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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2019

    For the first time in years, I was having problems with my PayPal. My account was link to my debit card, not exactly to my credit union. I never mentioned this to PayPal. I received a test from PP to call them. All fixed. Thank you, PP!

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    I have problem. Charges come on my account. I call the same day and will not help me. I've tried to call the merchant. Phone is busy or just rings to get a refund. PayPal used to be really great about helping you. I was on hold for a superior Scotty for almost Two hours. These are recurring charges and there is nothing we can. Keep in mind this was last year when Digital River made these charges. I called and they said I would not have any new charges. What a joke. We talked and talked and still I'm out 109.00 because they didn't cancel all the subscriptions. I closed all my account and will never do business with them again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    The products that I ordered from a merchant through PayPal did not arrive. I tracked the order through USPS to two separate locations in two different states. The tracking numbers clearly identified where the product originated from and went to. I initiated a case through PayPal resolution center and received a response from them in 3 days. They stated the merchant sent them tracking numbers and therefore the product was delivered so they were ruling in the merchants favor as the product was delivered.

    PayPal did not track the product from origination to final destination which would have shown them that it never went to the state I reside in. The resolution center wanted me to remain on the phone for well over an hour while they kept putting me on hold to research; that practice is not good marketing or good customer service. A consumer should not have to do the entire research for a company in a resolution case. A consumer should not have to provide a step-by-step process for them to investigate. Due diligence on the part of PayPal was lacking in this matter.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    You really need to go over your statements, because I recently discovered they were over charging me by billing both my PayPal credit; funds from bank account and PayPal mastercard. Called customer service for PayPal credit and Paypal Mastercard however, the reps for each entity explained they were not able to see statements from the other entity, therefore they could not resolve my problem. I offered to send all statements via email or fax in which they both replied that they were not set up to receive emails or faxes. So problem never got resolved. I would love advice on what avenue I should take to get this resolved.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingEase of Use

    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    I purchased a pair of glasses from China but the merchant sent me the item that is not match with the advertisement. So I dispute and the seller himself reply on my dispute that he sent the unmatched item. PayPal turns around forcing me to send the merchant back before they will refund. AT MY OWN EXPENSE. You are kidding me! If the merchant make a mistake (intended or not) they should pay for their own WRONG product to be sent back. I used PayPal for a long time due to ease of use, but if ease of use is met with bad protection then I make my choice to take my money elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    I purchased an electric bicycle online. The price was $150. I received a tracking number from PayPal. Instead of the bike I received a rubber suction cup in an envelope with the same tracking number. They refused to help me because I also reported this to the credit card company that was used. Now neither company will help me and I am out the money. Don't expect the protection these companies say they are giving you.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2019

    So disappointed with Paypal. I have two accounts with them and I would close both if I was not forced to use them for 'payouts' from some of the other online companies I use. I feel like Paypal makes it extremely difficult to find the actual fees you are paying, out of sight out mind. This is hard from a bookkeeping standpoint. Also they have customer service that is extremely hard to access and to speak with a real person. I was locked out of my account and it has been such a hassle to get access again, still waiting. Multiple phone calls, transfers, holds, etc.

    I think they should think twice about locking an account to the point where I cannot access it and they cannot access it?? You are dealing with people's money here that doesn't make much sense to me but pretty much like talking to a brick wall because they know they have the market cornered in some of these areas. Waiting for more companies to come out and partner with these online companies. I would switch in a heartbeat.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2019

    I reported a charge I do not recognize to Pay Pal. Pay Pal responds that the charge was not unauthorized because it "is consistent" with other charges in the past. Period. No explanation of what the charge is for, who the seller was, etc.. Also, over the last 2 years I've been using Pay Pal there has been NO, NOT ONE charge for $14.95 and NO, NOT ONE charge from "epoch.com". If that's "consistent" in Pay Pal's mind, Pay Pal is guilty of at least utter incompetence.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2019

    PayPal will not help with a transaction that basically stole money and will not ship product. I am so angry with this jerk company. I have been a customer since they started in 1999. It is people like me that built this company and they side with a China based company with over 700 bad reviews on Google. STAY AWAY FROM PAYPAL!

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2019

    PayPal NOT providing ANY customer service to eBay SELLERS after MULTIPLE emails, phone calls and claims to the Better Business Bureau! HORRIBLE/WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! Facts: 1) PayPal is NOT providing customer service for open disputes. 2) PayPal is NOT providing any help for resolving FRAUD buyer's claim of unauthorized purchase. 3) PayPal is wrongfully HOLDING money rightfully due to eBay sellers for more than a MONTH! 4) Even after multiple phone calls, emails and claims PP has not provided any updates on case since beginning of August 2019 it is now Sep. 4, 2019. 5) PayPal needs to immediately return money wrongfully withheld from my account because SCAM buyer (who I have proof has done this before to other ebay sellers) falsely claimed unauthorized purchase.

    I provided proof of tracking, proof of messages of buyers intent to buy and confirmation they received item. Buyer was a scammer who PayPal has let get away with multiple times and won't help eBay sellers who are losing their money and their items! PayPal has already had a class action lawsuit for similar topic and is still a problem they are not handling properly! Month later no customer service at all!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2019

    I have been a PayPal customer from the early days of PayPal. Today I am closing my account forever because PayPal does NOT care about its customers, especially the small ones. PayPal did me wrong. Last week I received an email from PayPal stating that my account is on hold until I provide additional information to PayPal. Bear in mind that my account is over 15 years old. I did not trust the email and instead logged in to my account to check the status of my account. The account was indeed on hold; to get things back to normal I was instructed to upload a phone ID. I uploaded my driver's license.

    Today (4 days after uploading an image of my license) I tried to send some money to my son. But account was still on hold. I called PayPal. The operator said that my license had not been verified yet and that I needed to provide another document verifying my address! My picture and my address are on the DL! I asked the operator how I could close my account (out of sheer frustration); she answered it was not possible until the hold was removed from the account, which required uploading another document for address verification purposes. I immediately uploaded an image of the gas company bill with my name and address and the account number in the image.

    Meanwhile, I asked to talk to someone higher in the ranks. I took 42 minutes for the "supervisor" to take my call. Byron, the supervisor, was as indifferent to my grievances as was the operator. I asked him if he is able to see the image of my driver license and the gas bill I had uploaded. Byron said he could see them but he could not do anything about the hold and that it would take another 72 hours for the verification process to complete! Don't we live in the internet age where life is moving at the speed of light? Byron tried to sound sympathetic but honestly he did not care about an account that has a few transactions per year in its history... He, however, offered to call me when the verification process is completed so that I could close my account.

    Today is Wednesday. The earliest Byron can call me is Saturday, and that is contingent to verification of the documents I had submitted to PayPal.

    A few hours after my call to PayPal, I received an email from PayPal that the utility bill image that I had uploaded is not acceptable because the date of the bill is not in the image. I scanned the bill in its entirety to capture every little detail on it and sent it to PayPal.

    I don't know why my account was put on hold and no one at PayPal was able to give me a compelling and coherent reason for this whole mess. Byron said "something" had happened in my account which has flagged the account as such. So, I am waiting for PayPal to remove the hold and put the account in the normal status so that Byron calls me and help me close my account. Bizarre is an understatement to describe this whole debacle. PayPal's value proposition when it was founded was that it can do business at an extraordinary speed. But it takes more than 8 days to verify an account holder's authenticity. Simply unbelievable and unacceptable.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019

    I have an account with PayPal, but was restricted after I filed disputes due to stolen card. I was told by PayPal that no money could be received or sent, but they accepted my disability check into direct deposit and will not allow me to access funds for at least 180 days.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019

    Should they need you, they will be sure to bug you on a daily basis during office (working) hours and other inconvenient times. However, should you need them: good luck to you! They won't respond to tickets or just close them with no option to reopen. Contacting them via Twitter won't help either, since they will just revert to other parties rather than trying to find a solution for your issue. Highly recommend not using the products these bunch of criminals offer.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019

    We ordered a product key for 64-bit software on Bonanza. Unfortunately, the key we received was not working with the 64-bit software. When we complained to Bonanza we were advised the merchant was removed from their marketplace. So we requested a refund for a "product not as described" from PayPal. The claim was denied since "the product was delivered". Escalating the claim with additional explanation emphasizing the fact the delivered product was not what we ordered was denied. And our appeal was denied as well. This is the most ridiculous customer (dis)service experience I ever came across from any service provider!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019

    The reason people use PayPal is to not get screwed and until this last transaction it has been great. We bought an axle for a piece of construction equipment. The seller said it was off the same model machine we have and gave the serial number. We called the factory and they told us the axle for our machine and the machine the seller said his came off were the same. So we bought the part and paid with PayPal, we paid the shipping costs as well. When it arrived we opened the crate and determined it was not the same and would not fit our machine. We contacted the seller and he was supposed to send a truck to get the part. After a week or so did not hear from him so filed a claim with PayPal to get money back. PayPal sent us a return address to ship it to.

    We contacted seller and told him when we were shipping it and to confirm his address. He said the address provided to us by PayPal was his home/office and would not be able to unload it at his home and asked us to send it to his business physical address. We did, after some time had passed we got a confirmation it had been delivered from the freight company. We did not hear from PayPal, called them and we were told because we did not provide the tracking number the claim had been closed. Gave them the number and they reopened the claim. Received an email from PayPal stating they have confirmed it was in fact delivered and they were contacting seller for refund.

    Did not hear from PayPal for a few weeks, kept checking credit card for refund. Called PayPal again, on hold with multiple people for an hour only to be told because it was not sent to seller PayPal address they were not going to help with the dispute any more even though they had confirmation it was delivered a month earlier. They told me to contact the seller to see if he would send the refund. I said, "You want me to ask the guy that misrepresented a part, took the money, did not send the truck to pick it up, that now has the part he can resell and our money to pay us. Why would he?"

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019

    PayPal are nothing but scumbags who think they can take your money and tell you you cannot have it for 6 months. They restrict your account without an adequate explanation and then tell you that you cannot have your money for 180 days. They need to be stopped and closed down as they do this on a regular basis and take people’s money. Money that legally is not theirs and then basically tell you there is nothing you can do about it!! I hate them and they need to be shut down!! They close accounts and don’t provide any real explanation other than breach of user agreement or no risk yet to they have no legal right to withhold money that isn’t theirs. Something needs to be done about them!!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019

    Trash!!!! You dispute a robbery and they said anything because you did the transaction. Will cancel account. They don’t protect you.... I prefer to deal with my bank. Ugh!!! Never use PayPal for your protection of your personal info. They also took the money and pay the merchant when I said merchant blocked me. They can’t protect you from people robbing you.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2019

    The fact is that they took my money, supposedly fee. But PayPal at first said that my friends allegedly paid for the service, evidence of PayPal was not provided. and then they began to argue because the payment was made from abroad. But there is no evidence again. My friends deny everything. PayPal Dengi did not return. I can call PayPal thieves with all responsibility.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2019

    I recommend using your credit card when making purchases that have any significant value because PayPal complicates returns that normal credit card companies would address correctly. If you use PayPal be prepared to eat any merchandise you may want to return because now you have to negotiate with two finance companies including the seller and I am sharing this because it is the last time PayPal is going to screw me out of a return.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2019

    So I have a business account. So I decided to send money out my own account and send it to my business so I can purchase funds from there because most companies don't accept Mastercards to purchase something from the internet. So these so call the best PayPal decided to lock my account up all because I made a purchase of 10 and a purchase of 8 dollars on my account. So they are mad. Lol. ** idiots. It's my damn money. I will never used them for business again. By the way my name Cylenthia **.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2019

    Absolutely horrible customer service and no seller protection. I will be cancelling my account and never using again as soon my horrible situation is over. I sold an expensive item through eBay and an international hacker bought it through a buyer's legitimate account. Now I am out not only the item, but I had to refund the original buyer the cost of the item because the purchase was unauthorized. This is a PayPal issue because eBay claims it cannot assist me since the claim was through PayPal. After around five hours of talking on the phone to representatives, I have been told that there is nothing that can be done, and my money was automatically withdrawn to give to the buyer. Thanks so much for all of your seller protections, you did an absolutely horrible job and I will never use PayPal again. I highly recommend others to look towards other online financial options that actually protect their customers and work for them.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019

    Vendor sent a refund for item that stopped working after several months. Paypal took $2. I tried to use the money for different purchase. Paypal took the money from my credit card. I called numerous times after dealing with many phone prompts so I could talk to someone in another country. I was told to call back as one person could not help. I was put on hold for over 20 minutes, but no one came back to me. I was told to transfer the money to my bank, and then was told the didn't recognize JP Morgan Chase. I was told to get their app so I could go to Walmart where I would lose another $3. Now they want more verification and I'm still waiting. Paypal can get your money, but when it's in your account, the time and energy required to try, and I'm still trying, to get what is mine, is more difficult than anything I've ever tried. Why does this company get away with treating millions of people like scum when we need help????

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019

    Account was put on hold. Called to find out why and was given two different answers and I can prove both answers are false. They take their fees right away but hold my money for over a week. Still haven’t been able to get my account out of hold. Talked to many supervisors and finally put a claim in with the BBB.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019

    I can't my access my account and withdraw my money, calling to customer support and nobody answer!!! Awful experience and customer service!!!! Not recommended to use their services! Kind Regards, Galtsen Kazakhstan.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019

    Once a transaction is placed out, you cannot cancel it. Who does that?! And then it's a week's wait to get the money back, then another week to transfer it back. We have bills we need to pay and I didn't know you had to wait to receive money from the bank. Absolutely horrible system. Will never use again.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    I purchased an item on eBay that turned out to be stolen. I returned the item to the seller promptly with a promise to make a full refund. Now two months later seller claims to have made the refund, PayPal says no such refund has been made, and I am sitting here without the money, the merchandise, or the refund. PayPal says there is nothing they can do. eBay says there is nothing they can do. PayPal has been useless in resolving this matter, and their e-robot system is a farce. Their representatives can barely speak English and know nothing more than they have been scripted to say.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    I ordered a product from eBay. After I received the product I found it is defective. So I started a dispute with PayPal. PayPal dispute center told me, "Do not worry, we will get your money back." So I was asked to have a repair shop diagnose and have an estimate and I did. They did find the product is defective. So I submitted the document to PayPal. To my surprise PayPal denied my dispute saying if the product is identical to the product I bought on eBay, they deny my dispute. What kind of company PayPal is? They do not care their customers.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    I had opened a dispute number ** for the non delivery of my order with paypal. My dispute was closed in favour of the merchant. I even have the proof of the non delivery of my order but they are denying my claim time and again. I checked with India post and even registered a complaint for the non delivery of my order. They are saying that my order has gone back to the Merchant. Even my money is gone and I have not even received my order.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

    We live in Hawaii where it's difficult at times to find a store with appliances you want in stock. We used the online Sears finding we could get exactly what we wanted in a refrigerator. They cannot tell you how long it will take to deliver until after the purchase is made. We were told this particular refrigerator we wanted was going to take 30 days to be delivered. Sears had no problem refunding our payment that same day, they understood we could not wait 30 days for a refrigerator since ours went out in the Kilauea volcanic eruption. We had been evacuated from our home for 6 months, there was no electricity to the appliances. Needless to say we never opened it and took it to the rubbish.

    I had evidence of a refund of $3,266.00 made to PayPal on that same day, we traveled to the other side of the Big Island and bought a refrigerator at Sears. I filled out a claim online at PayPal asking why Sears verified refund was not back into my account after 10 working days. PayPal sent me an email advising me they have to contact Sears in order to verify the charges and refund and an additional 7 to 10 working days for Sears' answer. PayPal also stated from there it would take up to 30 working days in order to put the money back into my bank account from which it was taken to give to PayPal to initially pay Sears. This is insanity, a lesson learned, I will never use PayPal again...ever.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

    Hi, I am a freelancer from 2011, and selling my online services, like Web design, Link Building services to my clients. Every year it was a good amount turnover on my PayPal. Never faced any issues, except last. In the month of Dec, 2018 I met a client on Skype (through Upwork) who gave me few guest posts order from her (she was a lady) company email id. Without any flaws I did the work and got the payment from one of her PayPal attached email address. She gave another order soon after and I did that also within the time stipulated. After 5 and half months, she made a chargeback on my paypal and paypal notified me about. I plead on behalf of my own with all the documents (like skype conversation, mail conversation, paypal transactions) and screenshots. Instantly PayPal decided 3 cases on her favor and transferred the money to that id. Only 2 cases I have won.

    After a few days (while I am planning to sue against again her on PayPal), that lady reopened the case and PayPal has accepted though it was in my favor already. I was asked to re-produce the documentation further on PayPal, and I did. It took almost 50 days to review my case by PayPal further and again gave the decision on buyer's favor by telling - "Intangible goods or services are not covered under Seller Protection." ** up me. Now it is showing a negative balance of $3.7k in my account and I can't take payment on that PayPal id from my other clients even. Tell me what to do? How to resolve the issue? Whom I can ask for the solutions? How to get rid of the PayPal's faulty policies? Please. Manas

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

    I own a firearms accessories company and my main course of sales is PayPal. I follow all federal and state legal guidelines as well as eBay and PayPal. I even contact eBay to ensure my items are within their policies and they said yes which is why I sell them there. PayPal has decided to lock my account for 180 days along with ALL my money in there and I can't get it back!!!! PayPal SUCKS!

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

    They mention 50% cashback for your first transaction. But after the transaction is done they will not even care and will not give you cashback and if you ask for the reason behind it they will simply say you didn't pass the security check, and will not even reveal the reason.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2019

    I was purchasing a phone from a girl through PayPal for $300 including the $9.30 fee PayPal charges just to send payments. I asked for a refund and the girl blocked me and PayPal is not refunding me. They told me to do it through my card and my card has closed the dispute because PayPal won’t credit them the money they owe me.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2019

    I have two different PayPal accounts that I use for two of my businesses to process credit cards and other payments. My advice is to go elsewhere. They ALWAYS put your customers over you. You can never get a hold of anyone that can help and the departments that make the decisions will not even take phone calls. Corporate Office is no help either. You cannot call or e-mail them and actually have to send them a letter only for them to send you back to the out of the country customer service. I have been with them for 9 years and have given them every chance but they keep dropping the ball. They will hold back your money for no reason. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2019

    PayPal aids fraudulent activities. Do not use their service or do at your own risk. If you are a scammer PayPal is your paradise. Scammer make false advertisements of their products. When you receive the fake low quality goods and open a claim with PayPal you are required to pay for return shipping (it's our standard POLICY, they say) so I have to pay 120 CAD to get a refund for 150 CAD. PayPal should force seller to bear return shipping let me tell you there would be less scammers but PayPal doesn't care. PayPal aids scammers which is a shame.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2019

    I placed an online order on Sunday August 25 and used PayPal for payment for the merchandise. Shortly thereafter I tried to contact the seller using the phone number on the website because I had a question about another item. The person who answered said that they were not affiliated with that company and in fact had received prior calls. I then sent an email, using the email address on the website and the email was returned as being undeliverable because of invalid address. I contacted PayPal about canceling the transaction. I was told that the policy is for PayPal to reach out to the vendor and give them 10 days within which to respond with a valid tracking code. If this does not occur, then I will get a refund. I pointed out that a valid tracking code does not verify the legitimacy of the vendor because they can send junk.

    To me, the fact that I could not contact customer service was certainly an indication of a scam. Of course PayPal was not budging. Later that evening, I received an email from the vendor thanking me for my order. I responded to the email - which showed the same address as on the website for customer service - and sure enough it was not deliverable.

    The next morning, I again contacted PayPal to state that it is obvious by the inability to contact customer service that it is a scam. The person repeated what I was told before about the 10 days and valid tracking code. I countered that given that I am unable to contact the company using the contact info on the website, its legitimacy is doubtful and furthermore I did not want to do business with such a company. I am telling PayPal that the company is not legitimate and they can check themselves by trying the contact info on the website. Again, they would not budge. So today, I see that the charge has been posted to my credit card and I have to wait to get junk from the vendor before I can file a claim. How idiotic!!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2019

    Made a purchase via PayPal, as I was purchasing from an individual and I wanted to make sure I'd be protected if something went wrong... Guess what, something DID go wrong and PayPal sided with the seller although I submitted documentation the item was never delivered and is in the seller's possession. This is the second time PayPal sided with a shady seller. There's no protection at all from deceitful individuals on their platform.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    Users of PayPal Payment Service should be aware that the service favors the vendor not the payee making a payment. If you have a Vendor that is unresponsive, PayPal gives them 30 days to "claim" the payment. During this month long period the payee is in limbo before PayPal will take action with their vendors. Under FTC rules online ordering/payment should only occur if the Vendor can actually ship the product in a reasonable time. In this case the vendor's phone is not being answered and their email box is full yet PayPal will take no action. So buyer beware you are in Limbo and at PayPal's mercy; better off using a different service or direct credit card where you have more rights.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    Over the past 3 months, I have ordered products from companies and used PayPal a method of payment. The items were always shipped to my current/new address. Last week I ordered several items from Groupon, and the items were shipped to an address that I no longer live at. I went to the address and the people there communicated that they do not have the products, and the post office stated that they were delivered. I contacted both Groupon and PayPal, and PayPal refuses to credit my account the money for the lost/stolen items. PayPal's customer service is outsourced to another country, and the people that I engaged with are a negative reflection on PayPal Brand. They are very argumentative and no not understand what the issue is after I explained it numerous times; I do not have the product, I have not lived at that address in the past 11 months, and I should not have to pay for products that were stolen/lost.

    I asked PayPal to close the account and they refuse to indicating that I have to pay the balance due first. Really? Do not use PayPal, if you have lost or stolen items that will assume that you are lying regardless of what you tell them. It appears that they are robots reading from a strip with no emotional intelligence. Visa, MC, and Walmart would have credited your account for the lost/stolen items.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    I'm a licensed pet transporter and used PayPal for my business transactions. I thought that using PayPal would protect me if any disputes, fraud, or problems between the buyer and I may occur. I was totally wrong. On July 7, 2019 a customer hired me to transport a puppy she purchased in Moss Point, MS. The delivery drop off location was in Las Vegas, NV. I'm driving from Kissimmee, FL to pick up a puppy in Moss Point, MS which is hundreds of miles away. Now, I begin the drive to Mississippi and I'm hundreds of miles into the trip and received a message that she no longer needed the service meaning I wasted, gas, and wear and tear on my vehicle for nothing. I informed the person that she could not get full refund because I already had begun the work. The customer disputed the transaction.

    The only statement she sent to PayPal was that I didn't provide service. PayPal locked my account. They also took the $325 that was paid to me for the service. When I found out I sent my contract and statement from the customer that proved that she breached the contract in the middle of service. PayPal never contacted to discuss matter. They sided with the customer when she didn't provide any evidence. I lost a lot of money because if this. The manager also informed that the buyer is always protected over the seller. I was informed that my contract didn't matter because they only go by PayPal policies. Do not used this service for anything. They do not protect the seller at all. PayPal should be shut down for their business practices. If I could give a negative rating I would.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    My account was frozen because PayPal thought the items I was selling somehow violated their terms and conditions. I have been in the military collectibles business for 22 years without a problem, until now. No inquiries, no contact, just a frozen account that I cannot access for 180 days. No company should be allowed to do this. I will never use a service like this again. Rules are too capricious and customer service might as well be non-existent. Heed the negative reviews!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2019

    I called PayPal to stop a transaction on refunding money that was a mistake. They sent me on a witch hunt all the way to my bank who could not do a thing only PayPal could. It’s not like this was a situation that happened days ago, it was all within a 30 min window. Now I’m out of 101$ to a seller and will never get my money back or my item that was sold. I emailed the buyer and asked them to do the right thing and send the money back but you know as well as I do that I will never get my money back and it’s all because paypal WOULD NOT stop the transaction. I recommend use VENMO and not paypal! They will not help you!

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2019

    On June 29, 2019 I ordered through PAYPAL 5 rear cameras for American cars for $144.95. I received 5 rear cameras for EUROPEAN cars. On July 23, 2019, I opened a dispute thought PAYPAL for the Full refund. The seller offered to return me 20% of the value, which I refused. On July 26, 2019, I escalated the dispute and was requested by PAYPAL to return the 5 cameras to the seller SHENZHEN OUZHUO TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. and to provide PAYPAL a photo of the Returned Cargo, a photo of the carrier’s receipt, and the USPS Custom Declaration and Dispatch Note before August 14, 2019, which was done on August 9, 2019 and all these photos were uploaded in PAYPAL’S RESOLUTION CENTER on August 9, 2019.

    With this info, PAYPAL refunded $30.00 of the total shipping charges of the returned cargo back to CHINA. PAYPAL Refunded the $30.00 of the shipping on August 23th. Just got notification from PayPal that my $144.95 will not be returned!!! I am out of $144.95 plus $47.50 return shipping balane and no product. DO NOT TRUST PAYPAL. AT THE END I ARE ROBBED!!!! THE SELLER HAS MY $144.50 AND THE PRODUCT. Thanks to PAYPAL!!!!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2019

    As an online retail store, we are no longer accepting PayPal. They have granted the customer a refund although it was in violation of our store policy and the customer has had the item for 4 months. They did ask the customer to return the product first, which I guess was nice? Although we provided copies of every part of the transaction, down to pictures of the product we shipped prior to shipment (these are custom so we take pics) they sided with the customer who simply gave one sentence... "The product I received was not the same." (It was but once they received it they didn't like the color THEY chose). The customer even agreed to our store terms and conditions when purchasing and still, we are at a huge loss. There is no real seller protection.

    You just have to hope that your customers are honest and good because the few who are not can get away with anything. Just can't take that chance on a daily basis so they are no longer a payment option for our company. This is unfortunate because as a consumer, I used PayPal often but will not in the future. It works great...until it doesn't!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    PayPal has "frozen" our accounts because we compete with one of their partners. This is discrimination and we need a class action lawsuit again. This company needs to stand trial and serve as an example that internet companies must follow the law and cannot take advantage of people without cause or reason.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    I made a purchase with my Wayfair app using PayPal. I was charged twice. PayPal said it was part of my billing agreement with Wayfair. Stopped my ability to access my PayPal account and blocked me from being able to do any online purchases. I called Wayfair they took care of me right away, and deposited the double charge back into my account after a five minute phone call. When I called PayPal it took over an hour on the phone and all that got resolved was me being able to log into my PayPal account. Neither my husband or I can use our cards for anything related to online purchases (paying for parking downtown).

    PayPal is supposed to be a secure option. This was a horrible experience that left me feeling anything but secure using them. They allowed a double charge, was not willing to fix it, they were asking for proof from my bank that Canadian laws won’t allow and they created issues with mine and my husband's cards and now have to replace them. I do not recommend PayPal unless it is your only option. I do recommend Wayfair!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    Last Christmas I ordered two vinyl records from an online jazz band. The records took forever to arrive, long after the promised delivery range. And the delivery only contained one record. When I filed a complaint with PayPal they said they had the receipt of delivery, there was no option of speaking to a person to explain the delivery was incomplete. I got ripped off and PayPal did absolutely nothing. I immediately canceled my PayPal account, and have not used them since.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    After years if using paypal, suddenly my account is restricted. My money locked. Paypal wants me to provide copy of my driver license, confirm my identity, my last bank statements, my last credit cards statements, proof of fulfillment for each item I sold, proof of purchase of merchandise I sell on eBay. I sell mostly used records from my collection I purchased years ago on flea markets and vintage electronics. During conversation their representative told me PayPal is my business partner. Uninvited business partner. That's strange. I do not remember to join partnership with PayPal. My money are locked, with no way getting them out. Lucky me I always draw money from PayPal, not a big deal. Bottom line. STAY AWAY FROM PAYPAL.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    I made a purchase and received the wrong item. I contacted PayPal to file a complaint thinking it would protect me. I then contacted the seller and sent the item back. I received confirmation that they got the item and the refund would be processed within 2 weeks. Well it's been almost 2 months and still nothing. The seller says they sent the money back to PayPal, but PayPal says they didn't get it. When I ask what happened they say to contact my financial institution. I told them that they are my financial institution seeing as they took it from my online balance. Their answer was, "I do apologize." How is that an answer? I'm out over $314.00 and they say they're sorry. Well, I'm sorry, I'm done with them. There really needs to be some sort of class action lawsuit against PayPal as it appears that there is a pattern to this. I will not be buying from eBay anymore either as they are affiliated.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    They locked down payments and kept all the funds in my company account and I called and was told after reaching the highest supervisor available to e-mail them and they will reply within 180 days. I have to remove any logos and PayPal symbols from my website!! This a is a copy of the only information they would send! "You can't use PayPal anymore. At PayPal, we value a safe community for our customers to do business. We noticed activity in your account that’s inconsistent with our User Agreement and we no longer offer you PayPal services." Any bank or credit card information linked to your PayPal account cannot be removed nor can it be used to create a new account. You can still log in and see your account information but you can’t send or receive money. Any money in your balance will be held for 180 days, after which we’ll send you an email with instructions about transferring your money. Reference ID: **.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2019

    This platform allows me to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, is very secure, I can use it to pay for products or services on many pages, and I am satisfied with the benefits they offer me, I can use it from the website or also from the app, which makes it much more practical to send money and verify that I received it.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2019

    I trusted PayPal’s guarantee so I used it to make a small purchase (under $100) of 2 items. The UPS tracking number confirmed that the items were delivered so when I called after these didn’t arrive to my home, UPS could only inform me that the items were delivered to a business address that was not to me or to my home address. The seller did not respond to several attempted email inquiries so I turned to PayPal to request assistance for a refund if the seller would not resend the products. PayPal denied to honor their guarantee to refund me the money because the seller provided them with information that the products had been sent and delivered—yes, but not to me and not to my address.

    I believe this is a scam business using PayPal to facilitate these small transactions. I will gladly pursue this with interested legal authorities. Imagine how much income may be “earned—STOLEN” by accumulation hundreds of such “small” transactions. Shame on PayPal for perpetuating this with their false guarantee that I trusted and that ultimately and effectively did wrong by me and, I would guess, wronged others in this way. I canceled my PayPal account immediately although I am sure, since I am only one person, they don’t care. After all, it wasn’t their $100 bucks.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2019

    Two charges were made to my son's account thru friends & family. Thought PayPal backed everything. My son received nothing and PayPal states they do not honor anything thru friends & family (would like to see that clearly stated on their site as I advised my son to purchase thru PayPal as they will back anything up). Would have been better off just going thru the bank and they would have honored the fraudulent charges. Very disappointed with PayPal. They stated they put a restriction (?) on the scammer's account but are allowing him to still be in business. Account is thru Tymond ** in California.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaffReliability

    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2019

    Accidentally made a payment transfer from my bank account to my PayPal account. I immediately tried to call to resolve the issue and after battling with their terrible robot for 20 mins only to hear there was over an HOUR wait time to talk to a representative. I opted for a callback. After two hours I checked my phone to see no call back but by then the main office was closed and I was already flustered. I tried to call the next morning and after a 30 min wait, learned that there was nothing they could do and had to call my bank to block the payment. So after having the payment blocked, PayPal charges tries AGAIN trying to make the payment and after it is clearly not going to go through, takes all the money out of my account via insufficient funds attempts and leaves me with a bill to pay THEM! So now I'm stuck trying to pay off their charges that I had assumed were already cancelled.

    This is not the first time I've had to deal with PayPal's ridiculous wait times, charges and ability to nothing but take money out of my account, but after this is paid off I will be switching to a more reliable and efficient company like the the Cash App. The fact PayPal has no way to cancel their transfers from your OWN bank to your OWN account and then on top of that will have you pulling your hair out with their unreliable phone system has been more than enough stress. This company is not worth the hassle or time anymore. Because of them I'm broke until payday, on pregnancy leave early due to stress and Pre-term risk and they STILL are trying to charge me for their own inadequacy. They used to be great, but they have definitely fallen through the cracks these past years. Would not recommend to anyone that has time frames regarding their money as they do not care for your time. ONLY your money and how much of it they can siphon out of you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2019

    The once easy to send money via PayPal became a nightmare now. Nearly every of my transactions is on hold until they get more information (like private information about people to whom I send money). It looks like an illegal way to get personal info from their customers by holding their money hostage. I am absolutely dissatisfied with such malpractices and close all my PayPal accounts to switch to their competitors ("Google Wallet", "Wepay", "2Checkout", "Intuit", etc.).

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2019

    After blocking our account, they said we could receive our money in 180 days, it’s not true they never let us withdraw our money so we contacted the police in Luxembourg to report paypal. We called them 50 times, they never tried to help. Yes on the phone they say they will but they never did nothing. They may hold the money of hundred thousands accounts. Report Paypal, ‘cause they are a fraud when they act like this.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019

    The wait for your own money is unreal. PayPal is a joke. They advertise 2 days sooner on your direct deposit but in fact I get it on my payday very very late. It's been 6months of the same thing late direct deposit. Considering closing my account.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019

    Dear PayPal, You failed me as a customer. Your duty is to protect me and transactions I choose to make through your service and you decided to protect scammers! I received incomplete order, it is not right to make me pay for shipping and even more so to China even though came from California. You lost the customer and gained bad review. I disputed the charge with my Cc and Citibank accepted the dispute and refunded me the money. Have a wonderful day and thank you for nothing, Alicja

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019

    Had an account since 2012. Never needed any help till few days ago when I noticed 4 unauthorized payments on my account totalling 200$. I quickly changed password and opened case with the resolution center for a refund but guess what? They REFUSED and told me it is legit and I bought it. After 7 years I get hacked and I get blamed... I called also and they refuse to help me. I insisted they check the IP addresses of the purchase but they don't do anything.... This is absolutely the worst customer service imaginable. Never using this thrash again because they care ZERO about the customer. Even if you are with them for 7+ years with no issue they call you a liar!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019

    After over a decade of being a customer I have closed my account after they continually charged my previous bank account, even though it had been updated to a new bank account and set as my primary method of payment. After weeks of going back and forth, via email and telephone ...I am left with a charge of $540 they refuse to refund because of their error. Disgusted. They completely wiped their hands clean of it all and gave me some typical, blanketed reply that more than likely is from one of their training documents. They couldn't even review the previous emails, and what previous representatives stated, they contradicted themselves from email to email. So ridiculous that a company can get away with this and the consumer is left footing the bill. I would rather buy prepaid cards or gift cards, will never ever deal with them again and will continue to tell everyone I possibly I can about how unorganized and useless they were in my situation.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019

    I used PayPal personally for about 7 years. I started a business and it was a no-brainer to use PayPal to send invoices and collect payments on my website. This started in 2017. Everything went smoothly, only had one dispute which was settled long ago. Out of nowhere, they put permanently limited my account without any explanation besides that I violated their Acceptable Use Policy. I read it, I didn't violate it. Called, first person who I talked to was decent and took a look at my site and he himself couldn't understand why they did that. He just said I had to email aupviolations. I did. Almost 2 months ago. I've called multiple times, their reps are rude. Their violations department cannot be bothered to reply to an email with a simple explanation. Completely useless company with idiotic employees.

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019

    We sold a vehicle on eBay and the buyer paid us through PayPal. They froze our account and said it may take up to 6 months to resolve. They said we could reverse the transaction and when we did they charged us again. Ll toll. They charged us 1400 dollars and we never received the payment. Buyer finally got the money back days later and transfer it via wire transfer. I can not believe this company can exist in the US.

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    Process

    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2019

    I ordered an item online, the seller turned out to be fraudulent. Paypal does everything in their power to protect the seller and the buyer, just has to wait. In the meantime your funds are in lalaland, and it is up to you to get a replacement item somewhere else and if you were counting on a timely refund, forget it. The process takes up to 30 days. It is a safe harbor for scammers, because they can collect payments and your CC information and be gone, by the time their resolution is completed.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2019

    So everyone who has a good experience with PayPal has probably not had charge backs and really tested the PayPal seller protection that they claim will protect you as the seller. Just had a buyer decide after 3 weeks they wanted to claim the transaction as unauthorized PayPal immediately sided with them and gave me a negative balance. When I called them they transferred me 4 times, no one who speaks English well and told me I wasn't covered even after sending in the proof they required to investigate the transaction. Keep in mind I have had my PayPal account for 13 years. They don't care how long you have been with them. If someone decides they want to charge back you can just spin the wheel and see if PayPal will cover you or not.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2019

    I used PayPal to order online. Well the items were not what was promised. I contacted seller who wouldn't give me a refund or pay for return postage. PayPal stated I had to return the items. So I did and then they say it was the wrong address. It was the address that it was shipped from. And I never got the package back. So PayPal says they can't help me. So I'm out the money for getting it shipped the first time, shipping it back, the money for the items and the items. I thought I was protected by using PayPal, boy was I fooled. And I think PayPal is in on these scams because PayPal was the only way to pay on the site I was ripped off on. Bad business, very shady and not to be trusted. I will never buy anything with PayPal again.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2019

    No option to speak with anyone in United states. They require access to your bank account & photo I.D. They have all your info...perfect for I.D. theft and fraud. You will speak with people in India & SE Asia who now have all your info and picture. Will take hours to resolve a minor issue. You cannot pay with an independent CC. I rate this company -1 & I have exceptional credit.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2019

    Somehow my account was hacked and had to wire transfers for small amounts, thank god. I file a dispute, change my password and I all got was “Your transaction history is consistent.“ Wtf. I haven’t used PayPal in over a year, how is that consistent?? **. Stay away!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2019

    Every time I requested a check from PayPal for my available funds it took more than 10 days to receive my check. Funds show processed on the day of my request. Entirely too slow. In my experience when I sold items on eBay it took ~3 weeks to receive my check.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2019

    This is the worse company you will ever deal with. A buyer buys my item. I ship out instantly. The buyer gives me a positive feedback. 2 weeks later buyer says they didn't authorize payment. PayPal takes the money from my account and I lose money and item.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019

    I used PayPal to complete an online transaction. The company charge me for two duplicate orders-1 item they said was out of stock. After they refused to cancel one of the orders I ask PayPal to cancel one of the orders. Although they can see they were duplicate orders they said that because of their new policies there was nothing they could do. Only the seller has the option to cancel. I have had a PayPal business account for 7 years and I've never had this problem. I always felt very secure using them until now. There is absolutely no protection whatsoever for the buyers since their new policy change. You would be better off to use your credit card and get better service. After this incident I closed out my business account. Their policies are horrible and so is customer support.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019

    If they bounce a check when sending you money they will wait up to 3 weeks to give you the money even if the money is in the account the next day. You always get a different story when you talk to a different person.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019

    Paypal withheld funds from an ebay sale I made. It was $135 after they took their fee from it. I called them and asked why there was a hold on it and they told me that the tracking information wasn't uploaded to the transaction on paypal. So I go and log into paypal and click on the transaction and tell him it's showing it on my screen (I always purchase shipping labels on ebay for the discount and it automatically uploads tracking information to paypal). He told me it's not showing on his end and that's probably why there is a hold. So he asked me to give him the tracking number and I read it from the paypal transaction page and he entered it in. Then he tells me that it should take 24 hours and the funds will be released. So we hang up and I wait the 24 hours. The next day, a couple hours after the 24 hour deadline, the hold is still there. So I tried to call back and they were closed.

    I decided to call ebay and ask them if they knew anything about what was going on. The kind lady informed me that she didn't know. She told me the transaction looked good on her end and that it must be paypal. She looked over my account and told me it looks great...I'm an established seller, 100% positive feedback, above average quality. She saw the tracking information and where it was located at the time. She told me to call paypal back the next day (today) and put ebay on a 3 way call so they could reiterate there was nothing wrong with the transaction and that there shouldn't be a hold. I thanked her and waited until today to call paypal back.

    Called paypal back in the morning and asked them if it was okay to put them on a 3 way call with ebay and they agreed. Got a wonderful lady named Paula on the phone with ebay and she talked to the paypal rep about the transaction. She told him it all looked good on her end and that my account was well established. She recommended there be no hold on the payment. At that point we agreed that was all we needed from her and let her go off the phone call.

    After she hung up, the paypal rep told me that even though my account is great, my record is clean, and that I've been a customer for 14 years, they couldn't remove the hold. Instead of the reason being the missing tracking information, he told me it was a "high risk" sale because it was a laptop. I told him I've sold several laptops, tablets, and cell phones over the past year. He said it didn't matter, he had no way to take the hold off. So I asked to speak to his manager.

    His manager got on the phone and was immediately rude to me. Before I could finish telling her why I was calling, she stopped me and told me that she's not going to remove the hold. I attempted to explain to her that I've sold several laptops over the past year and that I've never encountered a shipping issue with one but she didn't care. She told me it doesn't matter what I say to her, she's not removing it. I told her I wasn't hanging up until it gets resolved. She said "Fine, we can talk about anything you want. But I'm not removing the hold. How is your family?" So I snapped back and asked her if her family was proud of her screwing over ordinary people. She said they were. I asked where she was located and she told me she's in the Philippines and she's very proud of that. So I told her "That’s fine with me, I just don't think you understand how hard it can be for people to make it in the US." to which she replied "it doesn't matter to me".

    So I asked her if paypal minds having long time customers flee the service and she told me "it might be better for you if you just close your account". So I told her that is exactly my plan. Then I asked to speak to her manager. She put me on hold for about 10 minutes and I waited. Finally another lady picked up the phone and I told her what was going on. She told me the exact same thing the other two did, that she could not remove the hold on my money. I told her about how rude the last employee was to me. She gave a simple apology and said there's nothing she can do. They beat me. I gave up on the conversation and the hold is still on the payment. Once it's removed I am untying all of my information from my account, taking all my money out and closing it. Ebay is great. Paypal is a horror show.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019

    I hate PayPal! I cannot access MY MONEY! I Cannot contact anybody and my whole experience has been nothing but a pain in the neck! I want my money! Why are you so difficult pay pal? Cash app and Venmo are WAY BETTER and much easier to use.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    It has been nearly a week and PayPal STILL hasn't done anything to help me resolve my complaints! I've had a PayPal account for years and simply want to transfer my available funds from MY OWN PayPal account to my other PayPal account... They said I can't do that because the one I'm sending from is not fully verified. I've sent them my driver's license and proofs of my customers purchase, yet they say I'm not fully verified.

    BOTTOM LINE is that's MY MONEY and I should be able to move it from one of my PayPal accounts to the other (PayPal to PayPal). Now, after talking to Customer Service for 3 or 4 days straight, they told me they could help me and would get the balance transferred to my card for me... THEY LIED!! They came back on the line and said they tried and the system has blocked my account from any transactions now because of their attempt. I'm SICK & TIRED of not being able to access my own dang money!!! PAYPAL SUCKS AND SHOULD BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    There is something strange happened to me with PayPal. I use PayPal to buy an iPhone XS Max in eBay. Due to some reasons, the seller doesn't want to sell it anymore. So she refund me to PayPal. I got the email from PayPal, said that I got the refund from seller. But in my PayPal account, I cannot see the transaction nor the refund. And after several days, my credit card pending transaction was posted. I have to open a dispute in my credit card account to get the money back. After about 20 days, the dispute was resolved and I get the money back. But until now, I cannot see the transaction nor the refund in my PayPal account. I decide not to use PayPal in the future.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    I notified the Resolution Center re. Berrylook.com, a clothing company that has had so many complaints (an "F" rating by BBB). Can't believe I didn't read the reviews before ordering from them. Long story short, the merchandise was awful and Berrylook won't provide a refund. After numerous emails without success, I notified the Resolution Center. PayPal has had an extraordinary amount of complaints about this company but they didn't go to bat for me. They denied my claim stating that I didn't provide documentation that I shipped the purchased items back to Berrylook. I sent them pictures of the UPS receipts with tracking number; I don't know what more they could have wanted. When I questioned this they sent the same form response. So sorry their work practice has gone down so far.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    For almost 4 months PayPal has blocked me accessing my funds and their reason being to authenticate my account. I continue to give them my passport and company registration papers of proof of authenticity and yet they still continue to keep my account blocked. The service people keep changing and no one seems to know what is happening. I keep trying to get a contact person and ask them to share a number and they refuse. I am at a loss as to know what to do as there is a large sum of money sitting with them. I have been using PayPal for years but after this experience I am unlikely to continue... The customer service centre is 1/10. Dreadful! Has anyone else had this experience?

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    First Paypal has blocked my account for no reason and then they informed that my account will be activated after 6 months. I had a balance of $13000. And when they unlocked my account it showed "0" balance on my account. After calling them they said, "you get a penalty" but did not explain the reason. I had other accounts with a small amount that they did not freeze. Paypal is truly an untrustworthy company. They steal your money if you have a huge balance and they also don't justify it.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019

    I did 2 DietBets and won them. When it came time to receive the money, I tried to transfer it to my account. I kept getting an error message on their site after several days and several tries. I finally requested a check be sent to me; which was supposed to show up in 7 days. I forgot about the check for a while, but when I realized it hadn't shown up I contacted customer service. I was told they would cancel the check, then return the money to my account. At that point I could request another check be sent to me.

    After waiting for the credit to show up I contacted customer service again. The new operator says she could see no notes of that conversation and promised to look into the situation. Today I get a message that they are mailing a copy of the check to me to verify that I hadn't signed for and cashed it. Why would they mail the copy of this check rather than message or email it to me? As soon as this is resolved not only will I close my account I will also never do business with any business that requires you to use them.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019

    I have been selling for eBay for about 6 months. In order to sell on eBay I was told that I was required to open an account with their partner PayPay, so I did. Everything was fine the first couple of sales. eBay would release the funds within 24 hours after the buyers would confirm their purchase with eBay. Then I would do an instant transfer of the money from PayPal to my bank card for a fee of about $5 for every one hundred.

    When I looked more into the fees, I saw that PayPal was already collecting a fee for receiving my payments, then collecting another one for transferring my money to my bank. This on top of the 10% their eBay partners take from each sale. Insane! I opted for the bank account transfer instead which is supposed to be free, though it takes 3 days.

    The minute I changed to the free transfer from PayPal each time I requested a transfer I got an alert stating that for security reasons money transfers were routinely placed under a review hold for 3 days. Then they would release the hold unless there was a problem then they would contact me. Well, there never was a problem, just an annoying delay that would cause my money to take about seven days to be transferred free into my bank account. I figured I was being punished for opting not pay additional INSTANT TRANSFER fees.

    This went on for about 2 months. Then on my sixth month of selling with eBay I had 4 sales in one week that totaled about eleven hundred dollars. Everything seemed fine, I provided the buyers with their requested items, they provided confirmation on eBay that they received their purchases and eBay released the hold on my funds within 24 hours... However PayPal still held onto my payments received claiming the buyers needed to confirm they received their purchase with PayPal that the eBay confirmation didn't matter to PayPal. That was the first I've heard of that. On top of this new B.S. they were dishing, they said buyers could only confirm with PayPal if they had paid with PayPal funds, if they had paid with a credit card then there was no way for PayPal to release the funds until after 21 days.

    Complete B.S. They sprang on me all those new obstacles for me to possibly get my money but really wait 21 days. I was tossed back and forth between the eBay and PayPal evil partnership until I was simply told by PayPal that the only way to get my funds now was to contact my buyers and ask them to SEND ME THE MONEY VIA THE SEND MONEY OPTION ON PAYPAL and simply refund their initial payments and cancel the eBay transactions. I asked, 'Wouldn't that mean leaving your partner eBay out of the transactions, I mean it'll be as if there was no sales. They will get no fees?' They said, 'Yes that's right and there would be no PayPal fees to you for receiving money.' I said, 'That sounds disgusting, I would not do something like that to my partners, let me check with eBay and see what they say.' I have it all recorded on my end just as you do PayPal.

    I called eBay and they were completely impotent to help release my funds from the grasps of their partner PayPal. They just continued the runaround of 'It's not us. It's them holding it, Oh Wait. It is us. Just wait 24 hours,' again and again and again... I thought it is disgusting to cut your partners out but when they behave disgustingly it is appropriate.

    I canceled the eBay transactions and refunded the PayPal payments, then I contacted my buyers and as PayPal instructed me to do, I requested then submitted their payment using the SEND MONEY OPTION on Paypal which seemed to have a fee associated with it for the sender, of course! Not wanting my buyers to pay additional fees, I provided them with a second option, to pay through A SQUARE.com INVOICE. I've been using Square as my merchant processor for decades without an issue. They have low fees and are secure and professional.

    -A real merchant processor would never hold onto funds for any amount of time to protect against chargebacks, that's ridiculous since with some credit card offer chargeback options for up to 3 months, 6 months or indefinitely like American Express... If that was the case a seller would never get paid. With a Square invoice my buyers simply would submit their payment online at no additional cost to them and I would receive my payment immediately.

    However, despite the notification to my eBay buyers that their first method of payment had failed to reach us, and as instructed by PayPal they needed to submit the payment via the PayPal Send Money option or through the Square.com option we provided them, they have still not paid. I'm preparing to take them to small claims court and will be adding all the extra costs to their final bill. I suppose they think that they can use my product/services then not pay me, all under the umbrella of PayPal and eBay. I think not. It'll be these individuals' names in the lawsuit, their names in the court summons and in the warrants if they choose not to show up for court. In any case I'll be dealing with the individuals not 2 large foreign companies owned by Arabs.

    As for PayPal and eBay, at least I can rest assured that those 2 dogs did not got to feed on my sales, both had to refund their cut. I will never sell on eBay again. They still claim I owe them some $40 on seller fees, but how could I possibly pay them if their partner PayPal never paid me. I don't think so. What goes around comes around. eBay, PayPal and Venmo are owned by foreigners. How did Americans give so much power to Indians and Arabs over our money, our sales, our transactions? It's sad that we can place more trust on these foreign unaccountable companies than on each other Americans. Luck!

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019

    Worst company in business. I opened a PayPal business account because I'm a contractor and from what it appeared to be before I signed up a great way to manage payments from customers and invoices as well. I'm a general contractor and typically have several thousands of dollars cycle through my business account for various things. The first order of business I did with my account was received a payment of $3500 for a job then $500 then $600 all within a couple days then I went on eBay and purchased a new carburetor for my custom built 1977 Harley Davidson Sportster for $600 and some mirrors for $30 from eBay.

    I also transferred $1000 to one of my employees and they froze my account due to suspicious activity of having very large transactions going through my account which if you know much about construction 600, $1000 or even $3500 is a typical every day transaction when you're buying materials and supplies for different jobs or hiring subcontractors like a plumber or HVAC guy to do something you need a licensed and certified person to do etc. So I had to send them about 10 crystal clear pics of my ID and a detailed explanation of my account activity which in reality is really none of there business unless I'm doing something illegal which I have not done at all. And it took them 5 days to finally review the information and let me have access to my account again.

    I then used my card for some gas, some lunch and other random things then I made three trips to the city dump and paid with my card because I was cleaning up a job site getting rid of the trash. On the 4th trip my card was declined with over $2300 in my account of available funds. They apparently froze my account again and flagged all three trips to the dump as potential fraud. What someone could consider being fraud about a contractor going to the city dump during normal business hours during the week I would really love to know. Both times they said in big huge letters that they would only ever ask for that information one time. My account was only accessible for less than three days before they froze it again. Luckily I had just enough cash to cover the. My account is still frozen and their support system team is a complete joke. They don't offer any helpful solutions or even try to fix anything wrong with my account.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2019

    It's been 3 years now and PayPal is refusing to close and cancel my account with them requesting documents to prove my ID. This is a load of BS I am not charging anything and I don't owe PayPal anything. I just want my account closed. Beware of dealing with PayPal!

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2019

    I did a purchase that went twice. PayPal is do not refund my money. There were two similar transactions and I want to cancel one of them. They deny to give my money back. I called back and forth PayPal and eBay, none of those are responsible sellers or money manager. It’s horrifying experience.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    I’ll start by saying I’ve been using PayPal to send and receive funds for many years without any problems, so this particular problem was shocking to me. My check had to be deposited into my boyfriend's checking account for the summer, so he typically sends me the money through PayPal because they have a family and friends feature. It is always done as what they call an instant transfer, which means it is received the next business day.

    This time, however, without any notice or warning they did the transaction as an echeck, meaning they hold my funds for 3 to 5 business days. I was annoyed, but fine. The money was supposed to hit my account on July 31st. It did not. I called the next day with my concern as this is my entire check for the month and I have bills to pay, groceries to buy, etc.

    I was told by the customer service agent that the notice is not always accurate because it can take an extended 7 days, meaning I would not get the funds until August 6th, a full 12 days later. I asked to speak to a manager because this did not make sense. She refused to transfer me to a manager until I started completely ignoring her attempts to repeat the same information to me. I had to ask 5 or 6 times to be transferred.

    It was no better with the supervisor. They did not care about the inappropriate behavior of the agent. To make things worse, she told me information that did not match the agent's explanation at all! No-one was able to figure out where my $1500 was and when I would receive it because the funds were tied up with their clearinghouse, which she said they have no way to contact. My funds were eventually deposited, but I now have a very different opinion of PayPal who I always trusted with my transactions in the past.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    Case **. I have used my PayPal linked to family's eBay long time - 12 year old sales account ** and I have been successfully been selling vintage watches for the past 3 years (you can check all that), but it seems I will no longer do It. It is true that I’m living in Brazil although I graduated in Notre Dame, IN and I work for Citigroup based in Manhattan, NY.

    I understand PayPal’s need for holding funds for credit card chargeback purposes, however a review of my account history for the last years and 12 year eBay account will reveal a very high customer-satisfaction rate, ZERO chargebacks. I just had one PayPal dispute that I refunded the product without even receiving it because I wanted the client to feel I was honest - you can even call him to check this also.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    I contacted PayPal and asked if they could remove my email address and any other personal information pertaining to me, Thomas **, from their database. I was told by a representative of PayPal, name unknown, that they could not do such a thing. The representative and I argued back and forth and I said that I have never heard of a company that could not remove someone's personal information at that person's request, once identity is established. The representative hung up on me!

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    Haven't used PayPal in yrs so I made a new account. Applied for their credit (was approved). Went to pay an invoice and couldn't. They attached my credit to old account. Been fighting with them since July 22nd. Was even told I didn't have their credit which I had a letter saying I did. Called today. They got it switched to the right account and said I could use it. Well guess what? I could. Called backed this women talking about some other stuff on why I couldn't use it. Told her that she didn't know what she was talking about and asked to speak to a manager. Was on hold for an hr and still no manager. About done with this bs.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    We are a registered charity with the government of Canada. We have been trying to resolve our PayPal Donate button issue for over a month with PayPal. We operate 100% on donations and Paypal is NOT allowing people to make a donation to us through our website. We have provided countless documents, have called in dozens of times - we've been told by everyone we speak with that they agree it is a bad process - and yet, our charity is who's suffering.

    Now - they are requesting PERSONAL banking information from our board. T4's or account statements or they won't give us our donations and won't un-freeze our account. Why?! Our charity bank account is linked to PayPal - not our personal accounts. This is absolutely unacceptable for a company such as PayPal to operate this way. All registered charity information is readily available and verifiable online. AND we've provided countless documents they've requested. We have drawn the line at needing our personal banking details. The only ones suffering are REGISTERED CHARITIES. Despicable PayPal.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    I sold goods through eBay and the buyer paid me through PayPal, two months later the buyer submits an unauthorised transaction claim and they refund his money. I have lost my goods worth £400 and they even have the cheek to charge me a £14 fee. I have used eBay for over 15 years without a single negative review, I also gave PayPal proof of delivery and that the buyer had activated the item. YOU REALLY SHOULD AVOID PAYPAL, THEY ARE NOT A COMPANY YOU CAN TRUST!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    I have been receiving money from my acquaintance on average once a week. Varying dollar amounts from $25-$1,300. I use Paypal because my bank doesn't allow incoming transfers from another bank. I have never run into the following issue. My associate wired me $1,200 on July 30th, 2019. I (as is my usual practice) requested the money be transferred to my bank which is linked to Paypal. This time, it was marked denied.

    I tried again and it was listed as "pending". I googled it and found that they often freeze a transfer and won't release the funds for 3-5 days. I contacted PayPal by phone and got a scripted response in which I was told that it's for compliance and it is out of their control. Later, I sent an email to PayPal asking for a deeper explanation, and they replied the same thing... It's to be in compliance and that there was nothing they can do, although they are the ones doing the clearance process. I replied asking to whom are they staying in compliance with? I also asked for proof that they were not using that money to gain interest while it's pending. They have not replied to my questions. I called back and requested that my money be released from the pending transfer and put back into my Paypal account free to use on a purchase from an eligible merchant who accepts PayPal payments.

    The woman I spoke to on the phone released my pending hold and I logged into PayPal and it showed my money was not pending and available to use through PayPal. I tried at least 20 times to make the purchase and PayPal denied me every time from making the purchase. I tried a different phone and then I tried a computer... PayPal would not pay for my purchase although it clearly showed the money was available to use through PayPal. I feel like they have hijacked my money and they have refused to work with me or help me, the only offer the scripted response and will not reply with compassion or understanding.

    I requested to be shown where I was warned and agreed that at any time they can hold my money for 3-5 days.... no response. I initially wanted a clear explanation as to why my account was flagged, but now I'm livid, simply want my money as quickly as possible so that I can cancel my account and find another way to receive money from my acquaintance. I truly feel that they are simply riding on the interest of my money. They will not respond to me. I requested the money sent to my bank account since I couldn't be allowed to use it through PayPal and is now back in pending.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    For many years I have an automatic payment made to Netflix posted on a credit card. More detailed review is better held by Paypal. Last month I found the Netflix transaction posted on another credit card that was long expired and no longer valid (the credit card company accepted it and forwarded to me assuming that I was using their old card). This was a total surprise because I did not make this change, paypal somehow did this.

    I emailed and asked paypal to investigate to see why this mistake happened (this is a suspicious activity to me). Paypal customer service quickly claimed that I don't authorize Netflix payment they have removed the Netflix auto payment from paypal so I can no longer pay Netflix automatically via paypal and then they proceed to close the case.

    I tried to explain further that paypal need to investigate this suspicious activity, but paypal customer service simply repeated the answer, "Case is close, this is a final decision." I can't go back to reopen the case even though paypal did not investigate the issue properly, and did not get the problem resolved. On top of that, they simply dispose of my concern without ever addressing the possible hack within their system while respond to customer with tremendous ignorance and extremely bad attitude. I recommend skip using paypal (and ebay) altogether. They don't deserve good customers.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    Paypal used to be very good and I was thrilled with their service but in the past several years they have farmed out their customer support to places like the Philippines where there are employees that barely speak English and have absolutely no product knowledge and basically waste your precious time.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    If they are not asking for personal records, they are holding your money not at first but all of a sudden. Not a good company for business owners. Having a business is stressing enough they just add to it???. I prefer my banks merchant services. Also customer service are cocky.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    Asked for their help to resolve dispute with Oxanne shoes. The merchant provided inferior product that did not live up to the marketing hype. Worse yet, they came from China and their CS did not speak English so it was hard to communicate with them. Every time I contacted merchant, they wanted order number because they didn't have it. After I reached out more than 8 times I asked PayPal to help.

    They were just as bad. They just told me to return it to China and send them tracking. I kept saying it wasn't worth shipping to China because that cost more than the product and besides the product was shipped from NJ USA! As of today they still keep sending me automated messages instead of understanding the situation. They make online shopping a mess. I'd rather go into a brick and mortar. Awful.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    Plain incompetent company and customer service. This is the only company I have ever said that about. The problem is that they have a monopoly on eBay transactions. I have a foreign card (issued in Croatia, Europe) but it is USD-only card. I came to study in the US and I had no problems at any place in all of the US except with Paypal. They recognized a card from Croatia and want to convert the currency for the purchase for me (probably the worst conversion rate there is). The only problem is that they make it is so small (shady!) that I had been paying stuff using PayPal for months while being charged a double conversion rate (Paypal and my bank since the card was USD anyways). When I found out they told me that there is no way to change.

    Actually around 10 CS representatives had no idea that there is an option to be charged in USD (since the card was issued in Croatia) including two supervisors although there is. I know it's crazy but it is 100% true. Then it was good for a while when I discovered that they are doing it again although I chose every time that I want my card issuer to determine the conversion rate. I called them and they apologized and said that there was a problem in their system they issued me a small statement credit (like that helps a lot) and said they will fix it. Knowing it was Paypal I called again to make sure it will not happen again. The representative sounded a bit annoyed but assured me it will not happen again. Boy, it happened again next week.

    They charge $1 per transaction and they are this incompetent. They should be out of business. I also sell some stuff on eBay and they put money on hold. I read some former employee's testimony that they do that on purpose and make short term investments. It is just disappointing. Needless to say I spent so many hours on the phone with their incompetent staff. And yes, today after a year of headaches they marked my card as a USD card which before was impossible because the system would not let them do that.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    I have had several online stores which I used to sell online clothing and other items. I was not getting any sells through the sites no matter how many visitors I had coming to my site. I decided to do mock checkout from my phone and PayPal was not processing the transactions. I had caught that with them few times before and thought it was a glitch with the past few years, but now I don't care. This is my livelihood and I can not take those kinds of risks with paypal any longer. I will not recommend them anyone in business.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    I recently returned 2 blouses to OrderPlus International and received a "we cannot supply" email on 1 other blouse. After emailing constantly to Orderplus I contacted Paypal and lodged a complaint. They came back after 2 days and said they were rejecting my claim because Orderplus had tracking information. On emails i forwarded to Paypal I had tracking on returned articles, emails from Post Office and email from Orderplus stating they owed me money, had received the articles returned to them by Australia Post and asking me to cancel the complaint and they would return my money. I cannot understand how Paypal could not handle a very simple transaction with all the information they have. Of course if you try to reach Paypal they are never available. Can I do anything regarding the above besides a complaint to you.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    Paypal no more as good as use to by with instant money transferring… on the last two transactions I tried to receive the money from a family, PayPal decided to do this transaction is a E-Check and keep the money on hold for three to five business days!!! ‏I contacted Paypal to verify the reason ‏and ‏the customer service said it's for security purposes they decided to do echeck instead of instant transfer! My family could mail me a check and received it within two business days… ‏There is so many other ways to transfer money. We are no longer use Paypal.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    I made a balance transfer on my PayPal.com account to a prepaid PayPal card and it was complete on one end and it never showed up on the prepaid card so both sides blame the other. And then when that didn't work and I began to demand answers they turned on me and said it was my fault. Yeah, that it was my fault but it wasn't. They lost money. They don't know where it is and the customer service doesn't even know how to look for it. They treated me like I was borrowing money from them or asking for money but it was my money. I live on Social Security with all I had to survive on for the month.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2019

    They start off great but then they will put a hold on money that is send to you for work that you did for someone else. And when you call them they tell you to put tracking number and they can release the hold... How can you put a tracking number on work??!!

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    Reviewed July 29, 2019

    The customer service is literally people so incoherent they cannot even decipher a basic math equation taught to 5-year olds. They do not deserve to be in business and should be shut down. Terrible company, sad to have to do business with this corrupt monopoly. Overall, 1-star, shut them down.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2019

    Tirerack.com gave me a choice, using a credit card, PayPal, or PayPal Credit. I chose PayPal. But PayPal processed it as PayPal Credit. Tirerack.com confirmed the payment was made via PayPal. After 2 appeals to PayPal, which they Denied, I threatened them with contacting regulatory authorities, and I would inform Discover Card to never again consider them for a rotating 5% category, as they are a dishonest enterprise.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2019

    I received an email from a Chinese male thanking me for purchasing an Off Road Lamp(?) for $33.33. The postage was also for $66.66, total $100. I replied telling him that I had not placed any order for any lamp. Then I received an email from PayPal telling me they had paid the $100. I immediately contacted PayPal and they said they would investigate. Some time later PayPal contacted me to say that my account had not been compromised and the bill had been paid. I have no idea what an "Off Road Lamp" is because it was never received. I live alone and no other person has access to my computer. I cancelled my account with PayPal in disgust. It is obviously not safe.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    1. Indonesian mobile #s are 11 digits, 12 with the ‘0’. When signing up it only lets you enter 9 digits. Seriously, developers?

    2. Hundreds of complaints going back months and months that it will not send SMS to confirm #. Hasn’t been fixed.

    Inadequate research, basic bugs that a 12-year-old could fix, no support. A poor quality product not worth your time.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    If there are none of the debit card options for payment, I would use my own debit card on PayPal as the alternative payment, but I would have to keep track of my expenses on my ledger as to not go below the marked cap for the month such as for example any $ within the hundreds.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    I had over $1,600 in my account and I lost access to my email account and my password. I made at least 50 calls two managers at PayPal. They couldn't do a thing. And they acted as if they didn't care because their job was on the line. After filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau and Ripoff Report and after a month of a lot of hassle I finally got my money back.

    Now they're playing games with me wanting copies of my IDs in order to release my money to me. It's not going to happen. There needs to be a class action lawsuit against these clowns. There are other ways you can do business online and with other businesses. You can get a free debit card that has a routing and account number or you can use your bank account. But don't use these jackasses. First of all they charge you a per transaction fee plus a percentage of all the money that comes into your account. Overtime that adds up to a lot of money if you're doing any business like I have. Make no mistake about it. They could care less about you. And given the opportunity if you make any mistakes they'll steal your money and have no conscience about it whatsoever.

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    CoverageOnline & App

    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    I've been using PayPal loyally for over a decade and the first time I've ever needed to open a case their website malfunctions days before it's due to automatically close, a technical error which prevents me escalating the case and despite emailing prior to it closing seeking assistance the reps were sloppy. Didn't comprehend the issue despite screenshots and an explanation of my precise issue/concern. They let it close and are now refusing to reopen it or do anything/take responsibility in any way for PayPal's website error and I'm out of pocket. REMEMBER when using PayPal you waive your right to your bank's section 75 and chargeback protection for this absolute rubbish they laud as great cover.

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    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    Be careful what you buy online from some China businesses particularly a company called Dresslily. I purchased in good faith a bedside long mat and received a 40cm x 40cm piece of material. PayPal refused a refund to me thereby deeming this transaction as ethical. I will now close PayPal and NEVER purchase any product from China again. I have over the years liked what China sells but essentially there is usually a problem. How do you check if an overseas company is ethical? You can’t. According to Consumer Affairs PayPal is not credited. So be careful people.

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    Installation & SetupReliability

    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    I purchased a defective motorcycle product and installation at a large motorcycle rally, the result of which caused mechanical failures and damages to my vehicle. Moreover the vendor, was unlicensed as I later discovered. I have 6, witness statements and 3, sworn affidavits from master technician and my Harley Davidson service manager. Who reviewed both the product and installation I purchased and received. The product of the faulty installation was a serious safety risk for catastrophic injury. PayPal did absolutely nothing to represent me when I sought a refund of my payment - even after I incurred additional reparative expenses, and I returned the faulty product to the vendor at my own expense, as the vendor directed.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    PayPal was absolutely useless when a seller was trying to rip us off. Our teenage daughter was sold a piece of garbage labeled as an iPhone 6 Plus. It was broken with a cracked screen, the wrong battery, stripped screws, etc. PayPal didn't ask us anything about the issue and within 2 hours decided in favor of the seller. Why would someone have a problem taking back their product if they are not trying to rip someone off???? I stick with the eBay guarantee and PayPal can keep their bullcrap. IT'S WORTHLESS!!!! If you want to protect yourself, go through eBay and forget about PayPal. Our experience has been that PayPal is there for the sellers, not the consumers (I wish I could give zero stars, because that is what we got for our trouble)!!

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    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    Purchased books online at Arunstyle June 20th, using my PayPal account. Contacted seller asking for shipping details. Never got any. Filed dispute with PayPal July 23rd. Seller offered a tracking number dated SHIPPED July 23 and received July 24th ironically the day of my complaint. The package weighed 1 pound, the items I ordered would have weighed well over 6 pounds. PayPal closed my case NOT IN MY FAVOR claiming that a tracking number was all they needed to prove that the items were indeed shipped. PayPal is providing a path for more threat and fraud.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 24, 2019

    Was informed by PayPal of unauthorized activity with my PayPal account. I was told my account is blocked and I requested investigation into the unauthorized transactions and they be reversed. PayPal has offered zero support only repeatedly telling me my account is blocked and I am to read the terms and conditions for information. My online trade has ended, funds are still frozen over 6 months later and still no support or investigation. Prior to this, I have traded with PayPal internationally without issue for over a decade. It's disgraceful service and support to say the least!

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    Reviewed July 24, 2019

    I purchased video glasses and after spending money on cables and adapters they failed to work on my laptop. I contacted PayPal and was contacted by the company and they sent me a Return Authorization and I returned the product. I provided PayPal with all the documentation, email, postal receipt and tracking number. PayPal refused to refund the money because I did not send the glasses back to China. The vendor asked that I send it to their California address which is much closer and less costly. It makes no sense to do business through PayPal if they don't protect the consumer. I now have no product and no money. I call that STEALING! I am convinced that paying with a dedicated credit card is far safer and easier than using PayPal. PayPal is not the consumer's friend.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2019

    It started when I tried to purchase an item online, they asked my to upload my driver's license, passport or ID. They also asked for photo of utility bill for address verification. I have only used my account twice for small normal purchases. I don't feel OK uploading my personal driver's licence or my personal address. THEY WILL NOT CANCEL MY ACCOUNT NOR ALLOW ME TO CANCEL IT FROM MY COMPUTER BECAUSE OF THAT. They say I need to send my ID and address verification for them to cancel a small account. Why all this. I should be able to cancel it from within the app or the website. It make no sense....

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    Online & App

    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    PayPal supports scammers, my money is gone with the wind. I opened a case and reported the incident clearly but my case was denied and closed! The seller's website is gone and Facebook removed the post because of too many reports and complaints about the seller. Many bought and did not receive the items they bought and others received a small item that they didn’t order. By the way I ordered a playground slide. Now there is no way I can get my money back.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    PayPal is the worst company we have ever dealt with. PayPal offers absolutely no protection for the consumers. If you ever have any problems with a merchant, you will never get a refund from PayPal. Instead of using PayPal, always use your credit card so you can have a recourse. Another problem is that when you call their customer service, you get people from overseas who either do not understand or speak fluid English or have no idea what customer service means!

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    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    I purchase a pair of shoes from a company on Facebook. I had to pay using PayPal. The shoes arrived, cheaply made and didn't fit. Called company and got no response. Got in touch with PayPal and they put in my claim. They said company got in touch with them at once and I should keep calling nothing they could do. I have now learned that Bestwalk has terrible reviews and doesn’t answer anyones’s messages, only PayPal’s. PayPal should listen to the consumer or read reviews about company. Barbara

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    Online & App

    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    Within a minute of filing a claim PayPal denied it w/o even investigating. Seller used fake tracking id showing order delivered. Now even seller’s website is not accessible. I expected PayPal to investigate that but they just believed in tracking status. This kind of PayPal resolution will encourage the scammers when they get away with frauding people knowing that PayPal doesn't even bother to look deeper. What's the point in buyer protection then?

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    Reviewed July 20, 2019

    I made an online purchase, did big receive the product, opened a case and PayPal denied my case. Had the case reopened, provided them definitive proof in email, along with correspondence from the vendor that they would refund my money via PayPal, yet PayPal denied my case a second time. They don’t care about the facts apparently. I have been a member with them since 2006 and I have a large amount of credit with them. After this issue which has happened more than once, I will never do business with them again and I won’t look back. They have too much competition for me to lose money through them.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    I made a purchase to Overstock.com, paying through PayPal. I cancelled the order within 10 minutes of placing the order. The order is still pending and has been paid by my bank. According to PayPal, they will refund in 30 days....in this day of electronics, how can these people be so unwilling to process a transaction within a few days instead of 30 days. I'll think again before purchasing with PayPal!!!!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    I logged a case with PayPal to review a transaction after I had waited two weeks for the supplier Adobe to respond to me and no response was forthcoming. PayPal without any communication with me closed the case in favour of Adobe because they had a terms and conditions from Abode that states and I quote "the service does not have to work" for Adobe to levy a payment to a customer.

    PayPal told me the following disturbing facts;

    1. They are just a payment processing company.
    2. Any communication outside PayPal cannot be considered.
    3. They do not need to comply with Australian Consumer Law.

    4. They do not need to communicate with the buyer...

    I may have lost $76 in the process but I have learned a valuable lesson to only use your bank debit or credit card as if you have a problem you will be sent to an offshore call centre where the team do not internet access or any way accessing information to act appropriately if you report a problem with a purchase. Ultimately PayPal has a limited future if they continue to treat customers this way... Use your credit or debit card and at least be able to interact with your bank who takes a more balanced and considered approach as they have a better understanding of their obligations to customers.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2019

    I was a customer of PayPal for almost 20 years. This year they removed funds from my account despite my notifying them they were unauthorized. So over 14.99, they lost my business, my customers business and my trust. They will steal your money and you can't even contact them. Use another vendor if you value your funds.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2019

    The sandals took just under two months to arrive and were very poorly constructed. Could not contact the buyer. Went to resolution center. They gave me the address of the vendor in Guangdong Province. (The return address not the package was from NJ.) The vendor wanted them returned in 10 days. The return address even contained a Chinese character. I cannot believe that PayPal subscribe to this type of policy. I would caution anyone from using PayPal when paying for anything.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2019

    I had two fraud US $ payments sent via PayPal to a person in another country (I live in Canada). I immediately notified PayPal and they confirmed this was an international fraud. Regardless my bank account was still debited three days later. It’s been eight days and I finally got my money back. However they are not willing to pay me in Canadian funds. They are only willing to consider the US $ value of the transaction and not the CAD $ impact on my account. PayPal’s FX rates are awful and I’m out a a considerable amount of money. And this will have taken almost three weeks to get my money back. For over two weeks, PayPal had my money. Pretty nice deal they get to use my money for free for 2 weeks and short me the FX differential. I’m not impressed.

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    Reviewed July 17, 2019

    I have ordered a computer part from Exact Parts 4889 Sinclair Rd #111, Columbus OH 43229-USA. PayPal is holding the payment for no reason. I called customer service to get them to release the payment and they would not. I asked to cancel the transaction and they would not. I asked for a supervisor, she refused to do release or cancel the payment. She said that they are investigating the item ordered and the payment. I said, "It is a computer company in OHIO and I am paying you with Pentagon Federal Credit Union Visa card." She said she can't do it. I said, "You are screwing me intentionally." I said I will call corporate in the morning. She said, "I will email you info to contact them." At this point this a garbage company with a garbage response. I don't recommend them and will never used them again. Kenny

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    Reviewed July 17, 2019

    Paypal is an expert at scamming you out of the funds in your account. It's been well over the ridiculous wait time of 6 months to claim my money and still they refuse to release the funds to me. Furthermore now you have to agree to arbitration which costs the customer more. Paypal has too much influence over the judicial system and if they choose not to give you your money there's nothing you can do about it.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    After you've sold an item on eBay and attempt to get money from Paypal account be warned:
    1) You may only withdraw up to $5K per week (this is not stated on their withdraw page);

    2) If you make multiple attempts to withdraw money and there is a problem (e.g., you have the audacity to try and get the full amount of an expensive item's worth), your account will be locked. The phone center is helpless to unlock it, it has to reset after a period of time (they are not sure how long, they say 24 but maybe 48 hours). Try to withdraw the money once and if it fails call them.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    While trying to get money transferred from my PayPal account to my bank, PayPal has it on hold and keeps requesting information which has already been supplied, not only when originally opening the account, but five more times over the past two months. No legit bank would ever do this. Think twice before doing anything with PayPal. Google Pay more reliable.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    I sold a product and personally delivered it to this woman, waited there to be paid, checked email, payment was in my account, so I left. I checked my account the next day and tried to send money to my bank. The buyer tried to get money back saying it was suspicious activity. They finally left money go to my bank, saying they could find no suspicious activity. I went on vacation, didn't pay much attention to emails. I had already talked to someone at PayPal who told me they found no suspicious activity. So, 30 days later, I receive an email telling me I owe 517.99 back to PayPal, they had found favor to the buyer.

    I call PayPal, which should have been obvious to them this woman was wrongfully trying to get her money back, and was told I would have to call the police to file a report. This is ridiculous. PayPal won't even open a buyers abuse case, I am so upset I don't even know what to do. The buyer will not return my texts, because obviously she has the product and her money back. PayPal has been no help at all. I do not feel I owe the money back, they need to charge her for it. They said she complained to her credit card and they could do nothing about it. So, I don't know who her credit card company is, so how can I put a complaint in with them? So I lose either way, not a fair thing!

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    Reviewed July 15, 2019

    This company is just horrible. Every time I need help and need to call PayPal customer service I try to avoid because they never solve problems. And at the end of the conversation, they give you more issues. I only use PayPal bc of eBay but I think I will have to boycott eBay just because I hate using PayPal. Worst company ever if you have a problem to be solved.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2019

    I had money that I received through PayPal which I was expecting to use immediately but when trying to complete a online transaction, the first thing that happens is an account limitation. When you try to complete a transaction online using your PayPal balance, expect to be in a whole mess with PayPal. After weeks and weeks of trying to figure out how to resolve the issue that PayPal caused, I was unable to resolve the issue because PayPal’s customer service was so horrible they can’t even help you. Don’t recommend to use PayPal for anything, it’s a total waste of your time. PayPal could be the worst company in the year 2019.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    I was given the wrong email address to send money to. PayPal's response to my request for a refund is: "Personal payments are not intended for the purchase of goods or services from sellers and therefore cannot be disputed." If a mistake is made, you have lost the money unless the unintended recipient will refund it to you. There is no warning on their website about this, and there are FAQ's that address sending money to the wrong person.

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    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    I am fairly new to using PayPal. The only reason I happen to come across it was to use it as a funding source as eBay merchant. My experience with PayPal in my short 60 some odd days has been absolutely horrible, to say the least. It started off by them holding on to funds that have already been given the green light from eBay to release. Which typically happens after a buyer has received the product and has been given ample time to inspect it upon delivery, so on and so forth. Usually 24hour time period, on its long end. Funds on average that are on hold takes 6-10 hours depending on delivery time.

    On numerous occasions, I have had to facilitate as to who authorized PayPal to continue to withhold funds after all criteria has been met. The only responses I would get, if I was lucky to even get one, was that it was eBay who was holding back funds, and this would be right after I was on phone with eBay. So this week, Monday, I decide I no longer want my funds to be parked at PayPal, reason being, I had 80 some odd dollars on my PayPal balance/cash card. Well a customer opened a claim on an item, this was because two items that were almost identical got swapped during shipping. So a case was opened, PayPal gets wind of it and without so much as twinkling of the eye, they suck all the available funds I had and left me with a negative balance. How did I find out about it you ask. Well I happened to be in a line at a store, that's how! Very shady, very unprofessional.

    I ask them how it was that I constantly get their notification emails and text alerts and account this and that, this whole list of gadgets and 11111s and 00000s, but when it really counted, not one ding or dong! If in fact, they would have advised me, I would have been happy to oblige, even fork over the difference so as to not put my account on negative. So Monday, I'm doing my thing, dealing with customers, wheelin' n' dealing... Funds coming and going. So I start a link up my bank account, did not happen, surprised? I think not, so the reason was, "security flagged it", so after hours of jacking around with it, I left it alone defeated! So later that night, my cash card quits working as I am tri trying to withdraw from atm. No funds accessible.

    I call Tuesday morning, another 2-3 hour of blah blah blah! Tried to feed me a really good handful that it was random. So card is out, bank link on security lock... The advice is to transfer it to someone who has a PayPal account. I could not believe it. Wednesday comes and still nothing until the afternoon I tried the atm and it did not work, so I try and buy something from store. It worked that way so did atm it work, how and why and what happen? No one knows. Ok, so Thursday morning, I call PayPal, the rep. tells me, "I can get your link set up, less than 5 minutes, account is linked." How and why wasn't it done before? Seems to be the going theme. Friday, today, got my linked bank on file, got my funds... I hit transfer, not able to send, wait up to 72 hours! It's random security check, see where this is going. To be continued!!!!

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    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    I saw two unauthorized charges on my account for software. They were fairly high being close to a hundred dollars each. I knew these were not authorized, so I went to PayPal to dispute. I was told to contact the seller which was listed at Google. So I did, But they said the purchase didn't come from them and they didn't sell software. So I appealed to Paypal and they denied my claim. I keep trying and trying to get them to help and sending messages. I only get back from replies that show they didn't even read the email. I thought I could trust the company. I've been a member for a long time, but this is the first time I realized how lazy and dishonest the workers are. I wish I could contact management. Does anybody know if there are any good alternatives to Paypal?

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    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    I've used PayPal for years both as a buyer and a seller, and in that time dispute resolution has always been awful. Disputes almost always end in the buyer's favour, even when it's a blatantly obvious fraud attempt and when you provide strong evidence to prove it. The most recent dispute I had to deal with is the most ridiculous yet. It was opened as an "item not received" dispute 6 months after the purchase of a digital item, which they downloaded on purchase and immediately before opening the dispute. The body of their dispute was completely irrelevant, it didn't mention the item they bought, it didn't mention me, it didn't even mention the transaction.

    Naturally I posted evidence of them having received the item and assumed that would be enough, but nope, they edited the dispute so the case got resolved in their favour because "The seller did not respond." But it gets worse! After contacting PayPal support via email I got a canned response about how I failed to respond. After a few days arguing with them they finally decided to re-open the dispute, only to immediately close it again for the exact same reason! I've now spent over a week trying to get some form of resolution to this issue but keep getting a generic canned response, sometimes even using the wrong name! I've even filed a formal complaint through PayPal's complaints procedure and have received no response. Not only are PayPal perfectly accepting of fraud, they actively reach in to your account to take your money to give to scammers. Then refuse to communicate with you. Completely absurd.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    Please watch out when using PayPal for your online business. They have permanently banned our business account, without any reason. We checked every policy, we are not violation a single point in both their Acceptable Use Policy, Terms and Conditions, or User Agreement. Even their own sales and phone service department say they do not understand why and that our business should be able to work with PayPal, but can't do anything about this they say. If you show that you comply with all rules and you are a legit business to the department that can 'solve bans', they don't care, you will just get a standard answer that they won't open up your account "Because they can limit anyone according to their own insights". Next to that they will hold all your funds for 180 days! Watch out for this! PayPal, of course mistakes happen, but please fairly review accounts and lift a ban if shown that a company fully complies with PayPal rules.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I have a PayPal account for over 15 years. All of sudden it put my account on hold because they said some products listed on my website (such as HGH, RIBOSE etc) are not allowed by paypal.com. They held the money in my account and I am not able to withdraw or pay others with it. I deleted the disallowed products out of my website and then I asked them to review my website again. But for a long long long time (over 4 months) I have not heard anything from them. Every time I called their service number I was put on hold for over 30 minutes. Finally I talked to a customer support and explained to them the problem. They said they don't have authority to handle the problem and tell me to talk to a specialist and then put me on hold for another 30 minute.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I have used PayPal for more than a decade, primarily as an eBay buyer having heard their horror stories regarding frozen funds for sellers. My laptop was stolen with my checkbook in the bag, so naturally I had to lock it down and open a new one. Six calls to PayPal over two weeks to get them to simply add the new account and delete the old one. Advice about the website that simply does not work. Being hung up on while on "hold." Inability to either explain why the basic task, using their directions, online fails or have them execute the account changes on their end.

    Because I have PayPal linked to eBay (et al) I had some transactions go through during this period of rank incompetence. "We can't quite manage to provide any customer service at all" which created a negative balance on the PayPal account. More calls. More incompetence. More **. Now these imbeciles start pretending that their incompetence is somehow their customer refusing to pay a debit and shift it to internal collections. These idiots assert at the start of their calls that "This is an attempt to collect a debt" compelling me to explain to them that no, it is ** not, and delineate the exhausting incompetence, run around, and bs that I have had to wade through --during the stress and annoyance of all of the other stolen laptop related account changes I had to make, to whit-- to accomplish a couple of exceedingly basic functions.

    FINALLY managed to hand-hold them through getting it done after six calls and two weeks, but overall a horrifically dissatisfying experience. If they were not essentially a monopoly (at least in regard to eBay) I would drop them like third period French. I give them one star rather than zero because after eventually getting this addressed I did get an apologetic supervisor who listened to my tale of woe and either cared or did a good job of acting like she did.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    They hold money for 21 days without notifying you before you accept any payments. This is borderline Thievery. Borrowing or holding without permission is stealing. They give you a runaround of excuses and provide no real solutions to get your money. If you offer a service rather than specific items I would definitely recommend another type of credit card acceptance service. Not only do they hold payments for a unreasonable amount of time but they also charge a hefty fee for the service so it's like a double whammy. DO NOT USE PAYPAL IF YOU ARE TRYING TO OPERATE A SERVICE BUSINESS!!!

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    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I made a purchase but for some reason had trouble, I tried to us my debit card but it just wouldn't work. There was nothing wrong with the card. The purchase finally went through, through PayPal. Then several days later the company emailed me telling me to complete the order. I didn't check the details of the order, so you without knowing the order had in fact gone through carried out a second transaction. I tried to cancel the order and have my account and bank refunded the money since I didn't have enough funds to cover the purchase.

    I did check with my bank, so I know both orders went through. I don't know what went on. When I completed the second order I used my debit card with no problem. I tried to contact the company by phone and by their contact form. I tried to contact PayPal, but there is no customer service, so now when I don't receive what I ordered I'm out $61.90. As I said I don't know what went on with either the company or PayPal. I don't know what role PayPal in this. They make it impossible to reach them to resolve this. I don't have enough funds to cover the purchase, which was obviously a mistake. I just want my money back. I'm stressed out over what's happened.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I have used PayPal for over 20 years until I purchased an item from an overseas company using PayPal. I paid with PayPal. Never received the item. Went through 2 processes complaints and denied on both. No money refunded. No product received, further investigation revealed multiple bad reviews of the same company and with PayPal, could say it is my fault for dealing with overseas company but PayPal supported and protected them. There are many money companies. Why use one that protects ripoff companies. I'm done with PayPal. Good luck to y'all.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2019

    Hear me out before judging, PayPal is possibly a scam. They will put limitation on customer’s account and keep their money up to 180 days with no reason is given. They basically borrow your money with 0 interest. That’s a scam. Your money is not safe. Cash it out before it’s too late.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2019

    I have contacted PayPal with multiple "emails/messages". No one really reads them, it's all automated response. So basically there is really no one to help you if something goes wrong with your account. I purchased a $360 product from what turned out to be a fake website to lure customers. They advertised PayPal on their site so that made me feel safe to make my purchase. I paid my money through PayPal, and within a DAY, besides the $360, I had fraudulent charges on my credit card. I immediately contacted PayPal.

    They turned down my dispute because they said I authorized the purchase. Umm? Of course I did, don't most people authorize a purchase when they expect a product in return?? so that's it. I was scammed out of $360 by someone stealing my money using PayPal. Now I'm out that amount and several other charges I am disputing with my bank. Absolutely no one at PayPal will help me. How awful for such a large company. They are suppose to protect customers from fraud and scams. Kristen.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2019

    First I am an English speaking American and EVERYONE working for PayPal is not. Accents are so thick and not understandable. Cultural differences make it impossible for them to understand what Americans want or need. They keep putting additional time before refunding money and if you use PayPal credit you pay them interest for refusing to put money back in your account. This is actually theft by control. Why put someone on the phone to speak to an American conducting transactions within America who can not communicate with the American on a level that both parties understand equally. PayPal and its staff SUCK!!!!

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    Reviewed July 6, 2019

    They lock our charity money and will not return to us because they reject my ID but I have sent many of my ID like driving license and bill so the co operates is with third world country so they will not cooperates and keep reject. I have call them 6 times so they pass the parcel to different foreign person to respond. PayPal is scam and they can keep our charity money so please do not use them. Use other like Zelle or other. Thank you. Mark

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    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    My PayPal account decides to randomly not deposit money into my account and hold it in. PayPal tells me that I need to verify my identity and that I could transfer it to a different PayPal account to deposit the funds quicker. Well I do so and now I have been charged a 15 Dollar fee and they have put a hold on the funds... I will never use PayPal again. This company has gone downhill.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    Warning!! Never don't give them your ID. For sure no social or any info they use is against you. They will hold your payment and money for months while they doing interest on hi bank. This mafia should be shot down by our last government ASAP. They employing garbage from all over the world and taking all the jobs from American! If they upset you just dispute them all the money. That's how they will go bankrupt soon. Amen!!

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    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    One recent problem I have had is that PayPal has some given one of my main email addresses to someone other than myself. I have been trying to get them to fix this for over 2 years! I am now on hold with PayPal and have been for over 15 minutes. I was disconnected and had to call all over again. I have been escalated 3 times and not one of the customer service people can fix my simple problem. I only have PayPal for eBay. If I could sell on eBay w/o PayPal I would ditch them in a heart beat. Now I have to wait 24 hours before they can fix this. PayPal will just hold a payment from eBay for no reason even after the buyer states the item was better than expected. They will give a veiled threat that they can hold your money for 20 days. This is a bad company with a horrible reputation. Also none of their employees are American. So you never know if you will be able to understand them. Stay away!

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    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    I am seller on eBay and using Paypal for years. This is the most awful company ever. Today I had to call paypal about a customers return which never arrived to us and tracking is showing some 5 miles away from our address. Paypal said that is good enough for them to issue refund to buyer. The item is over £300 worth, so I told them there is no card left by Parcelforce and they will not hand over the product as we don’t have missed delivery card. And paypal’s answer is simply they don’t care. What the ** man??? Is that how a business should operate? I understand since the news is broke off that ebay will leave them they are favoring buyers more than sellers but if they don’t be careful. There won’t be any seller using them, certainly not me.

    Asked to speak to a manager and was simply shoo off. Now I have lost £300 and item as well and in reality I am off £300. The only reason I have to use these ** is because of ebay. Can not wait when ebay will leave paypal and I will thankfully kick on their back. I am looking at the legal means to recover my money from them. But as a choice of payment I would highly recommend you guys don’t use them. But if you are ebay seller like me then you are stuck till 2021 when ebay will leave them.

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    Reviewed July 4, 2019

    I submitted a claim to PayPal when I didn't receive my order from CHICV aka Voguetaps. There were two items that I ordered. In the meantime, I received one item of my order but it was not the correct item. I escalated my claim with PayPal and my case was almost immediately denied and I still haven't received the second item of my order which was included in my claim. This is very poor customer service. I will be advocating for people who have been scammed and who will be scammed in the future. I was scammed by PAYPAL AND CHICV AKA VOGUETAPS. https:**www.paypal-community.com*t**Disputes-and-Limitations*Don-t-buy-from-CHICV-INTERNATIONAL-HOLDING-LIMITED*m-p1506498#M31403

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    PayPal, unlike other money transferring platforms charges fees for certain transactions and never charges more than $10 per transaction. But, in my case, I needed to transfer the money received to my bank and therefore, the fee was applied twice. PayPal received $20 total and deducted from my paycheck. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, and Android Pay are all better ways to transfer or transact money. In summary, do not use PayPal; I would rather deliver money by hand across the nation.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    I filed a claim with PayPal resolution center for $64 because I purchased an item through PayPal. The item was being sold and shipped from China. The item received was only partial. The seller never once replied to either myself or PayPal resolution center. I mailed the item back to the seller’s address and PayPal denied my claim because I did not mail it to the specific address PayPal wanted me to. The fact is the seller defrauded me, did not return correspondence. PayPal later said I can contact my bank to ask them to file a claim, but by the time PayPal closed their case my 60 day window with my bank was closed. They left me with no option and out $64 and out the partial product I had to send back!

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    Was scammed out of money for items purchased and PayPal Resolution Center would not help me despite attaching email from company offering partial refund. Very unhelpful, almost like prerecorded answers without any consideration for the circumstances. Very dissatisfied with their lack of customer service and their willingness to back questionable business instead.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    Okay...So, I never use the PayPal App and now I know exactly why! I was trying to send $75 to someone and it shows pending for days on end. Taken from my account 3 days AFTER I sent it and he tried to accept it. That's not it - then when he calls they say MY BANK declined it?! Noooo! It came out of my account! Now the money sits in "processing" is all so-called customer service can tell us and that there is NO SUPERVISOR to speak with?! Really, then who pays them to be there? I am beyond angry that my money is in limbo as I now have to figure out where it went. PAYPAL that's where!

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    Apparently it is very common to get scammed through PayPal according to conversations regarding scamming after the fact of my own. There are plenty of people who easily create fake accounts and phish and steal money. I got my laptop stolen from me after being told from a legit website and email that in order for the funds, which had allegedly already been withdrawn from his account, to leave a general holding through PayPal I had to enter my package tracking number. I read reports of this where people sent their stuff to Nigeria and that would be an obvious red flag however I sent mine to Newport, CA. I have tried EFFORTLESSLY to connect with PayPal or get any kind of customer service and have gotten nothing at all over the last week and approximately 20 emails reaching out and hours of wait time. Use Venmo or another website, and don't steal from people.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    If I could give a lower than one star I would. I made a Buy It Now purchase on eBay. If you are a Canadian PayPal converts you to USD - ok with that. What I am not ok with is when you make a return they convert that USD to Canadian instead of just leaving the US in your PayPal account. e.g., My Buy It Now was 19.99. They charged me $27 in exchange. I did not get the item so I put it to resolution to get a refund and they gave me $18 back. Do the math.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2019

    PayPal stop getting between others business. Holding money for service between 2 people. There are so many ways now to send and receive payments. I can't wait for the day PayPal goes under. Cash App, Venmo, bank transfers all free. OH AND THAT'S RIGHT NO HOLDS.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2019

    I opened my first account with PayPal and that account got hacked, for me to just be able to contact them I had to create a second account and after so they say they need phone verification. They call me when I’m put to account security team (Case Number **). I always speak to them for about 15 minutes on the phone and they always verify that there was abnormal activity. But once I ask for reimbursement for the funds in the previous account they always cut off the phone and when I follow up I have to restart again explaining what happened. This happened for over 4 times now and I am tired of trying to retrieve my old account and funds that were in the account during the time of the hack. I would not advise for use of PayPal because if your funds were to go missing you wouldn’t be able to get them back.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    PayPal has been making my life a living hell for the past week! They refuse to let me access my funds, customer service representatives are horrible and don't give a damn about anything but receiving a paycheck, which ironically they are withholding my livelihood! It has been a week since I have had no access to my account! I highly recommend people to try other resources, after being treated like I don't matter, nor my children's needs.. I have been borrowing money just to get by day by day! As soon as the rest of this is handled, I will definitely no longer be a part of PayPal! Never again!!

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    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    I purchased windows software on eBay with PayPal. The CD would not load so I requested a return and eBay sent me a label. I returned the item and eBay put the message in my account “merchant received item”. I never got the refund into my PayPal. After disputing the charge and then appealing PayPal decision... the dispute was refused because merchant merely said he did not receive the item. What a joke... Do NOT use PayPal. They do not support their members.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2019

    PayPal has been a platform I've used for years. My experience was always great up until whomever new bought it. It has been the worst experience of my life. I can't transfer money to my account and they said they can't help. I can't get them on the phone. I've lost countless amounts of money due to fraudulent disputes. I've had to wait for money for a service that was completed. I thought PayPal was instant? Never in my life have I had so much complications, and lost so much money in fees. It's insane. I've worked with many business and even they are adapting Cash App. Please do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed June 28, 2019

    I am a 10+ yr cust in good standing. Bought from a disreputable co selling fraudulent clothing not as pictured out of China, not made known. PayPal insisted I pay return shipping when I am the one defrauded. The cost is prohibitive & the clothes shipped fr CA. Beware. I bought primarily because I trusted PP. KNEW I was covered, was not. They are supporting the disreputable co. Pics of clothing attached.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2019

    PayPal is a platform for cyberscam whether or not you have proof of a goods transaction. If you hit send friends and family you will have NO recourse. You have been scammed and PayPal will not offer any help!! Yet no red flag warning!!! Even with proof it was a goods transaction PayPal is unwilling to investigate and will protect the person committing this cyberscam!

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    Reviewed June 28, 2019

    Do not rely on PayPal to address an issue with the vendor/merchant. In my most recent experience with PayPal, I asked for their help due to a vendor shorting my order (paid for 4 but only received 2 of them). When the vendor would not respond or acknowledge my issue, I contacted PayPal for some resolution. PayPal did not resolve the issue after having me wait over a month. Then, they just denied the claim with no assistance. I appealed the decision and wrote a couple of letters to explain the issue, but they denied the appeal after a couple of weeks. My advice is to use your credit card company (I have always had good results) and do not use PayPal. They will not protect the buyers as they advertise.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I had a bad experience with PayPal when I complaint in regards to not receiving my item I paid. I file for complaint and stated that I did not received the item I have paid for but instead of solving my problem they close my case and replied that I file for a non authorized purchase and that they have investigate it and find it otherwise. I was puzzle and angry. I even wrote back again and again saying that I am complaining that my issue here is not receiving item that I purchase.... until I notice that it is just a computer with auto reply system I am writing to. The phone number that they gave is not in use and I cannot call anyone to reach out. Useless department....

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    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I ordered a free sample of something through with my PayPal debit card and never received anything free. A few weeks later I was charged $175.71 for the full item (this was in March). I understandably was upset and turned in a dispute for an unauthorized charge. PayPal did an investigation with this mystery company and said I did authorize the charges. I told them I never agreed to them. They then did another investigation on terms and conditions saying I did agree to these charges.

    Ok...So I’ve waited now for 2 months to hear from this vendor who I apparently ordered something from. It was with Start Healthy Keto and New Cleanse. I contacted PayPal to let them know I haven’t received the product and now they’re telling me they are no longer doing any investigation on this. Now I’m stuck paying $175.71 for nothing. How was I to know, if I would have waited 2 months I would’ve had better luck getting them to help me? I have a credit card with PayPal but once that gets paid off I will be closing my PayPal account. It might take me years to get them paid off but I can’t wait to get rid of them. And beware of Start Healthy Keto and New Cleanse. You’ll never hear from them and you won’t receive their product.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I have been using PayPal for the past 11 years when I first created my eBay account. I never had problem until a couple of months ago, I purchased a product on eBay and it never got delivered to me. The eBay tracking and UPS tracking shows it's delivered but in fact it was delivered to a wrong address. I called eBay as as always eBay dropped the ball in PayPal court. Meanwhile I contact UPS and they apologized and asked their driver to come see me at the home. The driver came and apologized that he mistakenly dropped the parcel at a different address and he also mentioned he has no way of retrieving it, so open a case with UPS so they can refund you.

    Since I am not the shipper so UPS denied my request and I asked PayPal with full details to provide a refund. The seller on the other end is not accepting this claim and constantly telling me and PayPal that this item is delivered. Of course it was delivered but not at my address. Finally PayPal closed the claim in the seller favor and I lost a lot of money. I immediately removed the link between PayPal and my eBay account and I do not want to be a PayPal customer ever. PayPal you need to improve your process, you need to look at my history of transactions with you but you lost business from me.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I had an issue with a product I purchased and I used PayPal to pay for it. They were very quick to get in touch with the seller and resolved the problem for me. I highly recommend PayPal. I am a very loyal customer and will remain one.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    I had a problem with my password and could not log in. Security questions would not work and they had a very old phone number I had years ago on file even though I updated mailing address and phone number less than a year ago. So I cannot log on this, after waiting over 30 minutes on the phone for customer service I was told that they cannot help me and to try and reset password using security questions that did not work. So my account will set for a determined amount of time with no activity and all my funds will go to the state. I can open another account using another email address but my old account will be awarded to the state etc. So please be aware of this PayPal fault which they cannot fix. I recommend to all eBay customers to switch to another payment method.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    Tried to make a purchase on a website and use PayPal as the form of payment. The purchase was declined by PayPal. I called PayPal to authenticate myself. Representative stated I should use a major cc instead of using PayPal because they were going to continue denying the purchase because they don’t trust the website. I stated I should be allowed to my own money in whatever way I desire and that if my money was lost that’s on me. I asked to speak to a supervisor and she said that there wasn’t one handy and she would have to go look for one. She kept placing me on hold and saying that the supervisor was busy assisting other customers. After about 45 minutes of waiting I hung up the call. I’ve never heard of a company saying they aren’t willing to look for a solution and to essentially recommend not using their service for the transaction.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    I was not able to transfer money to my bank about and was given no explanation as to WHY or WHEN I would be able to. I will NEVER use PayPal again. The worst service I've experience in a very long time. Stick with TransferWise people. They are incredible and fees are much more reasonable as well. Paypal gouges you. I'm not one to write reviews but this time I just had to in hope to help others avoid the stress I've gone through as a result. I would NEVER recommend PayPal to ANYONE!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    My son transferred deposit money to rent an apartment from someone using her (the landlady's) phone number in Canada. Because he had already negotiated the price, he used the "friends and family" type to send the deposit, so the landlady would not be charged a fee. Bad mistake. She did not receive the deposit, but another person, who had her same phone number did receive the funds in their account! Paypal said there is no recourse, because he used friends and family, except he may track that person down and if they are honest enough they may return the funds!! We must wait 30 days to register a dispute Paypal says. This transaction isn't covered and we are not covered in this loss.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    Always avoid using PayPal when you’re on eBay. eBay will release your money as soon as you show them that the product was received or picked up. PayPal will hold your money after that for up to 21 days. Avoid this major hassle. This is a game. I will never use PayPal for any of my transactions again. Much easier to use a linked credit card. Horrible business practice. Avoid any cost.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2019

    They claim to offer protection. They do not. They make it as difficult as possible. Really as possible. And then deny your well-documented claim. They will not explain why. You will be out all the wasted effort and time, as well as the money. This is not a reputable company.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 24, 2019

    I sold my iphone 7 on ebay. And she paid to PayPal. PayPal charged $11.89 for transaction. The buyer from Ukraine asked me to ship First class mail via USPS on July 2nd. I shipped the item to the buyer on July 3rd via First class mail via USPS, and I got recipe from USPS. The buyer issue refund because she didn't received the item until June 20, and PayPal hold the money. I checked tracking number, and it is in transit. I provided the copy of proof of shipping, and the package images that I packed the item.

    PayPal block my access for PayPal account and keep sending me the warning, if I don't respond to PayPal, PayPal will refund money to buyer. How can I respond to PayPal when they limited my access. Ebay charged me $ $25.53 for fee. I lost my phone, and have never received the money from the buyer. PayPal hold it. PayPal and eBay charged me $37.72 for nothing.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 23, 2019

    PayPal's direct deposit service takes 7 hours longer than through traditional financial institutions and banks. Do not believe their statement that you will get your money up to 2 days faster through them. In addition, their customer service is horrible when you contact them frustrated because you haven't received your direct deposit and all of your co-workers received it 7 hours earlier. I went and bothered my payroll department to make sure the problem was not on their end. Needless to say I embarrassed myself, wasted their time, and lost my credibility. It is fraudulent for PayPal to make false advertisements to lure customers to switch their direct deposit to them. I am reporting them to all of the consumer protection agencies I possibly can. My advice to you is enroll in direct deposit through a traditional financial institution or bank.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 22, 2019

    After fighting on and off with PayPal, getting friends to sign up, never receiving the credit that I was supposed to get after months of trying to send out money, my mortgage payment taxes things like that never ever worked. If I did send money to my bank card I got charged for it and then half the time it wouldn't even go through. Was never able to send money to people or out unless it was to my bank. Was never able to send money through Facebook or any of those. When I did try they put a hold on my account. 17 times I called customer service only need to be hung up on. Talk to multiple supervisors only to be a hung up on. Problems never review never solved. I finally transferred all my money out of there and let them know that I would be putting on a review for every site that I could. If I was to tell anybody to go anywhere it would not be to PayPal!

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    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    I sold a product. PayPal kept the money because I didn’t respond quick enough. Then I bought a product and it was damaged and the seller gave me a 75.00 credit and PayPal kept that too.... Now I have to fight them to try and get my refund. They're crooks!!!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 21, 2019

    I get direct deposit every Friday but for some reason money have not hit my account. I was told that money can hit account anytime during the business hours. However, I have a problem with that because if my payday is Friday I should get money Friday at least that morning not at 4 or 3 pm. What if I needed gas or anything else. I’m changing account. I need something more stable for as every morning to expect fund in account not the afternoon when I’m not getting paid day early. I would recommend direct deposit just only to pay bills or send money to others. I have been using Cash App it has been working fine.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2019

    I’m trying to transfer money to a friend but the system is denying the transaction. I called them to verify what’s happening resulting in a hold for “security reasons” and nobody can sort out a solution.

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    Reviewed June 19, 2019

    I clicked on a trick Google clickbait. Ad stated a free report. After what I thought to be a browse, Google attached to PayPal and charged for service that it did not give. I reported to Paypal and they insist I got what I asked for and refuse to remove my bank account from their control. I have tried for over a week. They refuse and have allowed Google to take monthly amounts from my bank authority my permission. I am trying to get my bank off of this unsafe app. How does anyone win with Google or PayPal? Beware. Your money is no longer yours if you use either.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2019

    Had someone transferring me a good amount of money through PayPal for a vehicle they purchased from me. He had Android and I have Apple, which he didn’t have Apple Pay so I created a PayPal account. First time user!! I paid for an automatic transfer to what had been made out to be $11.90. So I called PayPal and spoke to customer service and she had told me that the $11 was for the transfer fee and that since it had been well over 30 minutes and I had no sign of my money still that it would be refunded and I would get my whole amount of money in my account within one business day. So I waited till it went into my bank account finally and called back once I realized I had been charged for the fee that I had been guaranteed to be refunded for by the lady on the phone.

    She had told me the $11.90 was the fee for transfer that I was seeing removed and it would be refunded. But the second time I called when it was not refunded the man I spoke to on the phone this time said the $11.90 was not the transfer fee and that it would not be refunded when I was told by the other woman from PayPal that it would.

    When I asked to speak to his supervisor he put me on hold then told me his supervisor was occupied at the moment and would give me a call later in the day. He refused to let me speak to anyone other than him even though I asked several times to speak to someone else. They wasted so much of my time and energy and stole $12 and I paid for instant transfer (which goes into your account instantly) yet didn’t receive my money for a whole business day. Yet was refused my refund. I do NOT recommend, and if you do decide to use PayPal, read their fine print because they’re cheating everyone out of their money for fees that are absolutely not necessary. If I could rate PayPal a big fat ZERO I would. Again, stay clean from PayPal. I do not recommend.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 17, 2019

    I just recently sold a product for 235.00 + 7.85 for shipping. PayPal claims they charge 2.9% + 0.30 for fees. My total charges where according to them 242.85 - 10.99 fees. When it suppose to be 242.85 - 7.34 fees. Mind you they charge includes the shipping charge. Watch your money. This is why I never wanted to use PayPal. Sad very sad. Because of eBay we have no choice. Trap market.. I also called PayPal, the gentleman try over talk me to keep that 3. + dollars. Now I have to dispute the charge.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 16, 2019

    PayPal steal 2500. I sell a item eBay. They keep my 2500 dollars from my customer. I call eBay. They don’t care. PayPal is crook company. They most for Hispanic people. They your own money to do business. Don’t trust this company.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 16, 2019

    I purchased some clothing online and the clothes were of terrible quality and poorly made. I contacted the seller, as instructed and they tried to get me to accept 25% refund or I could return the items to China. 25% was was unacceptable. The company gave me a return address in California. I sent the items back with tracking, at my expense. It was received by a person, according to USPS tracking but no refund. I contacted PayPal and I sent them my proof, but needed to add the price of an additional item that never came to the disputed total. I expected PayPal to step in and get the company to send a refund.

    Much to my dismay, I received notice that the case was closed and they sided with the seller who claimed I failed to send the items back to China! China? They gave me a California address. I called PayPal and the representative said he could not help because the case was closed. I asked for a supervisor and explained the situation. She said she could not promise anything but said I could send my documentation for review.

    I sent the email from SHEROP, instructing me to send to California, the tracking information, the proof it was received (printed off the USPS site), the packing slip that showed I did not receive an item and additional Email regarding that. I was sure that the dispute would now go in my favor. I had so much proof! I got an email that they sided with SHEROP. No reason given. PayPal’s guarantee is worthless! Do not think they will protect the buyer. It is obvious this company is fraudulent and that they sell terrible clothes yet PayPal stood by them. This was about $120. To me, that’s significant.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2019

    Make a transaction of £102 and £5 and PayPal decided to put my money on hold (part of it over £50). Customer service told me there is a £400 limit for taking payments without using a pin number (typing card number). Their explanation is that it could be because a charge back from bank due to not using a pin for card payment. When I explained that it was my own credit card (needed money and is cheap to withdraw that way) they didn't care. Now if I take payment from a customer without pin (and that happens often) all money will be put on hold for a month. How on earth I can run my taxi business. PayPal told me nothing can be done and I have to wait for a month despite it's my money I can't access it. Will be closing account as soon as possible. Not business friendly whatsoever.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    I bought a wig that came from China. Say no more. PayPal promised to get my refund. It cost 180.00 and they offered $50.oo back. I refused the offer but PayPal said I had accepted the 50.00, I asked for their proof because I never did. They did NOTHING. I WILL NEVER USE PAYPAL AGAIN.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2019

    Stay away from PayPal. They are fake. I have problem with my purchase. I pay over PayPal. I provided all information and still they don't do anything. Just wasting time. Anyway I finished my problem with my bank. I don't recommend PayPal for no one. If I can leave 0 stars I will.

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    Sales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    Only positive: it's over. Huge PayPal CONSIDERS US account numbers, NOT PEOPLE. We get scammed? DO NOT WASTE PP'S time, THEY ARE TOO BUSY TO CARE. No resolution after following directions? Tough. THEY DO NOT CARE! Bogus company? Pay to return the junk anyway; they will reimburse the ADDED LOSS. Nope. Fail there too. The only relief realized is letting go of being scammed. PayPal will. Happy to detail with documents... Apparently TMI. Sorry. Personal insult? Will this be published? Probably not anyway. Simply a matter of additional wasted time. If anyone should read this.... The Chinese company called Luvyle, for what it's worth, is a complete scam. My husband bought five "jackets" for me from them. That's how it started. PayPal finished it with "Oh well. Get lost. Get over it. Too bad. So sad."

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    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    I ordered $395 worth of women''s clothing through an online brand called Julymart - the manufacturer is actually named Muhai. The order was placed in March and I waited until May to BEGIN to receive fragmented and poorly packaged shipments, that came in bags/envelopes direct from a Chinese manufacturer. The packages contained no documents of correspondence or copies of the receipt or return instructions. When I tried on the clothing items, I would liken then to Barbie clothes - terrible fabrics, poor fit, poorly sewn. The shoes I ordered are literally made with fabric straps that are not reinforced and there are obvious glue lines, bubbles and raw cut marks with seams that show on the heels. It is truly UNBELIEVABLE.

    When I contacted PayPal they initiated an investigation and within a week, responded that the manufacturer would issue a credit AS LONG AS I shipped the product back to GUANGZHOU, CHINA at my expense and in a manner that provides a tracking number. When I took it in to ship, the shipping charge is $337!!!! I called PayPal back and said it is unacceptable to "resolve" this with the victim of fraud paying $337 in shipping fees to receive a credit of $395.86 worth of product.

    When I tried to escalate this unacceptable resolution with PayPal, they said the decision is final and there is no more that they would do. They then directed me back to my credit card department to resolve, which American Express is handling in the amazing way that they operate. My message: PayPal is a joke - they are not committed to protecting you as their business model implies. Don't waste your time with them!!!

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    Reviewed June 12, 2019

    I'm new to PayPal, opened my account in December 2018. On June 4th, 2019 I transferred $200.00 from my bank account into my PayPal to make purchases with. Once PayPal received the funds, its shows I have $200.00 but will not permit me to transfer it to my PayPal Cash account or back to my Bank! I contacted PayPal concerning this issue and they told me it was a temporary problem and their people are working on fixing it. Here is it June 11th, 7 days later and the problem still is not corrected!

    I called Paypal and insisted that they immediately transfer my $200.00 back to my bank in which I was informed they would have to put in a trouble report for the transfer. I asked "You've had my money hostage for 7 days, how long is this going to take", the rep responded, "I don't want to lie so I cannot give you a timeframe as to how long this will take". So I responded, "If the funds are not back in my bank by noon tomorrow I will be contacting the Missouri Attorney General concerning this matter". Paypal holding peoples money hostage should be illegal and they should be faced with a class action lawsuit over matters like this! They have obviously gotten too big and think WE need them instead of THEM needing us! GOODBYE PAYPAL. I'll be watching for your on Bankruptcy Reports!

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    Don't ever use PayPal to pay a freelancer or a company that is to provide you a digital product. This coming weekend I'm going to be getting rid of all my PayPal accounts. They allowed a digital criminal to use fake delivery confirmation emails for a digital product, how in the world can the seller prove to PayPal that I received a digital product? I wish I did more due diligence as the the website WP Calcuators and the owner have a near non existent digital foot print compared to me and PayPal sided with a person/business that seriously begs the question->Are they even a legitimate business?

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    I originally got it in 2005 to help make online purchases a lot easier as well as cheaper; some online vendors do offer discount for using PayPal and similar options. Now I typically use Amazon Prime for my online shopping and so I tried to cancel my PayPal account online; I cannot do that without uploading things such as my drivers license, and other sensitive info just to do so... I tried deleting my info and same thing, you must upload. I think that it's my right to make deletions my account if I am capable of verifying who I am without the use of uploading other info that I do not wish to share with PayPal.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    Paypal is the worst company. After jumping through hoops have 2 banks verified, 2 cards verified. Talk to them several times and the 300 dollars that my dad has sent they won’t transfer to my bank account or cards. They say, “Sorry we can’t help you.” I am like what the hell. You can’t help me? The money is for my car to get out of the garage for repairs - the money I need to pay for the repairs and they won’t let me have my money that my dad sent me. The worst company ever. Hate this company. I pray after I get my money I don’t ever have to use them again.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    PAYPAL is one of the WORST methods you can use for your GIG unless you have the buyer SIGN something upon arrival. The Buyer can DISPUTE the service and you will have to bend over BACKWARDS to prove you provided the services. Emails, Text Messages, etc. doesn't matter. BE WARNED... The money the BUYER paid will be REFUNDED to them.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2019

    I have been a PayPal user since 2017, and two days ago I got an email saying that my account got permanently limited. I started panicking, and tried calling, but since it was a Sunday, I'd have to wait until Monday. Monday, I called and after being on hold for 45 minutes, finally someone tried helping me out. They said they couldn't tell me what the reason of the limitation was, and I'd have to wait 180 days to get my money. That's all the money I have. 2.7K euros.

    I had been saving it for a few months, I was planning to move to my home country (Portugal) with it. I have no idea what to do, since 95% of my money is on PayPal. I'm panicking and the only solution they gave me was: ''You need to wait the 180 days and you'll receive an email on how to get your funds back'' and ''We can't access the information required to tell you what was the reason you got limited. You broke the user agreement, but we can't tell you specifically on what''. So, besides losing my money, and being on the verge of getting homeless, I also don't have any information on the reason it happened. I don't know.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 10, 2019

    I used to be a loyal PayPal customer until I realized they did things they should not, like accept transactions without backing (i.e., letting payments go through even though the money was not in my checking account). I was dealing with online casinos which by default are shady themselves. Well, I closed my PayPal account because their casino security was not tight. Fast forward a few months and I won some money at the HardRock casino (Online, NJ). They asked me to verify my checking account (no problem) and my PayPal account (problem). I told them my PayPal acct was closed and they said that PayPal keeps records for 7 years to just call them. Well I've been trying to contact PayPal for almost a week now. First two reps told me to wait between 24 to 48 hours (second rep said 72 hours!), to RECEIVE last statement. NOTHING!

    Then I called today, Monday and spoke to Angel who said she "promised" that this time I would receive the statement. Then I get a call from "JEFF" the supervisor who told me flat out the since I was no longer a PayPal customer they could not give me a copy of my statement even though they keep that info for 7 years. I told him that that was MY information and it could not get held hostage. I asked if I could speak to someone else and he said that before he called me he had verified this information with the "Specified Support Team."

    I told him to give me another number I can call; he gave me 888-221-1161, well guess what, that is the same line as their listed 402-935-7733. I would like to know how PayPal can keep our information and refuse to give it to us! It's like a doctor telling you they can't give you a copy of your bloodwork. It's ridiculous. So now the HardRock Casino, and it's absolutely great news for them, refuses to give me my winnings because they need proof that I had that PayPal account that I HAD USED to make transactions to play their online casino. Interesting right!?

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    Price

    Reviewed June 10, 2019

    Opened a merchant account with them for my business solely for the purpose of taking credit card payments. After jumping through numerous hoops just to set it up, found out that they hold 65% of your transaction for a 1 month period. I am a new business and need the funds I collect to continue to purchase supplies. This has effectively halted my business from being able to continue. I am told the money is held for 30 days and accrues no interest on my part nor theirs. This was not laid out to me prior to opening the account and in my opinion is poor business practice.

    I was told that I received an email outlining the holding policy. However, I never received one. I asked to have it forwarded to me with the time and date stamp and was told they cannot do that. It is an automated system. I am closing the account on the 30 day date and will be using a different company moving forward. This has crippled my business and am currently struggling to continue to help my customers.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2019

    I use PayPal to receive money from my English teaching job. I immediately send the money to my bank account once I know it is there. I have PayPal sending to someone whom I've never come into contact with (Vivan **) $125 off my credit card. Their response? You normally do this. I have asked for them to show me that I normally send money to anyone other than my account and also to this person to which they have no response. Currently fighting to get that money back. I've also had to contact my bank over this too.

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    Reviewed June 9, 2019

    I had PayPal for years till I just closed my account with Paypal just recently. I lost my trust in PayPal dealing with www.pinnacleluxuries.com scams. I called PayPal SO MANY TIMES for help. All representatives tell or advise me different things. One representative advised me to ship my items back to the same address where sender sent me. My dispute case was closed for second time because one was not enough of evidence. I have plenty of evidence by photos and forwarded emails. 2nd time dispute case was closed because the shipping address I sent back was different than seller's address. I keep telling PayPal that sellers scam people by using fake addresses so they can't be caught. Pinnacle Luxuries said in CA is their hardware and said I was suppose to ship returning items to NJ. I told Pinnacle Luxuries and Paypal same thing. Why can't their owned hardware ship my items back to NJ?

    I told Paypal reps they should read BBB. Customers complained the same thing. The combinations of ordering things that are counterfeit items, return and never get refunds. Some customers ordered and never receive. Some receivers reported the same address they received strange items that they never order. I did detective work and found out Pinnacle Luxuries scam people. PayPal seems to protect sellers over customers even although I sent SO MANY supported evidence of photos, tracking numbers to send back, and etc. PayPal is TOO STUPID to notice RED FLAGS. So I checked there are total of 24 best Paypal Alternatives so I explore and pick the company who would protect customers with PLENTY of supported evidence that they are robbed by sellers!

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