ebay/paypal Qn

**moorlander** · 5th March 2009, 21:48

Hi, just sold an item on ebay, on live for a few mins & it was sold with buy it now. ebay says it was paid via paypal. went into my paypal account & the status is "pending - post now" I did not know you could do this- the buyer could retract ?, so I have emailed the buyer to "release" funds before I post...buyer does have 100% feedback but sounds dodgy to me..

**Tadpole** · 5th March 2009, 22:01

It's not quite that, just the way his funds are being paid into 'paypal' takes a couple of days sometimes so do not send until paid, just in case. As if you would. ..

**moorlander** · 5th March 2009, 22:12

reply from buyer..

hi
what do you mean pending?
the new policy from paypal is when the buyer will get the item money will be released Money went from my account and hold by peypal
all this should be described in their letter to you
So you dont need to wait now
Please see my feedbacks

from paypal..

Please post the item right away. We'll release the funds when one of the following occurs:

you receive positive feedback from the buyer
it's been 21 days since the payment date and you haven't received a dispute, claim, chargeback, or reversal on the transaction being held

Learn more about the PayPal Policy for payment holds for eBay items.

cklicking on the link I appear to have a low DSR rating...

**Tadpole** · 5th March 2009, 22:18

No way hozay ....

**n_hudson** · 5th March 2009, 22:24

I had a simliar message when I nearly got scammed, seemed that they had created a Paypal/Ebay website themsleves. When I went to the website (Which I thought was Paypal) it said I had the funds, but for it to be released I had to provide a genuine tracking number for the item, now bearing in mind it was a laptop worth over £600 at the time, I never bothered sending it and reported it to Ebay. They came back to me very quickly and said it was not real and that I was being scammed and not to send it. If any negative feedback was left they would remove it.

It may be genuine but I'd never trust a system that asked me that!

**shippers** · 5th March 2009, 22:25

First time i have seen that,They will be getting interest on our money

**shippers** · 5th March 2009, 22:30

Originally Posted by n_hudson

I had a simliar message when I nearly got scammed, seemed that they had created a Paypal/Ebay website themsleves. When I went to the website (Which I thought was Paypal) it said I had the funds, but for it to be released I had to provide a genuine tracking number for the item, now bearing in mind it was a laptop worth over £600 at the time, I never bothered sending it and reported it to Ebay. They came back to me very quickly and said it was not real and that I was being scammed and not to send it. If any negative feedback was left they would remove it.

It may be genuine but I'd never trust a system that asked me that!

I had this happen to me But the message was sent to me via email and not direct to my ebay account,If in doubt send the message or email to spoof@ebay.co.uk they soon tell you if its real.

**moorlander** · 5th March 2009, 22:53

update...rang PayPal, they confirmed the money has left his account, will be in mine upon feedback, they say its now normal practice, not a scam!

**n_hudson** · 5th March 2009, 22:54

Thats wierd! I dont know if I'm going to like this new system....

**big rich** · 5th March 2009, 22:57

its normal m8, i had it on a £280 transaction (posting to greece) a few months ago, its to stop money laundering.

they say you will get your money as soon as a pos is left but i was made to wait nealy 2 weeks after the pos was left