No one here can help you.

Call PayPal as a guest. Here is the number: 1-888-221-1161

https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/contact-us

Looks like someone answers the phone 7 days/week. 6am-6pm Pacific time. Same time zone you are in.

Before you poo poo me, I have talked on the phone with PP several years ago. So it is possible.

No big loss anyway. PayPal sucks! Pretty crappy of them to hold your balance for half a year as well!

Are you sure that this email is not the scam to get your info?

I disagree. I would not sell a big ticket item, such as a pinball machine, but for various and sundry items, for smaller items like the apron cards I just bought, PayPal is the way to go.

Before PP came around, getting paid for selling items on Ebay was a royal PIA. When I was selling on Ebay I had to accept checks and money orders c and wait for the check to clear the bank the bank before I could ship.

The old way to buy : Drag out the checkbook, write the check, stuff the check in and envelope, lick the stamp, carry the envelope to the mailbox.

The new way to buy: Go to PayPal, input the seller's account number, enter the amount to pay, hit the go button. Done.

Paypal says: " We have noticed activity in your account that's inconsistent with our User Agreement..."

Have you used your PayPal account recently?

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Where does he say that PP is holding his balance for a half a year? I'm not seeing it anywhere !

PayPal is awful… I deleted my account last year and it’s been great. Cashapp works way better and the fees are much lower.

PayPal sucks because you have no recourse when they try to screw you.
I transferred money from PayPal balance, the recipient withdrew it. Days later PayPal reversed the balance transfer and attempted to find the transfer using a credit card and bank account. Both failed because I don’t allow PayPal access to those.
This has been explained multiple times to PayPal. Their money still sits in my account and they are on the fifth different collections agency now, trying to collect money that they already have in their system.

This is the line about holding Sunsfan23 ’s money for six months.

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I get spam all the time related to PayPal. Lots of times to email addresses where I don’t even have a PayPal account! I think this is spam.

I stand corrected.

Does Cashapp work if the other party does not have Cashapp?

I don’t think so…I had a guy come over last month to buy a pin. He wanted to use PayPal, I didn’t have it so told him he could go to bank or use cashapp. He downloaded CA and paid me 15 min later. No cost to him for using cashapp. No cost to me either to put funds in my bank (free if you can wait a few days, low fee for instant transfer).

We’re you receiving too much money/too many transactions as a gift? They will shut you down for that.

That will do it. Being verified or positive feedback has nothing to do with it. You are using PayPal services and avoiding their fees and they don't like that. They don't have to give you a warning. Friends and family = gift.

Keep in mind that rules have changed and transactions over $600 are now reported to the IRS so using PayPal to receive funds for pins may be taxable. Cash is best.

That is the equivalent to when Ebay sellers starting listing the product as $100.00 with a $5,000.00 shipping fee ( a used car). Thanks to these yahoos, Ebay started adding in shipping fees as part of the auction and now WE ALL get to pay a percentage on the shipping fees.

PP will let you do small amounts back and forth. But when you start going for the big bucks, PP wants its cut, as you have discovered. I can't blame PayPal.

That is an excellent point. I bought my pins for fun; Not too be hassled with as a business. I keep terrible records on my cost basis.

Years ago, my best friend opened a Corvette shop, buying, selling, trading. Before he opened shop, he already owned '77 Corvette Roadster. He paid $6,000.00 for it. After he opened shop, he sold the '77 for the 6K he had in it; He just transferred into the business and sold it through the business. Oops.

He did no paperwork for having it be bought by the shop so his $6,000.00 sale was all income---on paper. And that is what the IRS nailed him for. Penalties and interest out the wazoo. On what was zero profit.

Yeah. Cash is best.

Actually it not just transactions over $600. It's also if you accumulate a total of $600 for the year. So you could sell 6 $100 items in the year and they will report it to the IRS too.

Something about the number 6. My state used to let you sell 6 cars a year out of your yard. To sell #7 you had to apply for a dealer’s license, have insurance, a sign, and a telephone.

Anyone know if an ‘e check’ will clear on the proposed date?

This is the first time I’ve sent money and it’s been held as on e check. They pulled it from my bank account but it’s all still showing pending. Including the receiving party. Just curious about issues at this point. Hoping it goes through just fine. I’ve used PayPal in the past, not that often, and I’ve never had something be held as an e check.

Thanks in advance