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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed April 19, 2021

    I have personal account with PayPal. Recently I sold bitcoin on coinbase to help my mother in law who has cancer for medical bills and help with funeral cost of her daughter who passed away recently. Coinbase deposited about 21 k dollars in my paypal account. I was not able to send entire balance to my wife paypal account due to transaction limitations which they do not make it clear what the limit is. Only you will receive a message that the amount you are sending is above limit and can not be sent.

    I tried to send smaller amounts over several days to my wife paypal account and that has caused her account and my account to get suspended for suspicious activity. I tried to call customer service, and the wait time was over two hours each time we tried to call them, and sometime the phone would just disconnect after waiting several hours, so sometime we end up spending over four hours per day waiting on hold just to speak to someone rude who does not want to help or can not help with anything. They tell you to submit all kind of personal information such as bank statements, government ID, and other proof documents. Even after submitting what they request from us they continue to block our accounts for 180 days, by that time my mother in law will be dead for not receiving medical treatment on time.

    We even offered paypal that we provide marriage certificate as proof to show the money was only sent to my wife account and clarify our sending activity was not suspicious and legitimate. My wife account was closed for life and she was not able to receive the money I sent her. Soon my mother in law will be dead because of their actions. We even offered paypal to show medical proof for the use of money and show death certificate of my sister in law, nothing helped. The staff you talk to on the phone are useless as they can only tell you that they will forward your case to another department for review then nothing happens. Now I can say bye to my 21 k dollars that was held hostage with paypal.

    They stole all my money. If I knew this would happen to me I would have avoided paypal. I should have used an exchange to take out my money instead of paypal. I will never again use their services nor recommend their services to anyone. I hope they go bankrupt and no one ever use their services. I am not able to send text messages to paypal because everything I send to them by text gets ignored and I dont think I want to wait another four hours per day just to speak to a robot who can not help me with anything, so my money is definitely gone.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 17, 2021

    I received an email stating that PayPal has made changes to my account that I did not confirm. If this affects me negatively in any way I do not want to inconvenience myself with the new changes. Why was the changes necessary? How can we address this issue and keep the policy as it has been?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 16, 2021

    I ordered some Apple products using PayPal for the transaction figuring they would protect the consumer if there was an issue, they didn’t. The products never arrived so I filed a claim. PayPal claimed to be investigating. The seller provided fake UPS tracking information. The tracking number was to a real package, delivered to my city but according to UPS the package was not in my name and was not delivered to my address. This package had nothing to do with me but was just some random package delivered. PayPal requested other information from the seller, I have no idea what this was as it was not provided to me. 10 days later PayPal denied my claim. If their investigators spent 5 minutes on the phone with UPS they would have found out the information provided was false. DO NOT EVER USE PAYPAL!!!! If you don’t get your stuff, they won’t help.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 15, 2021

    I have done everything to remove anything questionable. You have held my money for almost a week now. I was told that this ticket was sent up the pipeline on Sat. and it would be resolved within 24 to 72 hours, that time has come and gone. If my funds are not released I will have to contact my attorney by the end of the day. I do not understand why you would hold someone's money that does everything to assist community, and I have done NOTHING illegals at any time.

    As far as I'm concerned once my funds have been released I will no longer work with Paypal. What you are doing is holding money to keep this church alive and feeding our local community. This is unacceptable and no one has even responded. Please release my funds and I will close my account if that is how you choose to play with your customers. I pray you have to do your own soul searching as a company. Sending Blessings and healing for your actions against community, good, healthy, clean, uplifting community. Pastor Bates

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed April 14, 2021

    Hello, I made a purchase at Target online and decided to try the pay in 4 option thru Paypal for my children's gifts. I ended up returning the products because my husband had already purchased them as a surprise. I haven't been working due to COVID illness so I did not have much money. Pay in 4 denied and is still charging me. I am paying for nothing and it is not fair. I would not recommend them at all. The customer service was terrible and not helpful. They just made an extra $180 for nothing.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2021

    Used Paypal to buy Bitcoin after setting up account. They had no problem taking my money from my banking account I had set up with them. I tried to buy more... plenty of money in account. They placed a "hold" on my account. After months, now they want a photo ID, proof of address, copy of bank statement and more info on my purchases. They don't need my photo... my bank transfers the money just fine and they have a complete log of my transactions. It's buy or sell Bitcoin. Now I can't even close my account without giving up a bunch of private info that they do not need. My money is being held hostage.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 9, 2021

    I sent my daughter money, as I have many many times in the past, on April 7th. I was notified the transaction was on hold due to security, but I was still able to do other transactions. This is the only transaction being reviewed for security reasons. It is now April 9th and the funds are still on hold. I called and was told my transaction was being reviewed for compliance. I sent my daughter money using friends and family option. I have done this more times than I can count. Why would this be an issue? I requested the money be released now and was told it would not be released until the review to see if the transaction was in compliance. Thank goodness I could afford to send the money to her a second time, as she could not wait for it. It was needed on the 7th.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceBilling

    Reviewed April 9, 2021

    I have used PayPal since 2019 to receive payments for donations to our charity as well as transfer funds between our volunteers and to receive payment in the event we provide a paint job to a client (there were more than 3 of these transfers). In the past all of my transfers were simple and I had no problem. Today however, my client paid me the $1,000 which I cannot access. Paypal took their $30 fee out and left me with no access to my money. They showed that they were holding $470 and that I had access to the other $500 and change. I called and was told it would be up to 21 days for the release to be made. Then I get into my account to transfer the $500 to my bank account that is linked with my paypal and I get a message saying once again that my money is pending. Usually my money goes immediately. Also, I was charged another $5 to transfer the $500. I'm sure that once the hold is off the $470 that they will also charge me for that.

    All in all I have no access to the $1,000 I was paid and paypal will walk away with around 10% in their pocket. I have transferred thousands of dollars over the last 2 years. After this is fixed I will never again use paypal and I plan to be very vocal with this to other consumers so that nobody else will go through what I went through. I forgot to add; After being under the assumption that the transaction went through, I went to the grocery store to purchase food and my transaction was denied. I was very much embarrassed. Never again paypal! I am completely finished with this company.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed April 9, 2021

    I feel compelled to share my experiences with PayPal so other customers can be alert:

    (1) I have been a seller at eBay, and PayPal had been eBay’s payment processor so I have to have a PayPal account to receive eBay’s sale proceed and I transferred the sales’s proceed to my bank every month. I have been doing this for many years. But this March, I tried to login to my PayPal account many times, using the same computer, same password as before, but I just can’t login.

    (2) On March 23, I searched out PayPal’s phone number 1-888-221-1161 and reached an agent. He asked me many multiple choices questions, I answered them correctly. He tried to help me, but the problem persisted. He said: maybe it takes time for the info to propagate in the system," he suggested me to try at a later time and had assigned me a case No. which is **.

    (3) On March 24, I tried to login but still cannot login. I called them again. This time it was another agent, even though I told him my Case No., He still asked me many multiple choices questions, I answered correctly. But he could not solve my login problem. I thought it is their software defect so I requested to talk to the supervisor and asked her when they will solve the login problem? She kept saying: “We don’t have a specific timeframe, you have to try later“, “We don’t have a specific timeframe, you have to try later”.... Repeat it forever. (I can’t provide her name if requested).

    (4) On April 6, thinking they have solve the software problem, I tried to login again but still the same thing. I reach the third agent, She asked me multiple choices questions again like the two previous agents did, including friends I recognize from their list, previous companies I had associated with, previous house street and number, the date I moved in to the current house, the name and model of my current car which I already used for more than 10 years, the name and model no. of the previous car which I also used for more 10 years since 20 years ago.... I answered them all correctly.

    (5) She was almost exhausted in her questions, then the last and the most ridiculous question she asked was the name and model of my car I used for more than 20 year’s ago. I had a hard time to figure out the model name, I told her “it is a Black American Car”, I can’t recall the model name right away but after a while I figure it out, I answered her correctly: “Chevrolet Caprice“. But she has no word except saying: “I can’t grant you access to your account because the time you answered the questions has exceed our time limit.” CAN YOU IMAGE THIS THING HAPPENED IN AMERICA???!

    (6) After this call, I realized that it is not their software program, it is their systematic way to deny customer access to their fund. It is especially suspicious since eBay has announced to manage their own payments this year. To avoid further losses, I have to deactivate my store until eBay takes over my payment.

    Base on 740 latest rating submitted to Consumer Affairs, PayPal has one star rating. For the protection of consumers, I sincerely hope that the authorities can investigate PayPal’s business practices.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2021

    The Buyer of merchandise on eBay paid with his PayPal account. PayPal states that complaints for nonreceipt of merchandise must be filed within 180 days. A complaint was filed after 180 days and PayPal says I am responsible since the USPS and eBay no longer have the shipping information on file. This is ridiculous and is caused by PayPal reviewing the complaint after the time period expired.

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed April 8, 2021

    Started PayPal small business account two weeks ago. Have had nothing but aggravation with them asking for irrelevant information about my business while holding up business transactions in my account. If you call them expect to spend an hour and a half on hold. Ignore the message to leave a phone number for them to call you back, they won't. When you finally do get through expect to speak to someone who does not speak English. After you explain problem you will be told will be resolved in 72 hours. It won't and nobody gets back to you. They encourage you to go to their message center for faster service. Good luck with that. Left multiple messages, no response. So after 2 weeks of no response from them I will have to go to plan B. This is no way to treat a customer. They deserve to fail.

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    StaffBilling

    Reviewed April 7, 2021

    Anyone looking to do business with this company I would highly discourage and if you have other options go that route. I understand in some case options are limited which is why a company like PayPal should provide a warning or better info when they sense something that has violated their policy. I accepted payment on an item through a site that had PayPal listed as an option. I had no idea it was a problem to accept payment via PayPal. With no warning, no appeal they limited my account for life. I would gladly have complied with any feedback had it been given to me but instead they basically terminated my account for life.

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    Sales & MarketingRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed April 6, 2021

    Their "Purchase Protection" is a complete joke. Be sure to *never* use Paypal to subscribe to online services, because they will not refund you even if the services don't match the description advertised.

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    Customer ServiceStaffBillingTransparency

    Reviewed April 3, 2021

    As others are experiencing too, PayPal has put limitations on people's accounts until they verify their details, I have now spent 2 1/2 agonizing and frustrating weeks back and forth trying to update and verify my address, I keep sending my electricity bill through but they keep rejecting it because apparently it is blurry, I have tried every way they have told me, I have scanned it, took pictures in their upload box, added scanned photo to upload box in their resolution box and nothing works (I have done this over 12 times now), the picture is perfectly fine my end (and the right size) and amazingly the photos of my drivers licence for verification of my name that I sent the same way went through perfectly fine the first time!

    I sent it through their message email and they told me they won't accept it through their message email...not that they received a blurry copy but just that they won't accept it that way and I have to do it through resolution centre...which won't work! I have had messages to say it has gone through and is verified but when I log in it says it is still limited, I have been told to remove bank account and link it again which I can't do because they won't let me do it until I verify my address! I have BEGGED for them to find a solution to be able to send this verification another way, as obviously the photo of my electricity bill is not going through this way, but no... they KEEP sending me the same information on how to verify my address like I am some sort of idiot.

    A friend had the same trouble and ended up, reluctantly, sending a full copy of her tax return and...lol and behold it went through! Is that what it is...you just want more of our private details to sell Pay Pal? Is that why you won't accept my boring electricity bill? I have never hated a company so much as I do with this company right now, they don't care, they don't want to help me, they won't give me solutions and I'm tired of fighting with this company that I have been with for over 15 years and who I have never had this sort of trouble with before, they can keep my money in there and I'm off to the bank to make sure they can no longer access my accounts.

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    Sales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed March 31, 2021

    I placed an order for an item that was advertised on Facebook. I paid through Paypal. Weeks later, I received an item from China that did not resemble what I ordered AT ALL. I filed a fraud complaint to get my money back. Paypal refused to refund my money. I provided all of the information that showed I was scammed, but Paypal did not care. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Again, Paypal did not care. Paypal does not care about you or protecting you against fraudulent transactions.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed March 30, 2021

    I have send money to Qatar and 7 days later PayPal never released the money to the receiver. The receiver contacted PayPal that never offered any workable solution. PayPal refused to refund all the transfer fee they charged me and the receiver for back and forth money transfers. PayPal is responsible for the unsuccessful transaction and must refund all the expenses I experienced. Unfortunately PayPal didn't cooperate nor did it permit me to file a dispute.

    Very disappointing. Never again. No wonder Ebay abandoned PayPal as their third party.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 26, 2021

    Opened an account in 2011 (not a typo) and attempted to use it once. Account dormant since. Tried to close the account (don't trust them) -- and get this: They Refused. No funds owed, no disputes. They simply refused. Why? "We need more data from you" (after having my name, email, address, bank acct, etc.). They also demand my Social Security, copy of License, Photo ID, etc. Why? To close a non-dispute account? "That's our policy". They are extorting more personal data (PII) from people in order to even close accounts. Please people -- BE CAREFUL dealing with this company. Good luck to one and All!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceTransparency

    Reviewed March 25, 2021

    They won't let me transfer money out because I changed my phone number watch ACTUALLY changed and said I could use my balance but won't allow me to add to Google Pay. I changed my number WEEKS ago and said they are still verifying. They've offered explanation after explanation. I said I wanted it fixed. They said they can't. How about that for customer service. Do not use PayPal. They are scamming. They allow the charges they want to go through and nothing more. Huge inconvenience. I've tried to obtain money from every possible legal source. It won't link to my external accounts either such as Varo.

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed March 24, 2021

    I opened my PayPal business account as a convenience for my overseas clients to send money and be able to use their credit cards. One of my clients used their American Express card to pay for an invoice over $50,000. Not only does PayPal Pal charge an exorbitant amount on FEES they also will not release your FUNDS. They hold it in a RESERVE account for 180 days or more. This info is not shared initially when you set up your account. HIGHWAY ROBBERY....PAYPAL needs to go after the big boys like AMAZON AND OTHERs rather than try to SOCK IT to small businesses. DON'T SET UP AN ACCOUNT WITH PAYPAL IF YOU DO TRANSACTIONS OF$ 25,000 OR MORE.

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    Sales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsMaintenance

    Reviewed March 23, 2021

    I purchased a robot vacuum in late November from a company I did not know so I used PayPal thinking they would be a protection against the company if they were a scam. Needless to say the company never sent me any confirmation of the purchase or any tracking information. Their website was not working either. I notified PayPal of this and requested a refund as I wanted to cancel the order since it looked like a scam. PayPal said the company told them the vacuum was en route so they would not cancel the transaction.

    At the end of December I did receive a mini vacuum that hardly worked so I sent it back. I got a confirmation from the company that I would receive a refund but as of March 23, I have not received any refund. I opened another ticket with PayPal and they immediately closed it saying I ineligible for PayPal Purchase Protection. I guess PayPal does not offer consumer protection from scam purchasers? Do not use them!!

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsTimeliness

    Reviewed March 23, 2021

    I made a purchase of a pillow using PayPal from Sleep Easy.com. They clearly state you may return the product within 30 days if not satisfied and to contact them with return instructions (UK company). I contacted them 3 times in 30 days with no response. Created a case with Paypal and escalated it to a claim within 39 days. I chose as a reason "Product not as described" as there was not a choice "can't return", "not satisfied with purchase". Asked Paypal to assist in getting return instructions. Never used, in original packaging, within 30 days as the company website described. Paypal won't ask for refund because of the reason I used. There was no alternative to fit my problem. Contacted Paypal numerous times with no resolution. Resolution center is a joke. Impossible to contact them. Closing my account and will not use Paypal again. AVOID PAYPAL!!! Use Amazon....

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2021

    I have tried 3 times, the last time while on the phone with a PayPal rep, to wire money to my girlfriend in Tijuana for education and childcare. Each time it somehow gets treated as a commercial transaction swirling in red tape. The PayPal rep last said that he corrected it; he didn't and probably couldn't. Now I'm told to wait 21 days or have my girlfriend take some action and then wait 3-5 business days. I'm out of time, patience, and respect. I am canceling with my bank as fraudulent/theft encounter and taking the money to her in person. I've lost hours. PayPal, incidentally charges far more than WesternUnion and the like. (I suddenly was unable to wire online money via WesternUnion or I'd have done that.) PayEnemy.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2021

    My PayPal was used to make a purchase. I contacted them about the transaction. Agent was disrespectful. "I closed your case because I did not see any authorize transactions on your account." She was very rude.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed March 19, 2021

    I ordered several items and used my PayPal account, I was sent several items correctly and three items were completely different and different size than I ordered. Filed a complaint and only wanted credit for items sent incorrectly. PayPal gave me an address written in Chinese and said they would refund me after I shipped incorrect items back to China at my expense. No way possible for me to write this address in Chinese.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed March 19, 2021

    I was in the process of re establishing my account because I bought out my business partner and was going thru the necessary changes. I wanted to purchase a product so I used the pay as a guest option to complete the transaction. Five days after I completed the transaction, I unfortunately realized I was being ripped off. So I went through the process with my credit card company which they advised me also to start the process with PayPal. So because I waited on hold for over an hour, I finally spent another twenty minutes trying to find out how to do it online. I contacted them via chat and left a message with the receipt number and info I received when I paid for the product from them. I had already uploaded the documents they need to verify my identity for my account and twice told them the problem I was having was a purchase the was completed as a guest.

    I get an email hours later with the heading"we care" but they were not going to review my complaint because I had not given them what they needed to verify who I am, when I already had, but that's not here or there as I completed the transaction in question as a guest. So if you purchase something as a guest and have all the information they need to investigate and do the right thing with their heading "we care" they clearly do not and you are rolling the dice considering not only did they attempt to screw me over they did it twice by doing business with a company that at minimum is very shady.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2021

    Being a customer from 2007 (actually my oldest account with PayPal is 1998 when I stay in California) and seeing them become less and less user friendly. On March 15, 2021, I ordered some service in USD $197 with my USD credit card. PayPal converted that to CAD and charge my USD credit card with CAD and my TD Bank has to convert back to USD. So, I lost 8% right away.

    Then, I spend over 3 hours, call them and experience a few customer service. None of them even has the experience to handle such a simple issue. One woman doesn't know how to do it and transfer to other guy and I waiting half hour and get lost. I recall again and still being rejected as the final customer service simply said PayPal has the right to convert to CAD no matter what.

    I finally decided to cancel my account with PayPal and not going to do any business with them anymore. I will highly recommend business owners NOT use PayPal only, because it will drive customers away. For my situation, I will no longer subscribe and pay annual fee to that guy as he only use PayPal. No business with him till he has other payment option. I believe many individual user will also quit PayPal if their service keep scam customers.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2021

    I purchased a bike online from hxssga for $69.95, too good to be true yah, well I thought, maybe a promotion; and, I used Paypal as they would get the money back if not. Well, hxssga sent me a usb cable using the tracking number they had provided. I got back to them and they said it was a mistake; they would ship again and gave me another tracking number which took me to a red warning page and didn't register in the original tracking site. I filed a case with paypal resolution center. Today, I received an email saying that they had ruled against me as the package had been delivered. I had sent a track record of it to paypal admittedly a bit involved but really: I bought a bike and received a usb cable.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2021

    Biggest scam I've ever seen. I set up an account a few days ago and have my primary currency set as USD and also linked an US bank account. Someone from US was paying me $6900USD through PayPal, which they took away about $300USD for some good/services fee. A good start. And then they automatically converted the remaining $6600USD to $7900CAD, a terrible exchange rate, which costed me another few hundred collars. I spent 4 hours talking to the customer service, just trying to convert it back to $6600USD, the way it was sent. They are telling me they can't do it. And the currency exchange automatically occurred because it's a Canadian account. So I guess setting the primary currency option is just for fun? A company that's worth something like 45 Billion Dollars is trying to steal a few hundred dollars from me. Amazing. I'm so disappointed that I can't rate it 0/5, since I honestly can't find a reason to give it 1 star at all.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2021

    Multiple issues. Updated my info and validated my phone. When I updated my bank info it said, number not validated. Made a sale on eBay and I was hit for a refund. They buyer lied and returned another item. Tried customer service but they didn't speak much English. When I asked a few questions, like "May I talk to a supervisor." she started yelling and hung up on me.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 14, 2021

    Someone was able to access my debit card that I had stored in PayPal and charge over $500 to purchase an item through eBay. I made multiple calls - once I could find the PayPal telephone # and with the first call, I thought I had this resolved. I never received reimbursement and when I called again, I was told that they denied my claim and sent an email; however, they used the email of the person who accessed my account. I could never resolve the issue and have never received a reimbursement. It wasn't that this incident happened that has been so frustrating. It was the convoluted manner of trying to reach someone who could listen and help, rather than telling me to post a claim. Which is impossible to do when I didn't have the transaction # - because it wasn't my transaction. I've closed my account and will not use PayPal again.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2021

    Paypal for some odd reason operates under the assumption that they hold a higher legal right to my money than I do... not sure how they’re able to do this without being shut down but where I'm from, this practice is called theft.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2021

    Everyone nowadays are having a hard financial time. So needless to say was I a little emotional, absolutely. However, when speaking to someone regarding your business finances and closing of your business it would be nice to speak with someone that knows what they are talking about. I spoke with someone that could barely speak English and she started guessing what I need as if she knew me. They need to train their customer service to listen and not talk. When I ask to speak to the supervisor I was hung up. WTH is going on these days. Glad I am closing my account with them. In the last 5 years, they have done nothing but gone downhill. And I have been with them for 20 years. Need to find new company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 9, 2021

    I filed a dispute on an order that was placed, and did not receive. The fly-by-night company sent my order to someone else, took MY money, though. PayPal received tracking information, to the other person, and denied my claim. PayPal is a joke. They don’t care about your money. You think you are making purchases that are protected, obviously not. I even forwarded an email from USPS stating the company put someone else’s address on my package. Think about it before using PayPal.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2021

    Happens to me 3 times now. I bought some products, the scammer delay the delivery and then deliver to wrong place, in another state. This place does not exist. The phone of the company does not respond neither. I ask PayPal for help but they reject to help because they received the delivery code. I insisted about the delivery is not true and we did not received this package. But PayPal close the cases with no option for me. It is very simple to see that I bought a product and include my unique address and the delivery was made to other address in other state. But they reject to consider at least to close the seller account. PayPal is not protecting the buyers like when they was starting.

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsBillingRates

    Reviewed March 5, 2021

    A payment was put on hold. The payment was for services rendered so there is no possibility of refund. There is a fee charged and a 21 day hold on my money. So I am the loser in the transaction. PayPal will gain the fee and 21 days on interest paid on my money. Never again.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2021

    Hello everyone. PayPal is a Fraud in my opinion. If you're reading this you know. If you don’t know look into their reviews. Let’s create a group and fight them for all the people they wronged. We can win.

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    Rates

    Reviewed March 2, 2021

    In January 2021, using my PayPal account, I bought 2 Mystery electronic Boxes. Since after a month I did not receive a single box with the promised items, I contacted PayPal with a request to return the money I paid. However, PayPal actually sided with the scammers, refusing to return the money and not showing the slightest interest in receiving the purchase documents and deception from the seller, which I suggested to them to forward. All I got from PayPal was an offer to report to a law enforcement agency or government organization. It looks like a mockery.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsFollow-Through

    Reviewed March 1, 2021

    I had a conflict with a company over Christmas. I ordered a two sets of mugs from Family Crests, only partial order received way too late to rectify before Christmas. Ordered 11/15/20, with a promised shipping date within 7 to 10 days. Received December 22, 2020. I submitted for refund through Paypal, Family crests sent them doctored invoice, I sent copy of my invoice as proof, Paypal did not acknowledge.

    It should have been over. Paypal sent me notice and form to file a fraud report which I did. Paypal then ignored that. It should have been over. After further requests for refund, 2 mos later family crest sent me damaged replacements from their seconds pile. I sent photos to paypal showing damage, still wanting my refund (Christmas long over, today March 1st), and paypal wanted me to return heavy glass damaged mugs at my expense for refund. I finally gave up. Not spending $20 for a $29 refund. A net of $5? This has taken a lot of my time to fight for my own money, photos, at least 8 responses following paypal's directions, but they kept moving the goalposts. Today they denied my request for a refund.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 1, 2021

    On Tuesday 2/23/2021 PayPal froze both my personal account and my business account; stating that I violated their term of service agreement. I have a balance of $581.57 that was frozen for 6 months for their investigation. I want to see the court order or judgement that gave PayPal the authority to seize my accounts; and I need the funds returned to me within 72 hours from today 02/28/2021 or I will file a police report and follow up with a lawsuit. This serves as a final notice.

    Names on Account - Patricia **
    Account Numbers - **
    Date - 02/28/2021
    Phone – **

    Email – **

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2021

    On 2/24/21 I made an eBay purchase and paid via Paypal. My account is set for my credit card to be my preferred method of payment. They debited my checking bank account instead. I tried calling them and got a voicemail that said no representative is available and was disconnected, tried calling several times. I tried their website "contact" to send an email and got a message that said, "Our apologies, but messages are currently unavailable. Please close this window and select another contact option." I tried several times to contact them by phone and website to no avail.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2021

    Out of nowhere closed my account, keeped my money and recent PUA on my card. Asked me to send proof. I did, birth certificate etc, and still shut it down for no cause and keeped my money... Reported them to unemployment and BBB.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2021

    I will avoid using Paypal in the future and I suggest you do the same. We ordered a product from OTTUZ and when it arrived, it was defective. There was a money back guarantee by OTTUZ if not satisfied. When contacted, they would not confirm the email, sent no notifications, etc.. We notified Pay pal who basically said, "Too Bad". Paypal said that we agreed to pay Paypal for the product when we bought the product and Paypal did not care if the product was good or not. If we received the product, even if defective, we were obligated to pay Paypal. They were only interested in getting their money. They said if we bought this off Facebook, it was likely a scam. Avoid PayPal, they are not on your side!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2021

    The whole company should be false advertisement. I have had multiple issues with this company but I keep giving them a chance. I have purchased a game system online using them. The person never sent the item and when filing a dispute was only able to receive $8 dollars and the agent sound proud when $200 was paid. Was told if it was handled directly through PayPal account they could've gotten everything back but since I used a card thru them it would not be possible.

    My second issue was with their integration with Facebook to make purchases safer. Actually saying you get your product before they get their money. Purchased a $600 dollar phone online. Was given the confirmation, the transaction, and everything. The person never sent the device but kept the money and PayPal says they are unable to refund even though this time unlike the other transaction the money was added to my Paypal account 1st and then the purchase was made. Was told this time that I should've made the purchase using my card so I could've disputed thru the bank.

    My last issue was actually me sending money to a friend that needed gas, we both have a PayPal account and her account is linked to her card. We often do this 1 or 2 times a month but for some reason they put a hold on the transaction and customer service said they did not have a reason for the hold even though this is a basic transaction and told me we would have to wait almost a week for it to process. I asked for them to cancel it so I can just find another way to do it. But lo and behold the refund button is gone, the cancel button is gone, and they said that they can't cancel the transaction so my money is just floating there in the system for a week.

    Horrible useless company. If you can't do what your company purpose is then just shut down. 3rd party prepaid banks/account have more support with money security than this company.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2021

    Can't withdraw to my bank account. My money is in my Paypal account, but it won't let me withdraw money to my bank account! Very bad experience. I spent 2 hours trying to transfer to 2 different banks but am unable to get my money!

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    Refunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2021

    I was a very satisfied user until I made a purchase and did not receive the merchandise or any acknowledgement from numerous e-mail to supplier. Tried to get refund through the resolution center but was denied saying it was not a billing dispute. I was not claiming it a billing dispute, I made clear it was outright fraud, that I never received any product or a refund. eBay purchased Paypal in 2002. I would advise anyone using Paypal to use these services with caution. Personally I am closing my account as a necessary precaution.

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    Contract & TermsTechRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2021

    So it seems they only protect the Chinese vendors and us buyers get screwed. I did a dispute because vendor was taking too long to return my money and I didn't need to return product per vendors agreement. Now Paypal sends me notice I need to return product to get any return and they don't even give me a address in english. Then good luck trying to send a message about a dispute. The only thing paypal is good at is taking your money.

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    Billing

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2021

    I was being taught by a family member on my account to buy and sell bitcoin. I had sent a Zoom also. I get a notice due to fraud like activities that they closed my account and withdrew the money from my account in which Zoom had not yet deposited. I left me in the red. Also I can't touch my money for 180 days. ** because I had someone else on my account with me they closed a long time account. Find the real fraud and leave a mom of 2 kids alone and let go of my bill money PayPal.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsTimeliness

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2021

    I Purchased an item two months ago, gave the seller a month and reached out three times but no response. Now it has been another month with PayPal still have not received the item or the refund. One excuse after another. When is it ever okay to take two months to give someone a refund?!

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    Sales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2021

    Have now had multiple poor experiences with Paypal and their resolution service, that I am now done with using their company completely. Purchased two pair of Maui Jim sunglasses, a delivery arrived with two pair of sunglasses but were obvious fakes and this was confirmed by the local MJ dealer. Paypal allowed seller to make a refund offer of 20% of the purchase price and cannot understand why I would not accept. They sold counterfeit merchandise, sent items completely different than what I ordered (sent full documentation via multiple pictures), yet Paypal does not seem to care. They are now reviewing my 2nd appeal, how long does it take for Paypal to do what is right, and why do they allow counterfeit merchandise to run thru their payment system.... I was denied a refund the first time I was scammed and thought I wont let it happen again, but was duped a 2nd time....There wont be a third, I am closing my paypal account

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceTimeliness

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2021

    I ordered a product for $75.00 and PayPal charged my account. Which was fine. That same day an extra $10.00 was charged from PayPal. I did not order anything else. I contacted them via disputes on my account. Because I could not find the $10.00 on my activity I went through the $75 charge and put very detailed notes including a copy of my bank statement. So they would know I am not disputing the $75 but only the $10. They obviously do not read the typed information. If they don't read it they should not give us the option to type anything. I get a response later that I need to show some sort of proof, etc. etc. I checked my account and the $10 was removed. I told them that I indeed see that the money was credited back so It is all good.

    I assumed they read my dispute and fixed the problem. Instead of that person reading my response back to them they go ahead and credit me the $75. Now they tell me that I must return that money by adding it to my account by a certain date. Well ok fine. I will do that even though they can not seem to read. I go to do that today and follow their directions. There is nowhere on my account to hit a button "add money" as they state. I looked through every link on the pages in my account. I emailed them back and stated that there is no such place on my account. Now if I need a special account for this and not my regular PayPal account I do not know, but I figured they would of told me otherwise.

    I am not setting up another different account just to put money back in it that they could not bother to read my email stating everything was fine. The guy actually told me I had to go on the website and close my disputed case. I went to do that and there was nothing to close. I emailed them and they said it would close itself. They do not seem to know what is going on over there. Now because I can not get the extra $75 back into my account my account will probably be closed. Terrible Customer service.

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    Sales & MarketingStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2021

    Paypal has been screwing me over along with millions of eBay users who can not shop or sell on ebay. Why? Well they have a magic wand at PayPal that can limit users and sellers for just about anything with no merit and once you are limited it can be FOR LIFE. I used to read the horrific stories on ** which was somehow taken down but had all the truth. I can buy anything I want on the #1 shopping site Amazon with any valid credit credit. Not the case with ebay because paypal has cast a spell on ebay to control who can buy on ebay. I have felt bad since ebay has lost $$ billions of sales from this limitation process over the last 18 years. Paypal does not care about their own lost revenues since they are up to plenty of crooked practices like holding money for 6 months without cause.

    I am sure Elon dumped paypal for good reasons like these since he is honest man. Crypto will not save paypal. Anyone who buys crypto on payapl is at serious risk since paypal can steal it from you for 6 months at a time for no reason whatsoever. Paypal is not a trustworthy name for anything to do with the financial industry. Paypal and decentralized finance/crypto should not be ever be mentioned in the same sentence. Paypal is the most centralized finance in the world and they have their own set of rules that nobody else has to follow. Crypto is finally a way to hold your money with nobody else having any control. Stay away from Paypal and if you have money get it out of there before they snatch it up for 6 months like they did to me.

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    Customer ServiceBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2021

    I live in Hungary, where the currency is HUF. HUF have high inflation, so I rather keep my money in EUR, and that's what I get from my customers. Yet Paypal do not let me to withdraw EUR to my EUR bank account (they don't even let me to add non-HUF bank account), but to withdraw as HUF, AFTER their conversion, which contains very high 4,5% fee (in addition to the 8% fee on each payments I get...).

    The customer service (1 year ago, as now they don't have customer service at all), said that's a legal regulation to be able to withdraw only in my country's native currency... But it's not true, I can use my Revolut, Transferwise, etc to withdraw and send money in any currency that the support. Also paypal blocks every methods to avoid their currency conversion, like Xoom, for which they ask for documents to complete the transfer, but not possible to upload these because of constant upload errors. Paypal is a very greedy company.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2021

    I ordered using Paypal a product that was not as shown or advertised, it was a total scam and PayPal made me jump through all kinds of hoops, then in the end requested I send back the crap they sent me and pay the shipping. They then said when the sender gets the stuff back they will give a refund. The stuff came from China and I must send it back at my expense. If a person with even half a brain looked at what they sent and the price they could see it was a scam I sent them a picture so they know. I trusted PayPal but now I see they allow scammers. I will no longer use them and advise others that if they think PayPal will protect them from scammers they are wrong.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2021

    After submitting the documents as My business takes PayPal as a payment, online and walk-in. After 12 years doing business with PayPal, they requested business documentation, which we provided. However, they still require additional documentation for my employees, which only do order processing. At the moment, my account basically sitting duck. Can’t receive, send and withdraw. Customer service is at worst. No help. I’m avoiding PayPal and its subsidiaries at any cost now.

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    Sales & MarketingStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2021

    In January 2021, a family member used PayPal to make a purchase from Facebook Marketplace from an individual. PayPal changed my preferred method of payment to my bank account from my years-long preferred method of credit card. This was done without my permission. Being it was set as a preferred payment, the family member didn't change it to the credit card. The family member also chose the option to "send money to a friend," as to him, he wasn't buying from a store, but a person, so it made sense to him. The seller never shipped the product, and blocked the family member on Facebook. It was a scam. Because the method of payment was the bank account, we have no recourse with our bank to recoup the money. We're out hundreds of dollars as a result. If PayPal had kept the preferred method as the credit card, we could have gotten help.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2021

    If you receive the wrong item with $100.00 difference and it has a tracking number you have to send it back for a refund. When in Canada and it comes from China it’s only about $40.00 to send it back! At your expense! Bought a bubble tent and received the plastic discs instead! Even if it’s an empty package you have to send it back with a tracking number! Even when they give you a bogus return address! I highly recommend PayPal if you're a scammer!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2021

    I just recently started using PayPal. I had 3 deposits made to PayPal and I had a problem 2 out of 3. I have to wait for 48 hours before I can transfer funds into my bank account for no reason but security purposes. This is not ok and I will no longer use this service.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    Be very careful using PayPal. Have had fraudulent charges on my account and getting ahold of someone takes hours if you're lucky. Once you finally do they always say, "Sorry nothing we can do to help you. Good luck."

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    Sales & MarketingPriceTransparency

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    Was the victim of two chargeback dispute scams totaling $1600 and Paypal awarded both in the disputer's favor despite overwhelming evidence from me that these were scams and in no way warranted or valid. I as the seller provided tracking information and proof of shipment including pictures of the items sent by the buyer, chat logs, shipment receipts, etc.

    Buyer did not provide any evidence that item was not received - one of the buyers actually submitted a dispute literally five months after the item was purchased without ever having contacted me during that time. Paypal still thought this wasn't suspicious at all and decided to go in the buyer's favor without a logical or reasonable explanation. To add insult to injury, Paypal charged ME $15 for a dispute filed by the buyer. Do not use Paypal for transactions - stick to cold hard cash or credit. It doesn't matter if you're a buyer or a seller, there's a strong chance you'll be burned either way. Paypal is not there to protect you. Their first priority is making money.

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    Sales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppFollow-Through

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    They have a promotion, that even now they still advertised that if you refer someone, add ¢1 in their new account and after they open an account you and that person will received $10. So after almost 3 weeks waiting for them to do as advertised, I message them and ask what's going? They write back the following: "I do apologize for this and we appreciate you referring a friend to PayPal but I'm afraid this is will not be credited since the referral program is only available until December 31st last year. Don't worry, you can still enjoy the promos and discounts here in PayPal please do keep an eye on your inbox for more promos and discounts here in PayPal." If you go on their website they still have this luring Advertisement.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2021

    They are holding my money for 21 days because I don’t have access to the oldest debit card info on my PayPal. I have sent a valid ID, I’ve even done facial recognition on their app to identify myself, but still have my account limited and my investment money tied up. NEVER PUT YOUR MONEY ON THEIR PLATFORM!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2021

    Customer had paid via 3rd party app which was then sent to Paypal. First time using Paypal for business, linked accounts accordingly. Then made a small INSTANT transfer to my bank to get familiar with the process. Transfer went through in minutes with a minimal fee...awesome. Thinking my account was now validated on Friday I waited until Monday to transfer the rest when I actually needed it. I try to transfer on Monday and Paypal puts a 3 day hold on the deposit. The same deposit I had already transferred money out of on Friday.

    Great work detectives!! You're 3 days late. And dealing with customer service was laughable. They kept giving me their generic prewritten answers. Never could actually give me a WHY except sometimes they may hold a deposit. Ultimately telling me to cancel the deposit if I didn't agree with the hold. And do what with it exactly??? Unbelievable. At least lie to me... Make me feel warm and fuzzy...like you're actually looking into it. Had they put a hold on the initial deposit...I completely understand. Or that, at the very least, sounds logical. I used WePay for years...never once had a problem. Currently looking for a new 3rd party that doesn't use PayPal. I'm just a small business and cash flow is everything.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2021

    12 Jan 2020, I found out my PayPal MC account was hacked from June 2019 to 12 Jan 2020. At least 20-25 unauthorized charges were made during that time. As soon as I found out, I contacted PayPal fraud department. They investigated, and refunded me my money. Everything was corrected by the end of Jan 2020. At that time I closed all PayPal accounts, and any email account associated with them. Sept 2020, they re-opened my account and charged $99.99. I never found out about until 13 Jan 2021 when I received a letter from a collection agency for $ 99.99.

    After a frustrating 20 days of switched from department to department, and having conversations with at least 50 people, it has come to the conclusion that PayPal refunded me twice for 1 of the charges. They will not use USPS to contact you. They only use email. Since I closed the email I used at that time. They failed to contact me at all! My suggestion is not to use PayPal because they are unprofessional with communication other than email. Once your account is closed, there is no way to change anything at all! Beware of that!

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    Customer ServiceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2021

    I got Paypal years ago to make a couple purchases that only took Paypal. I never used it again. Recently I received an email about a purchase I didn't make on my PayPal. I notified them but they refused to acknowledge it as unauthorized (despite <$40 in my entire account history, all 2 years old, and a sudden middle of the night purchase of $488), so I informed my credit card company to not pay it. Paypal 'investigated' three times (after I appealed twice; one appeal was done over the phone and took 3 minutes, which doesn't seem very thorough).

    Finally they acknowledged it was fraudulent. When I went to close my account online I was told that I couldn't and to contact the message center. They then told me I had to provide, bank information, and my driver's license or passport. One of the agents on the phone even said "anyone can call in and confirm your identity". Credit cards are more secure! There is no reason to add another step, especially when that step becomes the weakest link.

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    Lawrence increased rating by 1 star.
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    After a positive interaction with PayPal, Lawrence increased their star rating on Feb. 6, 2021.

    Updated review: Feb. 6, 2021

    Appended Response: I appealed to Paypal, after they denied my claim (after I posted my review). They revisited my case and found in my favor this time. I'm a little irritated that I had to pester them again, when frankly, they should have found in my favor in the first place in my opinion. However, they did the right thing in the end. I'm raising the rating to 2. It does show that you should never give up and accept defeat, when you are in the right.

    Original Review: Feb. 1, 2021

    I purchase an item using Paypal. I didn't received the item. The seller didn't contact me after I complained. I received a shipping notice from UPS with my name and address for invoice and an unknown address for the delivery address. The person at the delivery address was unknown to me but received a different item on for the day of "my" delivery, which they had ordered and paid for. This whole story seems completely farfetched but everything written above is true. Paypal "investigated" and found against me and closed the case. No explanation as to how they came to this conclusion. I don't know what the seller said to them (if anything). No communication to me from the seller. Paypal Dispute Resolution...what a joke!

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    Punctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsMaintenance

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2021

    I ordered Xmas ornaments and when I got them months later they were broken up. The company wanted me to send them back to China to get a refund. I asked PayPal to refund my money and it was impossible to get it.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2021

    After contacting PayPal within an hour of an accidental money transfer, they refused to cancel it. I wrote to the stranger who received the money to please send it back and she basically thanked me for the free money. PayPal is a horrible service that can't determine when accidents happen. I can't understand how hard it is to just cancel a transaction if customer service can tell that it was a mistake.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2021

    Bought product from company (Mercari). Never received package. Tracked it.. Stated delivered by UPS next to a garage. I did not get the package nor do I have A GARAGE. Obviously it was left at WRONG HOUSE. Mercari not helping and called PayPal. Opened case.. They say resolved case. It tracked "delivered". Hello where!? Paypal refuses to get mercari file lost package claim with UPS and refund my $110.00. I do not recommend using PayPal.... We all know delivery services never never make mistakes!

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2021

    I purchased a product through PayPal, they debited my checking account & also charged me through PayPal. The problem is is that I have tried & Tried to get the money back. Reach a live agent & also tried to even speak with someone online... IMPOSSIBLE!!! I no have time go through my bank. I cannot even believe the customer service! I have read the reviews, unfortunately after my issues. I would Never even Think of using them again!!!

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    Sales & MarketingStaffBillingTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2021

    WARNING! I have had an online business selling beauty and anti aging products and an account with PayPal for over 18 years. I have paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees. Without warning they have frozen over $53,000 of my sales profits for 180 days. They have done this to countless customers and lost a class action lawsuit a few years ago where they promised to the court to curtail their unscrupulous and unfair policies. They refuse to disclose the details that resulted in the permanent limitation of my account. The reason for this secrecy is clear to me and anyone who reads this. They are not being transparent because their reason is borderline criminal.

    Don't open a PayPal account for your business and if you have one close it now and transfer YOUR money to your FDIC bank account. It's YOUR money, not theirs. They are providing a service to process credit cards to your customers. It's shocking that their service is holding our money and employee paychecks for six months during the worse, devastating pandemic and financial hardship in modern lives. My business is in excellent standing and I trusted this company and Dan Schulman for many years. Shame on you.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2021

    Been a long time customer until they permanently banned me or "part ways" (as the agent said) out of the blue since I was "a security risk." They refused to tell me why and told me they would not review their decision. The agent I talked to was rude and their communication was contradictory to what they previously explained. Whenever I had requested to speak to a manager or to help me refund a customer, I was told "I can't hear you." They locked my account, took my assets, and I can no longer use PayPal for as long as I live. They told me that I can't make an appeal, and I can't speak to a security agent. Since then, I closed all my accounts, business' ones first. Too risky to have money managed by PayPal. Terrible customer service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2021

    Nonexistent customer service. Cannot reach them by phone and if you do reach them through their message app, they are no help at all. Also, they are not clear on their policies to release funds that are in your account.

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    CoverageRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2021

    PayPal you are killing small business. I am in the legal hemp industry I pay my lic fees with credit-card and banking transactions to the state and to the US federal organizations. I have 6 million dollars of insurance and one of my Lic is as a cosmetic company with Department of consumer protection. I pay state and federal taxes. But you decide to shut off my companies' ability to do business and trap my money for 180 days. I will fail to meet payroll this week and my electric. This will have huge impact to 9 families that I have employed and I could lose the heat that keeps my crops growing. Shame on you and all your preventing of fair trade.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2021

    I made a PayPal account in December so that two people could send me money for the puppies I was selling. I received the money just fine, and everything was great. But then I could not figure out how to get the money from my PayPal to my private bank. I had the most difficult time getting ahold of customer service that I gave up and decided I'll figure it out on a different day. Finally 2 weeks ago I needed the extra money so I got ahold of PayPal through their "live" chat. I used Xoom and all it did was put the money in my account and take it back out. PayPal solved that issue and finally was able to figure out I could use Walmart pick up.

    On Friday when I got off work I was going to go pick up said money from Walmart. On my way I got a notification from PayPal saying that I had a $20 charge from a Bird.co company. I have never heard of this company in my life and immediately called them to cancel the charge. Unfortunately, Bird.co could not refund the charge due to the charge not being in my name. Mind you, I'm a 20 year old single woman. I have no need for an electric scooter and nobody has access to my account other than me. I had noticed that I had contacts in my account I have never even heard of, for example a "mom" was in my account though my mother has no access to a PayPal account and has never even used it before. Also her name is listed as Momma on my phone.

    I brought this up to the "live" representative and she did not even touch on that. Just sent me links and told me I have to contact the company myself. After repeatedly telling them, the charge was not made in my name therefore that is why I was contacting them for a dispute. I still have yet to get an update on my refund, and I wish I looked at reviews before using this company. I only used PayPal because I knew of the organization and figured it was a company that is used often. I do understand a $20 charge is not that much, but I couldn't care less if it was 2 cents since I did not authorize the charge.

    I have had to get a whole new bank account and debit card since so that I can have that extra security on my end. PayPal is impossible to call, if you call you will be prompted to do everything yourself and will NEVER get ahold of a live representative. I'm disgusted in this company's lack of customer service and I will continue to bombard them with emails and annoying complaints until I get refunded. If you have PayPal I highly suggest using ANY other online banking. They do not care about your concerns or their customers.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2021

    Company I ordered from was listed as a scam. I contacted PayPal and sent all the information. Never got product like other people. Email doesn’t work for the company. PayPal denied claim because company said they delivered it. I will never use PayPal again because they do not take care of the customers. Be careful if you are using to pay for goods.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2021

    PAYPAL WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER. MEANING NO CUSTOMER SERVICE ANYMORE. You can not call pp and talk to a person anymore. I have a money in my pp account and when I try to transfer it to my bank they send me to the Zoom web page. Zoom then tells me they have nothing to do with it and send me back to pp. 3 hours now and I still cant access my money. I cant call them and message's don't work. What a NIGHTMARE. Pp you should be ASHAMED.

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    Price

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2021

    I first signed up with PayPal in 2002... They were very good for quite a few years but now they are taking the side of scammers... My most recent experience was ordering a workbench online... Couple of months passed and I received a cheap watch from China... Filed a dispute and paypal says the delivery was made... Not cool and I am done with paypal...

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2021

    I signed up to use PayPal if ever needed in the future for my online business. Well that same day, I received a notice of two purchases on my account which was strange because I did not order anything. I disputed the two chargers and they found nothing wrong and would not refund my account, I was told it was basically my responsibility to contact the seller for a refund. So I did just that for twelve days straight and have not received one response from either seller and of course they are both located in China. I then contacted PayPal once again to see if they would help me in contacting the seller's for a refund or in the least help me get what I Supposedly ordered, And yet again they were not willing to help. So they are not a secure site What-so-ever and make no effort to help you when they allow scammers to take money from your account.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2021

    I just sold something on eBay for 311 total including shipping. I couldn't believe when I checked my PayPal account and saw that Paypal had taken out 30 dollars for this transaction leaving me with 280. Are you kidding me!?? This company is made up of thieves and should be shut down! And this is before I pay Ebay fees on the sale. Ridiculous scammers!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2021

    I liked PayPal because they would email me on charges. But I got a bad charge that they should have taken care of in Nov/Dec. Here we are in late Jan and now they are denying my claim. If you have the same problem please email dan.schulman@paypal.com. He's the president of Paypal. Maybe after a million emails he may figure out his customer service SUCKS!!!!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2021

    As a first time user of PayPal I can sum up my experience by saying there’s a first and last for everything. I have never had so much trouble trying to get my own money from a site that’s supposed to be known for being an easy and secure site to send and receive money. Trying to transfer my money has been a tremendous nightmare, first it took them a week a verify my bank account that was already linked to my PayPal. Then once they did I tried to transfer my money and they sent me a notification stating my transaction was on a 72 hour hold pending verification. Fast forward to past the 72 hour hold and PayPal still hasn’t released my money and now it’s going to be another three days. So I give PayPal a 0/10. Do not recommend.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2021

    I will never do business with Paypal ever again! Use Venmo or any other payment services you can! I didn't mean to submit a payment to another company. I didn't think that I did submit it. When I saw the money taken out of my account, I contacted them right away. Someone told me that I would get the money refunded into my account in 24-48 hours. When I called to check on the status of the refund, I was told that there was no record of the request. I kept getting put on hold for long periods of time. Horrible company!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2021

    I've had a PayPal account for years, but only recently reactivated it to use for purchases online. Within 48hrs of reactivating I had a fraudulent charge of almost $300. I immediately contacted their customer service to dispute the transaction. I was notified the following day the transaction was verified as valid and processed.

    I spent weeks trying to contact all the parties involved, and trying to work through their automated system to an actual person. Finally reached a person and was told I needed to respond to the customer service email because only the back office could help me. I was able to get the money refunded through my bank, but am still trying to close my PayPal account weeks later. PayPal put a limited use on my account because my bank filed a dispute. PayPal won't close my account until I resolve the dispute, but can only resolve the dispute by reverifying my bank account, which is now closed. Needless to say, the absolute worst customer service department I have ever come in contact with.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2021

    If you knew nothing else about Paypal, the fact alone they, a company that deals in world wide transactions, doesn't have 24hr customer support would be enough to be weary of them. The fact that when you call after hours to report a fraud, a recording tells you, that mundane things such as (among others) unauthorized transactions (even once like in my case of a couple of thousand dollars) are matters that can wait until the next work day during business hours. I don't imagine what then they consider an emergency worthy of a company whose business is currency transactions, if the theft of thousands of dollars to them is just Tuesday.

    This is what happened to me: Someone hacked into my email, changed my paypal password, and made a $2,491.76 USD payment, in a Country I have never been to, to an establishment I have never visited. A sum I might add, is seriously larger than any payment I would normally do on Paypal (I am not rich, this to me is a lot of money). After being unable to, on Friday afternoon report this to a human (for aforementioned reasons) I used their online reporting tool. The first thing it said to me? It had "analyzed" my account, and had seen no recent changes in my account (password change apparently doesn't count), nor signs of unauthorized activity... This of course is risible. I somehow, gritting my teeth, write my claim.

    I checked with my bank and the money hadn't been withdrawn. I called my bank's fraud division, reported the issue, and I was assured the money wouldn't be withdrawn. Well, even though I reported both to my bank and Paypal of Friday, when this occurred. Today (Tuesday) Paypal still saw it fit, and managed somehow (in spite of all steps taken) to withdraw the money from my account. They have still not contacted me regarding my fraud claim at all, and their customer support is absolutely MIA. To put it simply, they fall short of thiefs only due to language technicalities.

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    Refunds & PayoutsMaintenance

    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2021

    I ordered an item using PayPal. I did not know it was an overseas company. It took about 7 weeks to arrive and when it did it turns out they used inadequate packaging and most pieces arrived broken. I tried to get a shipping label from the company to send it back and get a full refund. I got nowhere with the company so I contacted PayPal. I reiterated that I would send the item back if I got a shipping label. Got nowhere with PayPal either (they have offered a partial refund of the $80 I paid). I used PayPal thinking they would back me up. THEY DID NOT! I will be cancelling my PayPal account.

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    Refunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2021

    I ordered an item from an overseas company using PayPal. It took about 5 weeks to arrive and when it did it turns out they sent the wrong item. Tried to get a shipping label from the company to send it back and get a full refund. I got nowhere with the company so I contacted PayPal. Sent them images of the item I ordered and the item I received and reiterated that I would send the item back if I got a shipping label. Got nowhere with PayPal either (they offered a refund of about $19 versus the $65 I paid). So I have contacted my credit card company for resolution. I used PayPal thinking they would back me up. Not so! I will be cancelling my PayPal account.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2021

    This "company" withdrew $15.90 in January 12, 2021 for a transaction I have never done, they never sent me a receipt for such transaction which PayPal # is **, I was denied a refund, and denied to receive a receipt since the alleged that were unable to find it.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2021

    I ordered Christmas pajamas through an online site. They finally mailed the pajamas in January. They sent the wrong pajamas and all four size 4XL. I had ordered one XL one small and two 3t. When I filed the dispute with PayPal and sent pictures of the items received they responded that the company sent similar items. I contacted PayPal numerous times to clarify that I did not receive what I ordered but they insist that I received a similar item. Right now I have four pajamas that are huge. How is that a similar item to what I ordered. PayPal finally said that I would have to get help outside of PayPal for this dispute. Isn’t that what PayPal is for? To protect the consumer. Someone please clarify this. I have all the emails as evidence of their responses. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaffBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2021

    I attempted to purchase something 2 days ago and it would not accept my credit card. it didn't have the option but it did have for PayPal so I started a PayPal account. When I started the PayPal account it said that there was suspicious activity they had been noted. When I started the PayPal account I don't have a computer to just send my driver's license. I looked on the Better Business Bureau the next day about the company where I tried to purchase something from and there are 11 complaints that it is a scam and probably even out of the country. I called my bank and tried to stop payment. It said that I had to go through PayPal. When I called PayPal I had already started the account and it would not accept my phone number. It had over an hour wait, and yesterday I could not accept the phone call. When they did call back today they said they had a 40 minute wait and they would not allow that and just hung up.

    Because I was trying to file a dispute my bank says I have to go through PayPal yet PayPal you can't get through to and says that they're not accepting calls and first it said it had a 40 minute wait. It also should have my phone number since I started the account and the suspicious activity definitely wasn't me since I went through the Better Business Bureau and it said that that company had 11 complaints and that it was a complete scam so if I do not get through PayPal I just lose my money. HORRIBLE.

    PayPal does not have good enough options and enough customer service Representatives without an hour wait and then does not even accept taking your calling them with that. These companies should know that they are not important that one just made a purchase and we have other very important things to deal with. Now I am having to keep contacting them. Believe it or not some of us have people we care about and it's not all about making purchases and companies.

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    Customer ServicePriceOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2021

    Use my credit card via PayPal. Disputed a charge for "wrong merchandise" that was paid for via paypal. Retailer refunded my money to Paypal (but under a different name than the retailer's name on their website). (A little confusing but the refunder's name was the Company's owner.) This happened on 12-14-2020 and the refund still has not posted. THERE IS NO ONE TO CALL OR EMAIL... You have to MESSAGE them (and, believe me, English is not their First Language). First they asked "are you related to "owner's name"" then they said they would watch personally for the credit (a little unlikely).

    Last week I messaged again.... Their answer was "do not ask us, ask your credit card company" (and the wording they used was a bit aggressive.... like DON"T BOTHER US)... I called credit card company and they said Paypal needs to issue the refund. To make matters a little more disappointing, Paypal removed the pertinent information (the seller's email that the money was credited to Paypal with the transaction number for the credit) from their resolution center (I made a copy of it for my records but it has been removed from Paypal). MY MAIN COMPLAINT is that you cannot talk to anyone, you cannot email anyone.... These "messages" (especially when the Paypal agent isn't that familiar with English) are difficult, aggravating and mostly "incorrect in the replies".... As soon as this refund comes through, I will be cancelling my Paypal account.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2021

    Paypal is very complicated, Due to my issue customer service was hard to reach and I tried getting help through the app. No help at all. My balance is $20 on my card and suddenly they closed my account. I would not recommend PayPal to anyone ever.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2021

    PayPal locked my account over 3 years ago. I was told they needed to verify my identity. I've sent them all the forms and information they asked for and after 3 years of them giving me the run around my account is still locked with over $6000 in it. I feel they are going to force me file a lawsuit in order to get the money out of my account.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2021

    I have used PayPal for over 20 years or so because I felt like they were safe. But not anymore. IN 2020 My account got hacked and charged over $1300. Paypal denied it was a fraudulent charge even though I had a police report and EBAY said it was fraud according to their investigation. NUmerous times I contacted PAYPAL and they denied blocking the charge. It has cost me hours and hours of time dealing with this.

    THIS has caused me so many issues and frustrations. Not worth dealing with paypal especially they have been warned several times by hacker specialists that in 2020 they have not updated their security and are vulnerable to hacks. NOW I have to take Paypal to court or through the BBB. Supervisors and management never call back. But it looks like they address most issues with the BBB. Customer care is poor. Paypal does not care.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2021

    My teenage daughter used my personal information to open her own PayPal account, so my account got “flagged”. Rather than resolving the issue, they instead closed my account and held my money for 180 days. I am also not allowed to have another account. What happened is NOT my fault. So, if you are ever have the same thing happen, or are a victim of identity theft, they don’t work with you but instead drop you hold your money, and not welcome you back. Trying to reach them about this is impossible too because in order to leave them a message you have to login. How can I do that when they deactivated my account? Venmo is much better, and if anyone chooses to go with PayPal, they can get royally screwed over!

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    Sales & MarketingOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2021

    I purchased two chairs advertised on Facebook. I paid through PayPal. The company website is Irrperb.com. The chairs did not arrive but the bags the chairs would go in did arrive. The company was in China. In looking up the reviews of this company online there were quite a few people who experienced the same thing. I contacted PayPal. They asked for all documentation. I sent it. They asked for it again and I sent it again. They asked for it a third time and I figured they were not going to take care of this. So, I will never purchase anything advertised on Facebook again and will never use PayPal again to pay for anything as they cannot be trusted.

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    Customer ServiceTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2021

    A week before my wedding I wanted to put cash on my PayPal card to buy thank you letters for all my guests. There was a problem with the deposit and verifying all receipts. Still no response. I won't trust him with another dime.

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    Sales & MarketingOnline & AppBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021

    Paypal is allowing scam artists to survive and are accepting payments on their website. We have been scammed two times and paid through PayPal. They will not do anything about it and are still accepting payment. The last scammer was Renova.com, who immediately changed their website to FendyPro.com. Same company and still accepting payment through PayPal. We will never use PayPal again and strongly urge others to do the same.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021

    I have bought a Christmas gift end of November through PayPal and never received it. That company is a scam and provided bogus information after more than a month of sending canned answer. They are even blaming USPS, instead of owning their mistakes. So I filed a dispute on PayPal like I would have done on my credit card and PayPal doesn't care. They support fraud and refused to cancel my charge. So now, I'm out of a Christmas gift, I'm out of money and I will never buy anything through PayPal. A company that supports Fraud is not ok in my book.

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    Customer ServiceStaffTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021

    PayPal is convenient and efficient, and I had never had a problem until last interaction. I was sending money to a friend, and had a typo on his email. The funds immediately went to someone else, whose email was one letter different from his; because of company policy I was out the money, even though it doesn't move until the next day. The response was professional, and correct, citing that policy. I can't blame them, or the person who accepted the funds; it was my fault, but there is no way I could be the only one who has ever experienced this. It's hard to understand why they don't grant a short grace period, making the transfer a two step process, displaying names and emails to assure total accuracy, and then asking for a second click.

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    CoverageRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021

    PAYPAL DOES NOT COVER MIS-DELIVERY TO SOMEONE ELSE. I ordered a cordless tree trimmer and paid for by my PayPal account. Because they guarantee delivery and Undamaged product. The tracking said product was delivered “to someone at the address” at 9:58am on Saturday. My office was closed at that time. Does not specify who or which address the package was delivered to. It appears that PayPal does not cover you if package was delivered to someone else but not to you.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2021

    Our account was hacked in November resulting in 17 unauthorized debits. It took a month to resolve the issues and get refunds. Since we have tried to close our account but have been stonewalled on several occasions. Currently, PayPal states they are unable to close account because of outstanding issues. Called customer service to see what issues were present, were told none existed but had to go to resolution center to change account limitations. To date we are back at square one, no limitations exist. Next, another 2 hour wait for customer service. Horrible situation... Never again.

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    StaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2021

    I have used PayPal for years, Not any more! I ordered something from a company who only accepted PayPal for payment, the company was fraudulent, I never got what I ordered, I opened a dispute with PayPal providing proof that the tracking number from UPS was not for anything delivered to me or ordered from this company, but was for something from another company delivered to someone else in my town. It didn't matter that the shipper (UPS in this case) provided documentation that the tracking number was hacked, that the shipment was not to me, was not from the company and that there was No proof of actual delivery, and the weight on the fraudulent "delivered" statement was way wrong. PayPal still sided with the fraudulent company so I am out my money and the item ordered. Stay away from PayPal. Use a credit card, they care and will do something to help in the case of fraud. PayPal only wants to help fraudulent sellers.

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2021

    I’ve been using Paypal for about 12 years and will be closing my account now. In December 2020, I had ordered an expensive piece of jewelry off of Ebay, to then never receive the item. The seller used UPS and I received a notification that it was delivered, however it was not delivered to my address. After contacting UPS and opening an investigation, they discovered the item was delivered to a different address and they could not locate it. So the result they published on the claim/investigation was lost.

    After corresponding with the seller and not receiving a refund, I then opened a dispute on Paypal. Paypal immediately sided with the seller as the tracking ID the seller provided stated “delivered.” When I go to appeal the decision, they told me verbatim, “The best thing to do in this situation for us to appeal your case, would be to contact the courier...” After I provided information on my UPS claim, their initial decision didn’t involve them contacting UPS?!? They didn’t do a thorough investigation. They simply resolved the claim based on Ebay’s notification that the tracking ID stated “delivered.” Had they contacted the courier, UPS, they would have discovered the item was indeed delivered but to the wrong address. I will no longer be using Paypal.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2021

    I have been using PayPal for several years with no problems, I am 9 sales from top rated seller on eBay. Over 800 good reviews. I sold a £2.50 item on ebay, the seller said he bought the wrong sizes. Asks to return it, I allowed this and refunded him. PayPal immediately held £220. Put restrictions on my account, as they say I lost my seller trust level. Everything I sell now the money is withheld after they take their fee, they're not interested in helping at all. Just punishing me as I refunded £2.50 to a customer that made a mistake. I asked them how when we are all struggling to earn a living in a world wide pandemic how they can justify holding over £200 from me. They couldn't answer me, why when as far as I am concerned helping a customer is good service, does that take my seller trust level away to the point I don't get paid? Avoid this company. Their customer service is the worst.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & App

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2021

    PayPal is the worst company ever. They make you sign up with a phone number so they can spam you with some useless code that I can't get right. All of the support on the site is locked behind it so they force you to make an account. Even the support forums make you sign up for a PayPal account. I'm never going anywhere near this thing again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2021

    I sold a Blu ray set from my personal collection on eBay. The buyer claimed they didn't get it although tracking proves it was delivered. Ebay closed the case in my favor with no negative effects. For some reason this triggered PayPal to put a restriction on my account until I provided photo I.d. and a receipt for the item I sold. This item was from my personal collection from years ago so I don't have a receipt. I contacted paypal and they said it was to help me with my business model. I informed them I'm just some get selling a few personal belongings not a businessperson buying and reselling stuff for a living.

    I don't do much business with paypal so at this point I just want my account closed and my bank account and debit card info removed from their system. I don't owe them any money and I don't wish to do business with them anymore, just close my account. I spoke with customer service and they told me I had to provide a receipt in order to resolve the restriction and then use or close my account. I spoke to supervisor Marty and she said the same thing. She said she could tell her resolution team that I didn't have a receipt and they SHOULD be able to remove that requirement and I would just need to send a photo I.d. (again, no idea why I need to do this if I don't want to use their services any longer but whatever).

    She said if they refused to accept the fact that I don't have a receipt that I will not be able to use the account OR close the account. It will just remain permanently locked but that I would not be able to close or remove my bank information. This is ridiculous. I want my account closed. I want my banking information removed from their system, not locked where one of the thousands of hackers I read about every day can get to it.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2021

    Utilized PayPal for 12 years with no vendor issues. The first time I got scammed by a vendor in China, I tried to use PayPal's resolution center with my dispute. PayPal sided with the vendor even when the vendor refused to provide a return address in English for return of merchandise and did so in Chinese. I was scammed for merchandise that I did not order and the resolution center deadline was in my favor based on the vendor's non compliance. PayPal resolution center customer service has different employees giving contradictory guidance on the same dispute. In my case it seemed like PayPal had some association with the vendor based on their disregard of all the facts. I terminated my PayPal account and notified them why.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2021

    My husband sent my part of our stimulus payment via Paypal not realizing he had to select "friends and family." Paypal took out a fee and refuses to refund the amount. Conversation with customer service became heated as they acknowledged the mistake but feel no obligation to refund the amount essentially saying "too bad, so sad." My husband is almost 70 and takes meds every day for his mental/emotional stability. This is the second time he's done this and he doesn't understand what he did wrong. Unfortunately, Paypal is selfish, uncompromising, and for a company that deals with consumers is completely lacking in any real consumer ethics. I'm in the process of closing my account with them and removed the Paypal option from all automatic online payments.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2021

    PayPal offers no consumers' protection whatsoever. I recently had an unauthorized charge through PayPal on behalf of Ebay. I filed a claim through my bank and instead of PayPal investigating the charge, they send me an email that the claim is denied. I don't care if PayPal denies it...Visa deals with them. I also had another charge for an order which was cancelled exactly 5 minutes after placing on Ebay which Ebay recognized as cancelled, but regardless - seller still shipped it - 3 days later with the excuse they never saw the cancellation and it was already shipped. PayPal "denies" the claim as well, which was filed through Visa. I've been using PayPal for years, but I am done with them for good.

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    StaffBillingRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2021

    Paypal dispute resolution needs to be investigated for criminal activity. It appears to me Paypal not interested in helping honest buyers by not properly investigating disputes. Paypal is a scammers dream come true. Use your credit card for purchases, credit card companies are much more willing to investigate fraud and take action.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceTransparency

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2020

    PayPal creates, what they call suspicious activity, closes the account and keeps your money. In my case it was only a few dollars. But when done 100s of 1000s of times it adds up to grand larceny! Had an account with their cohort eBay. Closed it because they charged me for an unknown charge, took the money from my PayPal account and then PayPal denied dispute with no explanation. PayPal and its partner in crime eBay are thieves, plain and simple. They steal small amounts of money from small businesses knowing it is not worth suing for. When done 10s of 100s of 1000s of times it amounts to big bucks buddy. Small business should never do any business with PayPal or eBay. There are so many alternatives they should stay away from PayPal!

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    Customer ServiceTechStaffBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2020

    On Dec. 16, 2020, ordered 7 cans of Lysol spray from internet seller, William **. Paid 51.65 with Paypal. Next day received a USPS tracking number, which showed items being shipped on Dec. 12, 2020 and delivered on Dec. 16, 2020. Impossible. I filed a dispute with Paypal. I then received a UPS tracking number showing shipped on Dec. 17, 2020 and received on Dec. 21, 2020. Never received. Tracking showed a item weight of 59.60 pounds. For 6 cans of Lysol spray?? Again disputed with Paypal. I then get a email stating that Paypal decided to award payment to William **. My money.

    I contacted UPS, and while they can't tell me who the tracking number was addressed to, they did assure me that none of my information was on the shipping label- not my name, address or any other info of mine was connected to that tracking number. Paypal did not investigate the fraud dispute. Naturally the website was down the next day and the email address came back as fake. William ** received my money and Paypal helped him commit a fraudulent scheme on me. I will no longer trust or use Paypal as my preferred payment method.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedMaintenanceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2020

    I have been using Paypal past 7 years. I never had problem till this year. I try to send money to the same person, I struggle to login because my pass did not work. I created new pass and I got "You Are Set" sign, But I could not log in, This happened several times but finally made it in August, I was keep sending money to my editor for 2 months. Now, a few months later I try to send my money again. My pass did not work. I did the same thing and trying to log in for 2 days. Never worked. This is the worst company I ever experienced. I do not understand. I do all kind of things by computer, but I never experienced this kind of problem. I heard many people are having problem lately.

    Also I tried to use my paypal credit about $50 for my payment. I saw "It Sent". But my editor never received. I tried to contact Paypal, they never replied. There is no record what happened my money I had for a year. I lost money. Now I can not send my money. This year paypal got bad company. Watch out this company, unless they correct their problem to do better service.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2020

    PayPal have my money and will not let me access my account to withdraw it. I have to verify myself by receiving a text but I cannot receive a text as there is no mobile signal where I live. Their customer support will not/can not help and do not try to help me. They are preventing me from withdrawing my own money!! Do not use PayPal.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2020

    PayPal should not be considered a financial service. They arbitrarily hold funds with no way for the customer to dispute reasons for funds being held. Paypal should not engage in consumer banking. It should stick to facilitating sales on eBay. Paypal is applying the same rules to a personal transaction as if it were a sale for services. Paypal fails to provide customer service to resolve issues. Paypal fails to refund money and holds it without cause.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2020

    I ordered LYSOL SPRAY (12) from National Everything Wholesale. Paid with PayPal mastercard. They sent something else. I wanted my money back, returned the items. Now paypal is refusing to refund my money.

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    Customer ServiceTechPriceStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2020

    11/27/2020 - I purchased a Nintendo Switch game from a vendor that only would accept paypal. After payment I immediately received email confirmation with a confirmation number. Three weeks passed and I had not received the item or any communication so I called PayPal. Very long story short I was basically forced to create an account and was still unable to find any evidence the transaction occurred other than the confirmation email and charge against my credit card. Calling wasted all kinds of time as I was never allowed to speak to someone. I provided the email and phone used for the purchase to both the phone and online, but was never allowed to give the confirmation number or to speak with anyone. I ended up calling my credit card company and charging it back. Vendors: If you only accept paypal I will not purchase from you. Consumers: Please learn from my mistake and don't pay through paypal.

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    Contract & TermsPriceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2020

    They allowed ActBlue to charge my account $35 monthly with NO authorization and they refused to reverse the transactions when I said I hadn't approved them. Won't let you talk to anyone who has any authority to correct the fraudulent transactions. I filed a claim with the CFPB and Paypal immediately refunded the fraudulent transactions. Paypal allows third parties to set up "billing arrangements" which Paypal takes a cut off and then does not notify of the transactions.

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    Customer ServiceTechStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2020

    Xoom Impact on PayPal. December 21, 2020. I have been a PayPal customer for many years and like the basic service very much. -- and still do. Then PayPal acquired Xoom and forced cash transfers to individuals through that company. What a complete and total disaster. I was trying to transfer $1,000 from Massachusetts to a friend in Pennsylvania, a transaction that used to take 1 to 2 minutes when PayPal was handling those transactions.

    I just got off the phone after 6 hours of trying to get verified on xoom to move the money. I uploaded a passport and a scan of the required bank statement. Passport was OK, scan of bank statement not good enough (though this wasn't mentioned on the upload page). No, you have to go to the bank for the its copy of the statement, download it to your computer then upload only that version in PDF format to xoom

    And I'm still not done. Another 24 hours to review documentation is ahead, not to mention delay on the receiver side. This company does not have access to the PayPal database so has to independently verify what PayPal already knows. PayPal's reputation is going to be greatly negatively impacted by xoom, if my experience is a guide. Stay away from this company for cash transfers. Find another vendor that does not torture you to do a transfer as simple as this one is. Western Union comes to mind.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2020

    I've had a Paypal account for 2 yrs. now and no problems. Until, I requested a refund after I received an item that I ordered. I had no idea the item was coming from China. I ordered a size medium jeans using the seller's own size chart. The product came over a month late and would fit a child, not an adult. I contacted the seller first & requested a refund to no avail. Then I opened a Claim in Paypal and they requested that I download receipt copies from my returned item. I sent the USPS Shipping Receipt (it went back to China and cost me $27) the very next day. I waited 20 days to find out my request was denied saying that they never received my proof that I shipped it back. I'm now not only out of the product cost but the cost of shipping the item back to China, which I wouldn't have done if Paypal didn't suggest it. PAYPAL DOES NOT PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT, it's not worth using them.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2020

    After filing a complaint regarding Canon order that I did not received, called to follow up with PayPal, no customer service representative answered their phone and instead direct me to their website which no help either. They mostly made decision base on seller's response instead of their customer who lost money because of fraud, at one point it took 4 months to settle a case that they know very well the seller has no credence because they could not provide shipping information but they certainly took their time to give me back my money. With all the negative reviews I been reading I am inclined to not use PayPal anymore. Sad but I will do without PayPal from now on.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2020

    Buyer beware. Six months have gone by and no resolution has been resolved in regards to a credit to my account. I have a locked account and received an email requesting to file online. I have not been unable to resolve this problem and PayPal is keeping my money with no customer service assistance to resolve my issue. The company seems to be unable to process the claims in a responsible manner. They won't provide a live customer service agent to assist.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I would think twice about doing business with PayPal since this financial instrument is tied directly to your bank account. It has turned out to be the worst online experiences within two decades of internet purchasing. Just wait until you have an banking or accounting issue, they expect you to fix it while holding your funds hostage and they ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT RETURN PHONE CALLS. I am shocked that federal government has not indicted PayPal for fraud. Do your homework everyone, they have an astronomical amount of similar complaints. Use your credit card or ATM, PayPal most definitely will not support their customers as required as a reputable American company.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoveragePriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2020

    First off, you don't need Paypal. Your bank credit card is enough. Pay Pal's resolution center is a joke. Bought a Carnival King Popcorn, which ended up as usual China Junk. Pay Pal made no attempt to solve the problem. Their solution was ship it back for a full refund at my expense. We live 40 miles from UPS or FEDEX in Lansing. In my opinion, it is the seller's responsibility to sell good equipment and stand behind it. They should pay for the shipping, if nothing else replace the kettle. I sent a written letter to Pay Pal corporate offices, and sent an email. In both cases no response. They just stuck with send it back. Sure, send it back and cost us another $30 or more. Shipping cost, travel, and time all on our back Forget it. Moreover, I will never use Pay Pal again for my purchases. Do yourself and favor tell them to hit the road. They are a private company owned by Ebay. They are not a bank.

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2020

    We ordered a puzzle from China via PayPal. After 8 weeks we received a completely different puzzle: PayPal told us we would need to return it to China and pay postage (almost cost of puzzle). End result was that we would have to file a police report in order to MAYBE get our money back. PayPal could not have been less helpful and we were happy we only had 36.00 involved----but what if it had been much more???

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2020

    I ordered a product from a Chinese manufacturer and used PayPal to provide funds. The product never arrived. I contacted the vendor and did not receive a response. I then contacted PayPal and reported my product did not arrive. They investigated and said the vendor had shipping information therefore my case is denied. I never received the product. PayPal was no help.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2020

    So I have my bank linked with my PayPal account, I woke up to a email from my bank saying to add money to my account and so on. So checked my bank and my account is -$419. I never bought anything in the past few weeks, so how the hell did I get charged this much. It says paypal preauthorized. I have contact both my bank and paypal and no one can help me, it's Dec 17, 2020 before Christmas, this year has been hell and now I have -$419 on my bank account thanks to paypal. I have got my bank to block paypal and I am done using paypal. It's the worse getting charged this much for what, I didn't order nothing so why is this here, paypal said I could have ordered something and it charged my bank but I never ordered anything for $400. WHAT **

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2020

    I am extremely unhappy ???? I did NOT proceed with a purchase and was told the system views what I did same as a purchase! I never went that far with the transaction! Then it charged me again! That tells me that I cannot trust PayPal! Then I was told to take it up with the vendor! Bad bad business! I will not use it ever again! You do not value me as a customer!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2020

    Paypal dispute resolution needs to be investigated for criminal activity. It appears to me Paypal not interested in helping honest buyers by not properly investigating disputes. Paypal is a scammers dream come true. Use your credit card for purchases, credit card companies are much more willing to investigate fraud and take action.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2020

    This company sucks. Fraudulent activities are taking place as I type this. They show no signs of providing resolution to any problems. Nobody seems to want to do their jobs over there in customer service at all.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2020

    PayPal has held $500 of eBay sales funds from me for their infamous 180 day period. First, they put a temporary limitation on my account until I provided info about my sales. They were satisfied and unlocked it, until a week later when they permanently limited my account and locked my funds with no reason outside of perceived risk. I've had my PayPal and eBay accounts since 2001 and never had issues. After talking to PayPal on the phone they refuse to give me the reason they are locking my funds or to even help out. Just keep referring me to their user agreement, which they clutch to as their most prized possession. Be wary of PayPal, they have been sued for this stuff before and shouldn't be trusted with your money. After having my account open for almost 20 years, I will be permanently closing both PayPal and eBay accounts.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2020

    I received a letter from PayPal informing me that I will be receiving an inactivity service fee unless my account is reactivated, so I go to login using my old email address which is no longer in use I might add and password both of which get accepted only to get a screen saying authentication is required. The two options you are offered are 1) Receive a text to your phone number that is no longer valid or 2) Have us call you on your phone number that is no longer valid. That is it.

    Absolutely no other way of being able to update my details so that I can authenticate my account. Not only that but you can only message them or email them if you are logged in and as for trying to phone them well don’t even bother as you have no chance of getting to speak to someone. What an absolute sad excuse of a company threatening to charge you a fee unless you reactivate your account even though they make it impossible to do so. I think a phone call to the financial ombudsman is called for. ???

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2020

    I was scammed out of $500.00 on 12/13. PayPal states based on my history it was a valid charged. I never had a history with this merchant, numerous of people was scammed by the vendor and PayPal is still allowing ** to scam honest working people out of money for fake non existent merchandise, PayPal doesn’t want to refund me my money or take action to shut down this scamming merchant.. I don’t recommend PayPal!

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2020

    I have purchased several items where the source of the product is not known. For two instances, they were from locations in China and were paid by Paypal. In both instances, the products were defective and poor quality and took many months to arrive. In both cases, I filed a return request complaint with Paypal after both companies would not accept returns to the address on the packages (US addresses), but wanted the items shipped back to China. The shipping costs were prohibitive and more than twice the value of the item. Paypal would not do anything about allowing the shipping back to the US addresses and defended the seller over the buyer.

    When I sent both back to the US addresses, neither company would refund the money, and Paypal would not do anything to force them. I finally had to have both adjusted by the Credit Card companies, which allowed Paypal to say they are no longer involved in the dispute. Which also voided any refund of the shipping costs which Paypal only offers if they approve the refund. I plan to avoid all future dealings with Paypal and plan to only pay by other means. If that also means not buying from companies and sellers that only take Paypal, then that will be my option. Too bad that Paypal has chosen to not support the buyers against suspicious and sometimes fraudulent sellers. Thanks.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2020

    I filled against 2 business to get my $ back through resolution. A consumer have rights to get their money back if they're not happy with merchandise. Similar to walking to Walmart and return your items. I wasn't happy with these 2 product and didn't seem to show any saving as their ads said. I contact the seller and they're avoiding it. Then moved up to dispute resolution. In the end the second time they seem to favor the business rather than consumer rights for refund. Due to nothing wrong with product when I had proof it did not work as they state in ads. I don't like PayPal anymore. They're always on the business side rather than consumer. Talk about big rip off!! No more!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2020

    I ordered a vortex rug from ZINHOU Network in Aug. 2002. Never received the rug. They gave lame excuses like they delivered to wrong address. Then they said it was delivered when it wasn't. PayPal apparently agreed with them! I reiterated that I never received the rug but they closed the case in their Resolution Center in favor of the China rip-off company! I can't believe it. Don't deal with companies from China; you will receive no product or an inferior product. Everything from China is a rip-off. Don't rely on PayPal to rule in your favor. They are a rip-off just like China! Don't trust PayPal!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2020

    I open a case ** due to I did not receive anything. Paypal close the case due to seller support tracking number. As I mentioned I never received it. The seller send the shipping item a week before I purchased. According to USPS it is received same day I purchased.! It is 24” monitor. Not easy to lost in mailbox. The seller found a gap in paypal system and making fake purchases. It is damaging paypal trustworthy.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2020

    If you have a dispute, don't plan on them to help you. It is not going to happen. They send to the dispute team and in a matter of hours they side with the consumer who is in China and they probably did not even contact. This company is a joke.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2020

    The only thing that can happen should you deal with PayPal is that you Lose money. They have set up a service for scammers called family and friends. If you pay there as the scammers want you cannot get refunded should you not receive your product. If you pay the normal way you have a very good chance of losing money as well. Stay away from Paypal and use a serious company like Western union if you have to use a payment service. PayPal is a fraud company Who protects scammers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2020

    Paypal Provides "Buyer Protection" which is a completely Joke, I have recently purchased an Airline Ticket that was cancelled by the Airline due to Covid Restrictions, I use a third party to purchased the ticket (Kiwi.com), they told me they would to proceed to refund my money and I have been waiting for 4 Months!!!! And they haven't refund my money back yet, So I decided to open a Paypal Dispute. I provided everything they requested, Emails, proof of cancellations etc.. And kiwi never responded back and guess what happened? Paypal Closed my Case in favor of the seller without a good justification!!!! This is a completely Joke to be honest. This is the worse Buyer Protection that I have ever experienced and I never received my money back and neither the ticket. ** Paypal.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2020

    I was offered by PayPal to use a 4 payment method for some Christmas gifts I was purchasing I haven’t done that before so I thought I would use it in case they cut some hours at work again. I pay all of my bills some times a day or 2 late but never over 30 days which is validated by my credit report. They then denied me. Because my credit is too new. I’m 50 years old and just bought a new car so my credit is not bad or new. Maybe very slightly delayed like a day or two because of COVID19 pay is not always on time.

    Every time you contact PayPal you get notes that due to covid19 things may take longer from them or a longer wait for a reply or longer for a person to speak to you or longer for a refund due to you all because of covid19 but to hell with customers apparently covid19 only affects them and no one else so I closed my account with them. They are nothing but a self-centered company and I’m sure the CEO didn’t give up his million-dollar paycheck or anything else during the pandemic so I hope their business fails because of the way the pandemic only affects them and not the general public.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2020

    A few things. A camper rental vendor is attempting to give me back my deposit. Number one, PayPal has had a hold on the money for two weeks. Two, PayPal is charging me $15 for him refunding my deposit. Three, PayPal's resolution center automated response politely says it is not PayPal's problem. Four, there are no phone numbers for me to call to speak to a live person! Very irritating!

    -Max

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2020

    I purchased an item using Paypal. The consumer sent an item that was nothing like what I ordered so I started a claim with pay pal, if they bothered to look at what I received and the description of the item they would see it was not even close to what I ordered, instead they want me to file a claim and the dept they refer me to wants information that is nowhere supplied by pay pal, and now with covid to want you to file a claim with the police dept??? I do not get it. They obviously see what I ordered and I sent pictures of what I received?? I think they have gotten sloppy and lazy to resolve cases and they are probably in bed with the vendors so they do not lose money. I am going to find a better way to pay instead of pay pal. They are not good.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2020

    PayPal is trying to collect $89 from me for the fraudulent transaction! On 10/09/20 I signed on Fiverr website for $7 for 1 month for trading signals which will be sent via discord chat. It was one time purchase, not a subscription. This service was useless for me, I did not like his services and I decided do not to continue after my first initial month which would end on 11/08/20. On October 23, 2020 I found out that I was charged $89 via PayPal from the same person whose services I tried via Fiverr. But this time the charge was for different services (not the same as $7 from Fiverr) for which I never subscribed. I use the same email for Fiverr and PayPal; I can assume that was easy to figure out and put my PayPal email for subscription.

    I tried to contact seller multiple times via email, Fiverr and via discord chat; I did not get any answer. Instead of filing a chargeback with my credit card, I contacted PayPal and explained that I never subscribed for $89 services and this person just knew my email from my $7 purchase on Fiverr. I submitted all documents to PayPal showing that I paid once via Fiverr $7 and that was it. I communicated with PayPal numerous times, but now PayPal does not accept any new messages from me, I can not file a dispute either, because PayPal denied my dispute to this transaction. Now, PayPal is harassing me demanding to pay $89 for fraudulent transaction and blocking my account.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2020

    In the eyes of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and state regulators, PayPal is not a bank. Why is this important? Bank regulations would prevent PayPal's notorious shady practices like suddenly freezing or closing accounts and seizing funds with little to no explanation. It's just easier to stay away from PayPal. There are safer and more reliable alternatives out there.

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    Customer ServiceTechPunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2020

    Long term customer of PayPal, early adopter. Unfortunately I had an issue with a payment that PayPal tried to process with PayPal funds. I have never used PayPal funds and only have transactions funded by my bank account elsewhere. Although it was denied due to their error, I only found this out from the vendor and then on the phone with them. To this day my summary and activity page show the transaction as pending. Pending means it can still go through. I cannot email them or get them to change the status. After 4 hours of hold time and talk time with a rep in Nebraska, I found that I can't even cancel my account, much less the transaction. This company has really gone downhill.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    Dear Sirs

    I received a charge from Paypal which I don't recognize and I don't even know the type of merchandise they are referring to, when I went to see the bank account, after all, you were charged twice, not because it is a small amount, but because it is not fair, my wife, was forced to close her account, because of a fee charge, of only $2 (the person working a credit for 20 years) for you to send for credit protection in months, (my son already had closed his account with paypal for these things), you are terrible professionals, and I want to receive my money charged twice and enter a dispute for the other amount, but not by mail (with a battle and a long and tiring process), but fast over the internet.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    I called PayPal because I got behind due to my house burning down in Estacada Oregon and losing my job to covid-19. They set me up with a payment schedule. I made both payments on time then I called because the account was still showing that I owed money. They told me, "Sorry. You paid 106 when we told you to pay 111." I heard her say pay 106 on my last payment so they reneged on the payment schedule. It was the last $200 I had in my account. I was on the phone with them for over an hour and I cannot believe it. He said, "We will send you a letter in a month." I'm not asking for any favors but I sure could not believe they reneged on a settlement that I made with them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    I paid for a purchase through an online site through Instagram unfortunately without investigating first. I am thankful I did use PayPal so they did not get my account information. But I am not happy that they dont provide the support I thought I was going to get. One site I paid 50 dollars total but when I tried looking up the detail on order the site does not excite on the one. I tried filing a claim for that issue to get a refund. There is no option for that specifically... They said to send a message about my claim but the person responding never responded back. But after reading these reviews I know nothing will come of this. Never order from...

    Schneeglckchen.com Or Lorikissy. Both there ads show on Instagram they are fakes. Again thankful I did not use my bank card.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    Well sadly the corona virus is here to stay. Unfortunately some businesses are using it as an excuse to automate support roles and cut corners. PayPal is one of these companies, they have the same canned response that they have been using since March 2020. No improvements or growth in customer support, do not place your money in the hands of a company who is not steering the ship. I have no idea what kind of skeleton crew they are running but our company is able to handle support with remote workers. There are people ready to work PayPal, stop being cheap and taking advantage of the virus as an excuse to REMOVE support for your users.

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    Sales & MarketingRefunds & PayoutsHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2020

    I ordered a product from a Facebook ad on November 2, 2020. I had not received anything from the company or PayPal indicating that the order was processed or even filled. November 17, 2020 I filed a complaint and was denied by PayPal to have my refund of $43.96 due to the order being delivered to a different address than the shipping address I provided. The company that PayPal is supporting is Yokawa Network Limited. Whom I found out through my own investigation provided a tracking number that has no assimilation to my shipping address information provided but is valid enough for PayPal to support them.

    I am now awaiting for the USPS to issue me a document that reflects that the supposed tracking number is in my possession yet the contents of its affiliation was delivered to a sperate address than instructed. Paypal has not been honest in their dealings of this matter by allowing such companies to be their partners and scam many others and are continuing to do so currently. PayPal should be held accountable for their participation in these activities.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2020

    PayPal is by far the worst company I have ever dealt with. They just froze my account for no reason in the middle of a transaction. They refunded the buyer their money but the buyer already had my product. I tried to call and inquire as to what happened and was told that my account was closed and there's nothing I can do about it. When I asked more questions they hung up on me three separate times! Now I am out a $400 product, they over drafted my account and I have to wait six months to get any money back from them. I have now spent multiple hours dealing with this and might never get my money back. I cannot believe what a joke PayPal is and why anyone would ever use them. I have never felt more helpless when it comes to dealing with a company or their customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2020

    I made a purchase using my debit card on November 2nd 20/20. I never received the item but the receipt for the purchase is PayPal. I did not use a PayPal account to make the purchase. I use my debit card. So now the automated system is telling me I have to create a PayPal account. I didn't use a PayPal account without make the purchase and I don't want to create one. Now to get my refund I have been given the runaround. I got one agent to answer the phone one time and they, "Did you hear a word I said" because they sent me right back into the automated create account system. So I suggest before you make am payment online make sure the receipt is not tied to PAYPAL because this service is not a pal at all and I see why their rating is half a star and lower. It's a typical scam to get people to use their service. And I will make sure everyone I know and meet will never use this service!

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2020

    I have worked for hours on the phone (tried but cannot talk to a human) and online in various ways to get a password reset but I cannot communicate to anyone or anything unless I have a password or a code. I cannot get them to call me because the phone number they have registered is no longer valid. For a company that is supposed to be used to transfer money and payments it is absolutely terrible. I set up an account some years ago and found out it was an option I could and would avoid if possible but now I found somewhere that it is the only feasible payment option and so I must now just forget purchasing from there because I will not try using PayPal anymore.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

    Ordered item. Shipper in China. Never received item. Filed claim. Waited over a month and never heard from shipper. Contacted PayPal again. Company states was shipped. Still haven't received item. Paypal saying I didn't file claim in time when I did. Will not help me try to get me money refunded. The China company is Ysole.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

    I was provided a refund of $558.10 on Oct 30th. I received notice from Paypal stating the refund is complete. That refund was sent to a closed card. As of today, no refund has been received. My bank has confirmed the status and says it never came through to that closed card. Paypal has blocked me from calling and has not responded to my messages. Their last response was, "We have done what we can. It was completed on our side." They are refusing tracking/tracing to determine where the refund is. My bank today filed a dispute with Visa. At least my bank has concerns about an amount lost of 558.10. It is clear that Paypal lacks competition. They do not need to be helpful. They are not competing for their business.

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    PriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

    I'm tired of PayPal's unethical business practices. Last week they decided to limit my account unilaterally because I sold a used product at a higher cost than my average transaction. They proceeded to restrict my account and then asked for a plethora of information, including the tracking number, original invoice for the used product, license, etc. This was ridiculous. I refunded the customer's money and told Paypal to close my account, which they denied. This is illegal, and I've contacted the New York State Atty. Gen.'s office.

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    Refunds & PayoutsHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2020

    PayPal supports fraudulent sellers and activities! I received photographs from China of items that I was misled to believe that I purchased. I actually did not receive one item that I was mislead to believe that I purchased. PayPal wanted me to return the junk I received to China in order to receive a full refund. Unbelievable! Will never utilize PayPal again! In these instances, the customer should be fully reimbursed and PayPal should cease supporting the fraudulent seller and report them! I am stunned they refused to resolve this!

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2020

    I paid a merchant $204 with PayPal and 2 months later requested a refund. The merchant's website was gone and no merchandise was sent. PayPal requests you to try to settle with the merchant first and sent me their email address. The merchant tried to talk me out of the refund, when I refused to give in, they put a package of useless junk in the mail within 15 minutes of our email exchanges. I disputed a 2nd time with PayPal and they sided with the merchant simply because I got a package. I thought PayPal was suppose to protect the consumer... Guess I was wrong. I give them 0 stars.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2020

    Wow, PayPal continues to NOT help. I submitted a claim for an online purchase over $200 right away. I got an update on the Case, and they say they don't see unauthorized use. I purchase, get an email with ANOTHER business name, in ANOTHER language, I reach out by email and it bounces back, and they still say that you don't see anything FISHY? I want my freaking money back. I've spent so much money through them it's not even funny. The way they treat me and so many customers that use them is 1 star quality. Shame on them.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2020

    Sold an antique gum machine and the buyer insists he paid me, he says PayPal claims they see it but my PayPal account does not show the money. No one available by phone to resolve this plus the so-called "Help" option on-line at PayPal is probably a bit harder to use than contacting a Helpdesk in Botswana. I'm out the $550, now have an angry buyer, can't even find the money to refund to him and get rid of him, etc, etc.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2020

    Exhausting is certainly the word to describe an experience disputing a case with PayPal. It sounds like so many others are also frustrated when trying to dispute a legitimate claim with this buying platform. I ordered a purse from a site on Facebook (my mistake which I will never do again), and after two months the purse that was finally sent was nothing like the picture or name brand. When I complained to the company all I got was an email reply that said they would send me $7 if I stopped complaining. I had been commenting negatively about their company on FB until they finally they took off the ability to comment.

    Pay Pal asked for the same information and pictures and invoices over and over and over. I think it is a trick to make you finally give up and take the loss. I have told EVERYBODY I know about their horrible services, allowing these fake companies to continue to scam people and to stop using them. It is up to all of us to stand up to PayPal and fake companies so they stop taking our hard earned money on substandard products. Or no products at all as I see on other reviews.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2020

    Paid for a PS4 through Paypal and never got it. Opened a dispute and the seller provided a used tracking #. Even the USPS confirmed it was incorrect tracking # delivered to someone else. But paypal closed my dispute anyway saying it was delivered. Never got the item or refunded. NEVER purchase anything thru PayPal because they don't do the right thing!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2020

    My PP account has had "limitations" for over a month preventing me from linking my bank account. Their customer no-service has been awful including the supervisor desk. They do not offer Chat so you must leave a message then wait days for a cut & paste generic reply that does nothing to address my issue. I reply to their reply and wait days again for another unintelligent useless reply. I've uploaded copies of my drivers license four times but they seem incapable of locating any of my past uploads every time they request me to upload it again. Then I decided to call them. Had to google a telephone # for them since they aren't going to offer it on their website. Wait time was between 3.5 - 5 hours. In a world of poor customer service PP takes the prize for the worst I've ever experienced.

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    PriceRefunds & PayoutsRates

    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2020

    PayPal charged the buyer more than the asking price for the items. One buyer needed to pay $270. They charged him $900 and then because of a glitch they charged another $900 and excepted ME to refund them before I got the money and then they charged me 40% for the purchase even though it was their mistake!!! It happened with the other buyer as well. They charged her $1100 TWICE!! And did the same thing!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020

    Someone used a picture of my daughter as their identity and I sent them money instead of my daughter. Paypal should post the email or some kind of identification along with the picture of who to send money to. Also when it comes to fraud I think PayPal or any business for that matter should answer the phone with a real person. The computer wasn't much help.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020

    I have been fighting with these people for year now. Here is what happen. My son bought a x box game for $22. I let him use my credit card. He made his own account. 1 week goes by he received his game. My card was charged $25. Everything was fine. 2 weeks later my credit card gets charge $250 from PayPal. I question my son if he bought anything else. He said no. I looked on his account. Nothing was charged but the game.

    I called PayPal. Gave them the information and a email of the charges. PayPal said they look into it. 3 weeks go by. I called again. This time PayPal representative tells me I need an account an add the credit card to it. That's only way they can help me. So unfortunately I made an account added same credit card like PayPal representative told me. 2 weeks go by I get charged on my credit card from PayPal another $125. I called again the PayPal representative transfer me to lost prevention. That idiot transfer me back to rep. Tells me in 3 way with representative that I don't have any charges on my account. Told me it's charge to my son account and he will have to call.

    I told PayPal, "Hold on. I'll put him on phone." I listened to the conversation. My son told them there's nothing charge to his account either. I then get on said PayPal has allowed someone to hack my card. PayPal representative and lost prevention said there's nothing they can do.. I called my credit card company to report PayPal fraud. Try to recover my money. But since PayPal screw around giving me and my son run around for 4 months. I was unable to get my money back.. Be careful. PayPal allows people to hack their platform and steal credit card information off customers. Or the representatives steal your information use your credit cards..Then they screw you for months past the liability to be reimburse... I would give PayPal negative 5..

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    Customer ServiceTechRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2020

    I did not receive a pkg that I purchased from Bergytown and the post office said it was delivered to the wrong address but can't give me the address where it went. Bergytown won't respond to any correspondence. I had Ring doorbell to prove that no pkg went to my house. PayPal refused my refund and purchase came out of my checking acct through Paypal. Post office will even verify that it never went to my house and my address is sent through Paypal so it is a merchant mistake.

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    Refunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2020

    So my account with PayPal has been having problems with transactions and transfer. My money was taken from me through PayPal and the merchant and it's Thanksgiving. I can't pay for my food for family...

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2020

    I got scammed out of $240. by a Chinese company that led customers to believe that they were a brand name business in the USA. PayPal became aware of this, as the BBB did as well. Yet, I was told that my case was denied, since the company showed proof of delivery with a tracking number. Never mind that the merchandise was of poor quality, I never received my Full order. Yes, they delivered Some of my order. I ordered 12 doz. canning jars, but only received 1 doz. I also ordered several doz. canning lids, which I received, only to learn that only a small percentage will actually seal. I will be reluctant to ever use PayPal again. Sorry EBay.

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    Customer ServiceBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2020

    PayPal, The most PATHETIC services ever!! There is no service!!! My PayPal account blocked somehow after making a payment to Dell. I have sent numerous emails to them regarding this and have had no response. Now all my transactions are declining. How can one run a global organization without service. The most inefficient and useless company side along with Dell UK. Useless, inefficient, shocking and Deplorable. Wake up people and start working!!!

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    TechSales & MarketingPriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenance

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2020

    Paypal allows vendors like China to sell buyers cheap imitations--SCAMS--and then refuse to provide refunds. These Chinese vendors will insist that you send back the items they fraudulently sold you at your own expense, which usually amounts to 2-3 times the amount you originally paid in shipping costs alone. PayPal will not intercede, rather, they will allow the sellers to conduct these business practices and continually rip off buyers. PayPal is a broken system. They allow THIEVES to get away stealing from American buyers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2020

    I bought a bridesmaid dress online during all of the covid closure for a wedding that was supposed to be in September. The dress never came and the company closed suddenly. Bridesmaids dresses don't come overnight. I called PayPal because I never got the dress and turns out even though I paid brideside they did not pay the dress company. PayPal said, "Sorry it's been more than 180 days. You can't dispute this." How did I know the company was going to close? The customer service person kept telling me they would contact the seller and I kept telling him the company closed last week. There will not be a response. I will never be using PayPal again.

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    Customer ServiceStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2020

    I have used Paypal for over 20 years and they have been nothing short of difficult. If they need to update info they freeze your account. Your purchases are not protected unless you have a verified tracking and signature. They can lock your account at any time. As easy as they act it is it not they collect taxes now. Also, customer service is the worst. I have dealt with in 20 years. They will not assist you they will not let you talk to supervisors. They won't even give you their corporate address... They want to use you for the fees and once you are hooked using them they play games "limiting" accounts and so on.. I wish there were more players in this space... I would try not to use them or look for alternatives... They are not customer friendly, they only know one thing $$$$ greed and little service...

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    CoveragePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2020

    I had a crazy amount of unauthorized activity occur and their system didn’t recognize it. My spending pattern has never been this way and so it’s clearly fraudulent activity. HOWEVER, after having to create 70 disputes... they’re still “under review.” My mother sent me thousands of dollars and so I could pay for very expensive oncology medications. I needed them a week ago. But PayPal allowed my account to be drained and hasn’t offered any relief. I have messaged them many times letting them know my circumstances... They DO NOT CARE!

    Their policy states that “they’ve got you covered” if unauthorized activity occurs. This literally couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m going to have to go to an ER to get medical attention (during COVID outbreak in UTAH) —I’m immunosuppressed and ready to receive basically zero care as the hospitals are at capacity. If PayPal was a trustworthy company, they wouldn’t let these things happen to their consumers. I’ll be closing my account once this has settled.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2020

    I’ve had a PayPal account for several years and never had any problem using my debit card. I banked with Landmark until Simmons Bank took them over in February 2020. I continued to use the same debit card with no issues until June when I had to replace my debit card with a new one. I had several successful transactions after Simmons took over. When I tried to use my new debit card, PayPal blocked the transaction, advising my bank does not allow the transaction, this is untrue, they didn’t block transactions from PayPal before I got the new card or transactions with Venmo and iPay. PayPal customer service was useless. When I reached out, I was advised to check my balance, check the debit card numbers, check with my bank. They showed no appreciation for me as a long time customer. I am now using Venmo and IPAY, they don’t block my debit card from Simmons bank. Don’t waste your time with PayPal, you will be disappointed.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    Not sure PayPal are worth giving any stars. Waste of time and money. Useless and unprofessional advisors who said to me to just leave a negative review as they were unable to help me with my issue. An excellent employee who tells customers to leave a negative review instead of helping you out.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    PayPal is efficient but does take longer than most transfer services. It's helpful to plan ahead when using PayPal. However, I've always had good success with the monies getting there without any issue.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    This company is UNETHICAL, PURE FRAUD so run away and don't use ever! They block access to accounts and hold customers funds for NO REASON!!! They are illegally doing it and were sued in the past, and hopefully future too!!! Jerks!!!

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    Sales & MarketingMaintenance

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    Did PayPal become a scam site. I cannot my withdraw, transfer or buy crypto with my balance. My money was on hold for 6 months and I did everything I was told to do to transfer my money to my bank and it did not work. Please send my money to my bank account from your end. Routing #.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    This department is suppose to protect the customers, but only protect the scam companies the let uses PayPal services to collect money for purchases. Never did this department ask more questions regarding my case, nor ask to see the email that the company scammed me sent saying they was sorry I didn't get my purchase but don't worry, it will be fine. Little things is I have a camera in the front of my house and at my mail box and a scan report from the USPS with no package coming in from a different country scan to my address. I don't believe paypal don't protect their customers.

    So now I will be hitting Social media on all networks and ABC News investigation to do a report about how PayPal allows these companies to scam their customers take their money and don't send their purchases. I guess they don't Vet these scamming stores they allow to use their services to collect money through their service. I have been with them for some years and I will think again about purchasing and using them to pay through PayPal. Very disappointed!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    I would recommend, transfers are quick and painless, and money is in your account the next business day. Widespread availability on almost every website. One con is there are spoof emails and phishing attempts sent to the email of record from users claiming to be Paypal, which suggests constant cyber attacks.

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    TechPriceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    PayPal make it easy to pay my bills and vendors securely. I would not even consider entering my credit card info into some of the dodgy sites that are out there, my roommate has had several unauthorized charges to her card, I keep telling her use PayPal!

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsBillingEase of UseTimeliness

    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2020

    Paypal is great, it's easy to use and I like that it's available on so many merchant's website check out. I always use that option when it's available, and it has saved me money. I ordered something I'd seen online and never received it; tried contacting the merchant twice and received no response either time. I put a claim in on the Paypal website and after they tried contacting the business I received a full refund on the purchase. I like that I can have multiple account payment options and choose if I want to use a debit or credit card for my purchase within the Paypal system with a keystroke. I also like being able to go back to my Paypal account and print receipts for items if I've misplaced the original receipts.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2020

    All transactions are secure with PayPal. Its use also provides an additional audit trail for money transfers. I use it routinely to track purchases and for budget correlation. This for me is much easier than trying to track purchases paid by debit card.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2020

    They need to know more information on the sellers from other countries. I recently purchased an item from a website unknowing that it was coming from China. Within a few days the seller will acknowledge your purchase and send a tracking number. No word from the seller. I Contacted PayPal within a day. They had a tracking number. When my package was delivered it was a 3"x5" envelope with a two dollar phone case. I had ordered a game system. The seller was just trying to show an item was delivered so paypal would release my payment. Buyers need to know where their products are originating from. After almost a month I was given a full refund from PayPal.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2020

    I’ve been using PayPal for about 13 years now- Highly recommend- always fast and so far no issues- free for family and friends transfer- also super easy to keep track of transactions- I do wish it was easier to change your information- having to send in paperwork to change your name seems overly cautious.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020

    It seems new accounts have been automatically set up as business accounts instead of personal. It has cost me at $210 in fees trying to send some money. Recipients say they have to send an invoice. You call customer service and no one is around. You get the runaround from the virtual assistant. On their website I see others with the same issue. It’s unbelievable that at this time PayPal does not care about their customers. It feels like they shut down customer service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020

    Never have had a problem with PayPal after the initial start up pains when it was brand new on the scene. Every transaction goes smoothly. I would recommend this company easily. I use it primarily for a layer of protection when buying on the internet.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020

    I have used PayPal for many years and find their customer service folks to be the best part of the service. The only part of PayPal I dislike is the amount of time it takes to transfer money into PayPal...5 days is way too long. Other than that I use PayPal exclusively for personal and business purposes.

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    PriceStaffBillingRates

    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2020

    PayPal was there when I needed them, I tried with my friends & Family, & I was able to accomplish what I needed to do with no problems, I even send money to my grandson when he got married, & I was able to buy a washer yesterday with Paypal's help, Thank you, Paypal, so far I started my paypal about a year ago, and I pay under their no interest within 12 months, & I haven't had to pay any interest yet. I always make sure, I keep record of my payments, and pay before the interest is due. I'm very happy. They actually do that for you. They are a little expensive, but they are there when you need them!

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    I have had a PayPal account for several years. In the last 5 months, I have filed 3 disputes over delivery of items I paid for from 3 different companies/transactions. I ordered and paid for the items, and would immediately get receipts confirming the orders, with information stating that shipping notice would be coming. Only when I received order confirmations did I realize that I was dealing with companies from China: even some of the info on the receipt is in Chinese and I have no idea what it says. For the first 2 orders, once I didn't receive the shipping notices I inquired where my items were. They responded by saying that the items were currently out of stock, and that I would get the shipping order when they were back in stock. Both times, I requested my money back and was told that was impossible because they had already created "shipping labels". How they do that for something they don't even have is mind boggling.

    This truly appears to be fraudulent business practices: selling non-existent items. I then opened disputes at the Paypal website--which in my mind, only prolonged the problem. They kept giving the seller chance after chance to delay/prolong the issue, while keeping my money and not sending the product. Finally, I "Escalated" the dispute, and only then did I get a shipping order, again without any way to actually verify tracking and delivery times. Now, for the 3rd time, I placed another order with a 3rd different company. Order confirmation came stating that I would receive the order processing email within 12 hours of my order, and shipping notification after 24 hours. NEITHER happened.

    When I didn't even receive the order processing email by the next morning, I contacted the seller via email (the one provided in the order confirmation email for questions--which was returned to me as an invalid address-- and a different email which was provided on the Paypal website receipt). I have had absolutely no response from the seller, even though my email requested cancellation of the order prior to it being processed by my credit card (it was still pending). I have also registered a dispute with Paypal, and PayPal actually sent me an email today stating that the seller just entered shipping information. Again, there is no tracking information that I can use to verify the product was shipped and or when it will be delivered. I am disgusted that PayPal is protecting fraudulent sellers instead of protecting the customers who use their site for safe transactions. Do not trust them to be your advocate--it will not happen.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaffResolution

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    On Oct 7, 2020 I reported a fraudulent $4205.40 purchase thru my PayPal account. PayPal promptly identified and acknowledged the fraud. After that it has been a nightmare. PayPal said they could not stop the ACH withdrawals from my bank account. I made sure my personal bank account was well below the amount and PayPal tried twice. After that I thought I was good but PayPal waited a month then started trying to withdraw the money again. I called PayPal and was promised no more ACH attempts. On November 16th, PayPal did another ACH attempt and hit the sweet spot so my bank would cover it with an overdraft fee. This also happened to drain what was left from my paycheck deposit.

    I had already spent 3 hours on two separate phone calls to resolve the problem along with waiting days for answers to internal messages. I am on the phone again today. It took an hour to get an agent that told me they would have to transfer me to the compliance department. I already at nearly 90 minutes waiting to talk to someone that can help.

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    Punctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    I highly recommend Paypal. They make paying my rent, friends and other contingents very easy. Using their services enables me to send payments promptly without the hassle of fees if you are using your bank account. Also, they stand behind their policy if there is any problems getting your money back.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    I love PayPal. It has great ratings in regard to safety. I have had no problems with this company. It's so convenient to use with purchasing from online stores and many other services. I use this for my painting business, and it works really well.

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    PriceBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

    I like PayPal because I can have my own personal PayPal.me address that is easy to send to people. I've never really had an issue using PayPal and it's an accepted form of payment on many websites, unlike other $ transfer services. The only downside is that when it comes to transferring $ between friends and family, Venmo and Cash App have become more popular in some circles. Idk why, PayPal is great. They also assist you in disputing a charge if you fell for a fraud or something like that on a website that accepted PayPal.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020

    I'm a long time eBay/Paypal user, more of a buyer than seller with 100% positive feedback. Never any issues with something I've sold. Normally eBay places a temporary hold on funds, released within 24 hours of delivery, but this time Paypal put a hold on my funds, why? There is no dispute. If eBay doesn't see fit to place a hold on my transaction why is Paypal? Funds were supposed to be released within one day of delivery, a week ago. Messaging gets you a bot and good luck getting a live person to speak to. I was just told a one hour and forty minute wait time for customer disservice, no thanks. Because of Paypal I will never sell on ebay again, it's just not worth the stress and aggravation.

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    Refunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020

    I just love PayPal!! I love the banking type features and how easy it is to log in and see all your financial transactions in a easy to find format. The easy fact of transferring money to friends and family. The ability to pay for products online or in store and have a peace of mind that you are protected from fraud. I even have a business account and that has great features. I get paid easily too. Let's not forget the credit card offerings too. What else can I say but this is a great card.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020

    This is a very good company that will protect you from fraudulent activities. I do recommend Paypal. They have protected me for years and I will be using them for many many years to come. They have been around for a long time. Hope this helped!

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    Customer ServicePriceBilling

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2020

    PayPal allows me to make payments securely. I like all the security steps they have in place. The only issue I would have with them would be trying to get questions asked about additional fees they charge. They need a better customer service form so that users can get their questions asked.

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    Punctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2020

    Hi, I want to express my disappointment, frustration and deception concerning Paypal services. I was a merchant on eBay, and I had my Paypal account linked to my store on eBay. Everything was going well, until I had my account frozen, for literally no reason, I sent them all the verification proofs, but to no avail. So, I had to wait 180 days until my funds get released. The 180 days period has passed, and I was surprisingly shocked that my frozen balance went from $5,5K to $0!! This is literally theft, And I am extremely upset with Paypal services. Please I want justice to be made, I want my money back. Thank you.

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