something to the person who bought it. Especially since we are talking a high value item.

TL;DR Paypal basically screwed me by holding funds from a sale and I have to ship the item to the buyer before I can even get paid. This has never happened to me in the 15 years I've used Paypal.