PayPal Reviews

Have not used PayPal for over a decade, due to trouble always having trouble with customer service. Already an online service, and it works only until you have an issue or there's a technical problem... which every other business finds a way to have you talk to someone & resolve it over the phone. I recently had to set up a new PayPal account only because it was my only option for the business I was working for. To this day, I have never seen my funds. Simply a technical issue, nothing wrong according to my bank or credit card co. It's all some glitch from PayPal's side, but even before the pandemic hit, they just send stock emails, tell me to call and then never answer, or cannot get through, they never call me back. Rinse + repeat, message after message. I had a true emergency and wrote about it to them in all caps. Made no difference at all. Just another stock response.

Next.com USA fraudulent. BBB said address does not exist. Took money. Never shipped or fans. Many phone calls or email. Paypal will not refund my money. Bigger scammer than Tobacco General. No help. I am out $129.96. Someone had to put scammer Paypal out of business.

I used PayPal for years for some purchases, but have now been burned twice. It's partly my fault, and partly the fault of PayPal's policies. In short, I made the mistake of initiating a payment to a merchant I quickly found out was a scam, so within minutes of the payment I contacted PayPal to let them know in hopes they could cancel it. PayPal would not, because I had as a default setting to pay as "Friends and Family." So, as a workaround I had my bank stop any payment request from PayPal, which my bank thankfully did. However, PayPal paid the merchant on my behalf and now I owe PayPal $91.00. PayPal is very short-sighted and rigid. I am canceling my account and do not recommend anyone uses PayPal.

I have very bad experience with PayPal and I don’t recommend to deal with them at all as they are dishonest and lies to me many times. I transferred money to someone in UK through them and I choose to convert the currency of the transferred money from GBP to EGP and I paid the exchange currency fees 4% to PayPal. However they requested the money from my bank account with USD and that lead to the bank deduct additional fees to convert from USD to EGP. I called them more than 6 times and sent many emails and they said it is our mistake and the financial department will contact you to get back the exchange currency fees to my account but neither contacted me nor return the money back and every time I called them they do the same thing especially CS named Mohsen. It is very bad experience to deal with PayPal and be careful if you will deal with them.

Keep getting the run around about my refund of 53.76. I purchased 2 items through PayPal. I purchase the items because of the video advertised and the company guarantees that the 2 wigs I purchased was 100 percent human hair and preplucked. When I received a messages from this company that shipping was delayed I responded that I just want to cancel and get a refund, I just got a bad feeling. I got no response so I sent a email a few days later, still no response. A few days later I received the wigs in the mail to my disappointment the wigs look nothing like what was advertised. I immediately called PayPal and filed a complaint. Was told no worries I'll receive my refund. A few days goes by no feedback so I called PayPal just to find out they disconnected their lines.

PayPal is the worst company ever. They froze my account with no notice or valid reason with balance of $5000 and won't let me withdraw my own money into my bank account. They say they're holding it for 180 days (6 Month) and I can access my own money after 180 days! Beware people. Do not use Paypal!

I don't know why you would choose PayPal over your traditional banking options. They will charge you right, left and center with fees which they will disguise as other things like their own "currency spread" over the actual currency rate. For example, you take $10 CAD out of your account - they will hit you with a ~6% charge - and when you redeposit $10 CAD and convert to USD - they will smack you with another ~6% charge. And customer service persons are like robots running off pre-written scripts.

Like many comments here, PayPal is no longer an advocate for the buyers. My last two claims were closed without any real information as to why. I used to buy everything with PayPal because I felt safe when opening a dispute. Now, in the last two claims, they asked me to open a claim with my financial institution. What is the point of paying with PayPal if I need to go to my credit card to open a dispute. To imagine that opening a dispute with a credit card company is better than using PayPal. What a regression. I am trying to find an alternative now.

I ordered 50 piece safety masks using credit card through PayPal. Seller emailed me that my shipment was on hold until they receive my payment, and the next day they confirmed payment went through and item should be expected in 12-18 days. It took a month for merchandise to be received by recipient. The merchandise was something different, and the label was not as described at all. I emailed the seller and no response. I emailed PayPal and they gave me a new address to ship back the item to a FM Online Shop **. PayPal would not agree to send me back my refund unless this was shipped. PayPal changes agents, my suggestions are dismissed, and conversation is repeated. No classified websites were found. Seller's email changed from ** to **.

I decided to use Paypal to accept payments from clients as a convenience because many individuals already have Paypal accounts set up and the fees were similar to a credit card processing service I was already using. When I tried to accept my first payment through them, everything went wrong. I received a text to "claim" my payment and did so. I got a confirmation page telling me I had claimed it and to go to my Summary page. My summary showed no money received. My Activities page showed nothing.

On March 3, 2020, I ordered a 30 inch talking Chucky doll (limited time offer) from a website called Civilian. I was not excited to order from them as there was no information about their website, but my husband wouldn't listen to me. After I ordered it, I received a confirmation email that said, Dolls Chucky x1 and had a link to the civilian website that would not load then and still will not load as the site is "no longer available"! I hoped for the best, and we waited.

I open a dispute about a scam online store with PayPal, because this scam site sent me a pair of fake RayBan sunglasses, they ruled in the seller's favor. I have no way to contact lakiitto.com other than the email address. I have no other places to turn. PayPal makes it very difficult to communicate with and because they make their money from the sellers that use their service. They do not care about the buyers who thought they were there to protect. PayPal Sucks! Do not use.

Use Amazon pay. Long story short, bought a service. The vendor could not offer the service for that date and offer a voucher. I don't want it and open a ticket with PayPal to get the money back. Guess what, they reply that this is not covered in the Safety and protection policies. But why you make me pay if you don't cover me? Use amazon and let these people go home! Here is the complain number on paypal just to show you that this is not a fake review! ** instead - They let you pay and then reply "this is not included..."

My friends tried to send me money. PayPal is holding the money saying I am a new seller and have to wait. I'm not a buyer or seller. I have 5 kids who need food. Thanks to PayPal they will have no food and I'm sure they are collecting interest on the money and my friends paid them also a fee to send it to me. I am not working due to my workplace being shut down due to covid19. PayPal is a rotten company.

Paypal will not release my money, Paypal had lied to me about sending out my paypal prepaid card. Have not received it since March 2020. Paypal has blocked me from requesting my money via check. Then today 04/06/2020 I received a email from paypal stating that paypal needs me to confirm my home address of which I already confirmed since November 2019. Paypal are crooks. They do not respect nor value us as customers. Paypal needs to be under severe investigation by the state of California for customer abuse and misconduct.

Ordered pizza online. I was charged twice. When I tried to tell Paypal the mistake... They put on my account that I was $36.00 in arrears. I had only spent two grand of my available 10 grand... yet in red... it was written I must pay that 36 bucks!! I have tried calling on phone listening for four hours... finally getting the "nope coronavirus shut us down".... Tried emailing, tried messaging and kept getting "I am sorry I don't understand"... Resolution center decided there was no problem. Yet even though I have thousands available they are saying "you must pay this now". I send my payments every month. Not behind. They must use common core math. I am paying monthly. Even sent them a copy of my available... what I spent... nothing... no help... no reply. No customer service. I will pay off my amount owed and I think these people need to be fined or put out of business.

Paypal seller sent a far lesser product than what they offered. When I got the product I quickly file a dispute through Paypal. I was told to send the item back. I sent it via USPS with tracking and receipts. After several weeks reviewing they came back with a resolution in favor of the seller. I sent in all this info via pictures of all documentation which they claim I did not send them even though I have all the emails stating they did get them. I tried to contact them through several mediums but all I got was the run around or no contact at all. Paypal is helping sellers give you less than what you purchased then have you send these things back and you don't get a refund.

On March 18, 2020, I placed an order and paid for it through Paypal. Within 30 minutes of that purchase, which was $183.48, I called the company and cancelled the order. I also contacted Paypal and tried to cancel the order too, but they had already taken the money out of my account. Needless to say, they are impossible to get in touch with. I have written emails, made complaints, and filed a report with the BBB. To date, I have not heard anything. I do not have any items purchased and I do not have any money. Paypal has my money and refuses to acknowledge their mistake. I would never use Paypal ever. They steal money right out of people's accounts.

I chatted with an agent after a transaction that I did not approve went through. I could not get in touch with the vendor that initiated the transaction. After 10 minutes of arguing, I finally got him to open a case. I was never asked any questions by PayPal, but an hour later the case was denied and closed. Luckily the vendor finally got back to me, realized the error, and refunded the money. It was an unauthorized charge by the vendor's own admission, yet PayPal's resolution center flippantly dismissed my dispute without hesitation.

VERY BAD Consumer protection & website issue. Recently I used the PayPal website to dispute two transactions for two different merchants. The first issue is that even after signing in, it was very difficult to navigate through the website to find my claims/update. Secondly, although I was very clear and precise (with proof) as to why the merchants needed to be held accountable, Paypal refused to help protect me as a Consumer. When I needed to be protected for my website purchases and merchants, Paypal failed which is why I lost trust.

I submitted a complaint which should have resulted in a refund from ATHPAY for $39.99. Athpay charged my account without my authorization after making a correct and authorized debit to my account of $2.99. The second charge appeared one week later. Paypal asked for documents I do not have. The PayPal receipt issued is the only one I saw and it is on PayPal's website through my account.

I was taking a trip to China in the fall and the tour provider required a 30% deposit to be paid through PayPal. Not a surprise, given the COVID 19 pandemic, the tour provider (China Tours) cancelled the tour and advised me to get a full refund for the deposit through PayPal. I lodged a dispute with PayPal within the required timeframe and have now been given one story after another as to why I'm not getting a refund (note: they never requested any of the documentation that I had to validate claim).

I made 2 purchases well before Christmas, neither arrived in time for Christmas. Both were inferior. I had paid with PayPal because they have a reputation for standing behind the sellers' rep. I was told if I returned the items I would be made whole upon the Merchants receipt. As long as I was able to show a complete history in pictures of the return process. Which I did, to a point. Unfortunately, on January 20th, 2020 all deliveries were put on hold in that region of China. Or so the USPS website notified me. And, it still appears to remain so.

I am very disappointed at PayPal. We sold my wife's car and tried transferring the payment via paypal. NEVER again!!!! They held up the money at every point, including holding the money for 2 WEEKS after they received it without interest. And for that "SERVICE" they charged me almost 4%!!! I tried calling their worthless "help desk" but the WOULD NOT do anything. STAY AWAY FROM PAYPAL.

After several years of good service, they just fell apart. Resolution center would not protect me when I did not receive my order for 2 months. Vendor identity from China which I was not aware of, was not transparent. Paypal tells me if I receive item after 2 months to refuse to accept, I did as instructed. They still refused to refund my money of $46 because then the vendor shipped. I never got the item. After 2 1/2 months of fighting with vendor, the VENDOR claimed they refunded my money to paypal. Paypal did not give me the refund, nor were they polite about it. I see them as THIEVES. I closed the account, you can never reopen so if your money is sitting there, they will keep it. Hopeful an alternative will happen for Ebay.

I am selecting 1 star because I am not able to select 0. I have been a PayPal user since 2011. But never had I has such terrible experiences with not only their service but also with their customer service. With everything going on with COVID19 they have shut down their call centers, you are only able to send messages and there is never someone live that you can talk to. They get on to respond when they feel like it, of course it is when you're no longer logged on, you don't get a notification, they don't assist you or respond to what you requested/asked and just say they will wait for you to log back on. And when you do, lo and behold, no one is available.

I made a couple of purchases through eBay. Items were under $5.00 a piece. I ended up not liking the items due to the smell of chemicals so I contacted both sellers to let them know I would be making my return of Burt's bees lip gloss product. I took the time to print out the return slips and dropped them off at my local Annex while I was out and about. To my surprise I had two charges appear on my PayPal account, each over $3.00. Roughly the same amount of what I had initially paid for each product. So not only am I out on the goods due to poor quality but I'm out the money with nothing to show for it. I would have to say that this is partially my own fault. The Sellers, neither one offered a free return policy on their item. Only free shipping but in the future, I will make certain to note that free returns are accepted.

I bought a poster on EBay from France. It arrived damaged. I returned the poster but the seller said he never received it. I had my customs return receipt from the post office. I filed a dispute with PayPal. I sent them my receipts and then they said they would give me my money back but kept delaying. I called them 6 times and spent hours on the phone. Finally the post office in France mailed the poster back to me because the seller refused to take it back. I called PP again and they are now refusing to reimburse me. I even emailed the corporate manager and haven’t heard from him either.

Our trip to Europe in April 2020 was cancelled due to travel restrictions & COVID-19. The airline cancelled our flight and we had paid $558 for upgraded "Comfort Economy" seats for this once-in-a-lifetime trip. The airline refused to refund the money for the upgraded seats although they had cancelled our flight. We sought help from PayPal Resolution Center to get the charges reversed. After a review Paypal Responded: "We have denied your request. This decision was made because your billing dispute doesn't match our qualifications for a billing dispute."

I have been trying to get my money out by wat of a check which is possible for a 1.50 fee. I sent 45 messages and all I get is BS from some stupid ** machines. You cannot talk to a person. They are great for collecting their fees from you but just try to get your money. They are the worst of the worst.

My account was blocked because I changed my phone number, there are many ways to authenticate if you actually made the changes, like Microsoft and Facebook do, like two-tier authentication, with your email and phone, but maybe it's something very complicated for your master mind, and they just freeze your account, because it's easier, and you don't care about the convenience of the customers, keeping it away from your money saying it's for your own "security" or "security", this prehistoric platform which is now falling apart under its own weight, and the stupid and rude policies they use to attack customers would end their own ruin, I highly recommend everything serious business do, abandon that rude and outdated platform and migrate to Zelle or whatever another more serious and customer-oriented platform.

I opened a PayPal account for business recently but this is the last I will use it as the experience has been appalling! It all started before the virus so do not use this as an excuse. I have a paper trail of emails back and forth and I get no answer after explaining my situation!!! The first payment from my customer which was her deposit was on hold for 21 day, when I disputed this they said it will be the first time as I am new. (I have had this as a personal account for years.) I should be trusted by now! I let it go and they released the payment.

Lately they have poor service. They are always on the side of the scammers, they do not return the amount of $69, which they agree with the seller. Since the seller is a ghost does not exist seems on the computer for as long as it sells and then disappears and PayPal agrees with them.

You would reckon that when you pay a lot of money for your transactions, you get a good and fast service. But nothing is more true. I paid a lot of money and still, all my transactions take a long time to complete. It can take days or even weeks. The customer service is hard to reach and they can't help you. Also, they use American standard rules which makes it impossible for me to transfer money. They won't compensate because they hide behind their guidelines. Never seen a worse service than this.

I am a freelance web developer. I use PayPal to invoice my clients. I received one payment and collected my funds without incident. Thereafter, PayPal has placed holds on my payments, asked me to verify my identity and contact info and I haven’t been able to transfer funds. I received an email 48 hours after submitting my ID SS card and utility bill, that my the company verified my identity. However when I attempted to transfer funds to my mum, I received an error to validate my cell number. I did yet the error says my mobile number isn’t in my name... What? Yes it is!!! Ok so I try to send my cash to Walmart to pick up funds... Oops Something Went Wrong.. is the message I received... Finally I decided to transfer the funds to my debit card... There is a 7 day hold!!!! Why... I call the company and no one is available due to the COVID19...

We had an unpleasant experience using Paypal as a payment system. I was trying to send money to a new Chinese supplier for goods, but due to a spelling mistake in the email address, the money did not go through to the correct recipient. Thus, I tried to cancel the payment by pressing on the pending mode as per instructed on the web in the app, but it did not work at all (even now). Consequently on a Monday, I called up Paypal Singapore's helpline, however to our annoyance it kept ringing for 20 minutes with no one picking up on the end. We tried it a few times and kept getting the same results. No response, constant ringing.

I opened my account when I was living abroad in France for a 6 month College exchange. I registered my Mexican credit card and I was able to make as many purchases as needed. After 5 years of using PayPal to purchase, I received a deposit and when I tried to transfer my money, it said I needed a French bank account to receive money. I've never had any bank accounts outside of Mexico so I had to call PayPal France about 6 times in order to have my money transferred to a new Mexican account. We were finally able to transferred it and shows as pending. The status says it that I will have access to the money in 21 business days for security purposes. I can't believe their system is so backdated that they will restrict me from my own money for such a long period of time. The deposit was made on March the 13th 2020, and I will not have access to it until mid April 2020.... Unbelievable!

I purchased a magic butter machine from a site which turned out to be from China. I waited between 4 and 6 weeks to get my product. When it came it wasn't what I ordered. I received a pair of knockoff sunglasses - Rayban so I contacted PayPal and they told the seller only wanted to give part of my money back because I got those sunglasses so I said no then they made me send them back on my dime so I did, that cost me 20 dollars. Next, they gave me a site where I can send info to help my case but the site wouldn't upload my info and they dismissed my claim so if I was you I would use a secure credit card, that way you get protected not the seller. PayPal will never get any more of my business.

On Sunday, I placed a payment order from Paypal to my account. There was a round of validation, technical verification problems, stupid automatic responses, support consultations, and especially a long wait. I didn't receive my payment until Friday. Using Paypal is a journey into the Middle Ages. The incredible length and complexity of this trivial operation convinced me that I no longer want to use Paypal. This is a complete shame for this company.

I had someone pay me $320 for painting their bathroom cabinets. PayPal froze the money for 21 days. When you try to call you can’t get a real person, you can do a chat and then it disconnects you about the time you’re getting an answer. I’ve called them seven times and got connected to a chat three times, four times transferred to customer service that is closed because of the coronavirus. I won’t use them again, there are too many people with the same complaint.

Using Shopify for my eCommerce business. Connected Shopify with Express Paypal Checkout...after going through the account limitation process and linking to Shopify, the sales made through Paypal are not showing up?? The sale was made 14 days ago and there is still no way to access my money? On top of this, there is no easy explanation available online in a 'help' section as to why this is happening. AND I cannot contact Paypal directly as their phone lines are closed. PayPal is supposed to be a reliable and professional business, but somehow I can't get in contact with one person?

I have a business account with PayPal, and changing it to a business account was the worst thing I could've done. Since I changed it I have less control over my account, I get charged pretty disgusting fees for the small amounts I make, and even if family or friends are just transferring money as a gift I still get charged a fee! It's harder to use as well. But my biggest grief is I've just had my access limited for the 2nd time without warning or explanation.

I used PayPal to pay for auto parts from a fraudulent site hikopsale.com. The site provided tracking information of a first class letter to PayPal and I could not dispute the transaction even when I provided the details of the shipping showing it was a letter instead of auto parts. It's unfortunate PayPal has no protection against fraud, like they make you believe.

I invoiced my client last month and was charged $34, but I received my funds immediately. This month I invoiced the same client and immediately received and email from PayPal stating the funds will be on hold for 21 days because this is a new account (FALSE) and to protect the buyer and seller. I contacted Paypal via chat because they are short staffed per their phone line. During the chat the rep told me the same thing. So, Paypal wasn't protecting the buyer and seller last month but this month they decide to protect us both, ha!

I purchased an item through PayPal not realizing the item came from Hong Kong. Returned the item to the address PayPal had requested. Also register the item at shipping. PayPal repeated several times “when they see the item has been shipped for return. The refund process will be processed”. Which was just another twisted truth. They said it did not need to be insured unless it was over 750.00. So the item was tracked all the way to Hong Kong and not signed for. They felt that was not enough for them to debt the vender's account and credit mine. This has been going on for months. No one cares or will take one step out of their work day to work the problem. I don’t recommend anyone to do business with this kind of lazy good for nothing behavior. Why use them? There’s no benefit. A waste of time and security!

I am a small time user of PayPal to sell items as I get them for a little extra income. I had sold A lot of five water filters that fit under your sink to an individual for 45 dollars, They paid for it via pay pal and I promptly shipped to the buyer. Now fast forward over two hundred days later, I receive a dispute from PP that this person said they did not authorize that payment. I sent them the info they needed to prove it was shipped to them. Name, Shipping address, date and even a tracking number, Not to mention this person went over the 180 day time frame that's in place to file a dispute by about two weeks. This still did not protect me and PP just took not just 45 dollars from me but also an extra 20 dollars. So be careful and keep meticulous records on ALL purchases and keep those receipts. I have decided to never use PP ever again.

My bank declined PayPal because of too many hits about a charge. When they could not take it from my authorized account they took it from my business account which they were not authorized to take. Made it look like I used my business account for a personal purchase. NOT GOOD!

I have used PayPal off and on for a number of years. About 4 years ago they "misplaced" a payment but after communicating with them a couple of times it was resolved. In Dec 2019 I made a payment of $80 to them but under the wrong account, they had changed account numbers after a merger and nowhere on my statements or online was the new account number. A few days after the due date I got a email saying my account was overdue.

If I could give them a negative star rating I would. The resolution center is absolutely useless. There is absolutely no protection to the consumer. Money was taken out of my account for a product I never received. I am closing my PAYPAL account!

I decided recently to start a small home repair business. I've been using PayPal for nearly three years to send child support payments to two ex-wives making regular weekly and monthly payments to each woman. I also use the service to transfer small friend to friend loans for over three years. I decided to leave my job and begin doing home repair work on my own. The first deposit payments that I collected from my customers I elected to use PayPal because I liked and trusted their service. Only when I began collecting these deposit payments did PayPal freeze my account and request arbitrary information even though all of my customers had logged into PayPal from their side and confirmed that the payments were legitimate.

They offer seller protection to sellers but not when there is charge backs. They dont care and claim they dont cover that. Scammers just like the buyers using PayPal. They should be shut down and sued for all of the charge backs they take from sellers plus their dumb $20 fee on top.

Very difficult to get access to your funds - numerous changing obstacles and rules. Most recent claim is they need verification of receipt of product by buyer. Gave FedEx tracking number which demonstrated that it was delivered a week ago. Following this conversation I was told on two separate occasions that it would be 24 hours and released. Almost 2 weeks since the product was delivered and 4 days after the claimed 24 hour release, I am now being told 21 days. Rarely write these reviews but recommend stay away and use another method for money transfer.

So FYI for anyone who uses PayPal. I have a credit line through PayPal but I also add my ATM/Visa card to it. I added my new bank card on the fifth of March to PayPal. On 6 March 2 transactions were made from a company called Venmo. First transaction $500.Second transaction $400. When I called Golden 1 to cancel the card and they started my fraud case it led back to a company called Venmo. And I told golden 1 I don’t have an account with a company called Venmo and actually had to Google what Venmo was. The customer service rep tells me, "Well you’ve had an account since 2018." I said no the only account I opened in 2018 was PayPal. Well Venmo turns out is owned by PayPal. So is it a coincidence that I changed my ATM Visa card with PayPal the night before $900 was taken out fraudulently. By a company that is owned by PayPal.

I paid a friend for an item I sold on eBay for him. PayPal confiscated the payment of $372 under the guise of being required by the government to reach a quota of reviewed transactions. I have made every attempt to provide them with information they requested (they would not even tell me what it was they wanted. I had to get that information from the person I am trying to pay). Two weeks later they still have my payment on hold.

PayPal is a joke. They completely blocked my account and have held my money for months! I call the number, try to chat and they won't even talk to me. I am going to report PayPal to the FTC and anyone else I can. They blocked my account so fast, I didn't even give me a chance to discuss. Then they hide behind their technology. I am an advertising agency and received ONE payment for a banner design that went on a site selling CBD. How in the world did I break policy??? Someone needs to do the right thing here. I can't believe how they've monopolized the online payment world, someday all this will backfire on them!!!

PayPal repeatedly holding Not-For-Profit funds and requesting massive information and documentation which has been repeatedly provided. We are a New York State Not-For-Profit Corporation that has been operating for 5 years. We run an annual educational and networking conference and raise money by selling sponsorships to companies that wish to participate. This year, we decided to streamline the sponsorship process by adding a pay via PayPal option to sponsors rather than collecting paper checks. This was apparently a huge mistake, as PayPal cannot figure out how we operate and has frozen our sponsorship funds repeatedly. PayPal placed our funds on hold 3 times consecutively and requested documentation and information about the operations, copies of ID, vendor invoices, etc. All of this information has been provided multiple times.

I opened a Paypal account about 10 years ago. Last year I tried to connect, but couldn't: paypal needed a recent statement from a bank account that was closed, or needed to call me on a phone number that didnt exist anymore to confirm my identity. I did try everything, no Drivers License, no Passport, no utility bill, NOTHING would be accepted by paypal to confirm my identity. I complained with the BBB and they permanently play a game of ping pong between customer services departments. Department USA says to contact department Europe and department Europe says to contact department USA. They use the fact that they have an international presence to play a permanent game of hide and seek. Except the game isnt funny. I simply cannot use my account nor access it and the customer service will do nothing apart from redirecting me to another department that will redirect me straight back to them...

I set up a PayPal account to arrange a long-term, ongoing transaction between myself and another person where we share a large expense. The other person accidentally touched the "transaction to a merchant" option. This means every transaction has to wait 21 days for the money to be released and also they take a 3% fee. For several months we have been trying to explain this is a transaction between two people and there are no goods or services exchanged. But customer service keeps giving us the runaround. They tell the payer they need to speak to the payee in order for the money to be released, and they tell the payee that they need to speak to the payer in order for the money to be released. In the mean time, neither of us have the money, PayPal does. Also why is it so hard for PayPal to correct a mistake? DO NOT USE THEM. Pick another way to exchange money.

I sold a set of books to a man online through Paypal. However, a few days after the transaction the buyer changed his mind (mind you the books were sent exactly as advertised) and wanted to return the books. I originally told the buyer I would refund his money but that he would need to pay the shipping to get the books back to me. The buyer filed an issue with the transaction on Paypal, and long story short I sent them our text conversation and all documents explaining everything above and Paypal decided to accept the buyer’s issue and charged me the money to reimburse the buyer for not only the books, but shipping as well. Also, I have never received the books in return. I never agreed to this and could not get a hold of anyone at Paypal to discuss the issue to have it resolved. I will not use Paypal again and hope no one else has to go through this.

Purchased Gift Clothes from China. I purchased 2 ladies tops as gifts. They stated delivery would be 10-20 days. I filed for cancellation and a refund after 22 days. One was delivered 30 days after the order, I cancelled the second item. No refund was made and conversing with PayPal's Resolution Center was like talking to a rock. I repeatedly contacted them and tried to clarify the remaining issue, to no avail. I called them today and what I got was a medical alert sales promotion, Not help.

I purchased 3 shoes for my kids. I happen to not verified the shipping address for one of them and after I confirm my order I notice that it is my very old address. I email the seller right away and they did not get back to me until 2 days after saying that I may be a fraud or not the owner of my card that was made payment with. I would have to wait for my order to ship to get the tracking number and contact them to hold my order at a suitable facility to where I can go get it. My old address is in Fresno Cali..and I now live in Oklahoma!! I call eBay customer service and they tell me to call my bank.

Made a purchase off a site I never used before and purchased a dog item. The site was called Bonanza and received email from Bonanza the next day, telling me that the dealer was no longer with them. They advised to deal with Paypal if there was a problem. Paypal already took my money. I checked with the USPS with the shipping number I was given and it said it was delivered. I never received it. Contacted USPS who said it was delivered to another address and under another name.

I called FEDEX 4X and gave them the track#. They said to me that the number provided came from Walmart, is not in my name and it was delivered in a different address. What it takes is someone from Ebay or Paypal to call FEDEX and confirm that it is a scam. They didn't do that, instead they denied my claim 4 times. I am trying again. The seller was removed, the item post says it was removed, but NO ONE can remove the 594.24 charges in my Paypal credit. IDK how the seller got the tracking number from Walmart and Ebay believed without a shadow of doubt.

4 Times they have stated my denial on an issue I did not have. The items took over 2 months and they had been purchased in early Dec. for Christmas. I tried to cancel the order in early Jan. But they said the items had been sent and gave me a tracking number. There was no record of an item with that number. They asked me to allow 35 days for delivery. It was over 50 days. Seriously, What reason would you accept?. Now I don't feel secure using PayPal.

I put in a dispute for $39.99 to a scam company that only had PayPal as an option. I followed what they said about contacting the company many times for this dispute. Sent them pictures of what they requested then kept getting the run-a-round and they wanted verification that I had gone to the police department and filed a report. They finally said they were dropping my dispute because I hadn’t sent in the police report. I’ve worked with other companies who have been wonderful and given me a refund when I hadn’t even asked for it. This one was REALLY legit and nothing. I’ve already changed my PayPal payments for Disney and checking to see what other accounts to change. Don’t deal with them. I’ve learned a good lesson and am glad it didn’t cost me more.

I originally thought hard about making a purchase, but went ahead with it when I saw that it could be transacted through PayPal. I very much regret that decision. PayPal did not insist that the seller answer my specific question about the value of the goods, which determined, according to their own policy, whether they needed to be returned or not. They also backed down when, in direct conflict with their own return policies, insisted that I return the goods to China, even though they had been shipped from New Jersey.

When you transfer to a bank account, make sure that all details to your PayPal account match your bank account details. From what I am currently experiencing right now, It's been a month since I transfer my funds to my bank account, I think my name doesn't match to my bank account details that's why there was a problem. But, I don't expect that this will take a month or more. I've been sending emails to Paypal to just bring back my money back to my PayPal account and I will do the rest. Until now, I haven't received my money yet. Sucks you know, it's like, I am being scammed. How long am I going to wait?

I have had an account with PayPal since 2009. And, I have had an account with Etsy for the same amount of time. Recently I ordered about 4-6 items through Etsy where each was paid through PayPal. PayPal gave each shipper a the same shipping address that was not my home address but the address of Home Depot in a town near me. I checked both my default shipping addresses on both Etsy and PayPal and there was NO incorrect address. So I contacted Etsy and they said whatever address PayPal gives them for shipping for each item purchased is the address the seller uses to ship the items.

I had bought some Trump hair socks for Christmas gifts. I ordered 4 pairs. I received them a month later than advertised. These were Christmas gifts. I was shorted one pair...they sent me 3 pairs and one pair of striped socks. I needed 4 for matching gifts. After several attempts to resolve with the China company, they only offered to refund $5. If I wanted to order the missing pair it would be $18.99....that didn't sound fair to me...just send me the missing pair as the order clearly stated 4 pairs of Trump hair socks and I know you have them because you are still selling them on your website. I finally had to file a complaint with PayPal (buy protection they advertise)...they told me to send the socks back for a refund...now mind you another month has passed. I gave them as gifts, I can't send them back now...

Disputed a purchase that was never received, seller sent a fake tracking number to PayPal to an address in my zip code that wasn't mine and paypal accepted it as fact and denied my claim. I contacted the post office and they said the parcel from that tracking number was delivered but the address was someone elses.

I filed a despute stating the even after I told the seller to correct the address they were sending the item to, they went ahead and sent it to the incorrect address. PayPal said that they sent it to the right address and closed the case. I sent proof showing that the seller received confirmation the corrected address and would even give me a gift if I didn’t cancel the order. Nope they still charged my account. With so many better ways to send money; PAYPAL should be servicing their customers better. I have had an account for over 15 years with PayPal but after this I’m closing my account and will not accept anyone who uses it.

When I created my PayPal account I had a current account that I saved as preferred payment account. When I closed this account and changed to a different bank and updated the new bank in the Paypal website. This is updated in PayPal website. But still in PayPal backend system it has the old account and every transaction goes to fetch money from the old account. When I called PayPal customer center and explained. They mentioned that what I see in the PayPal website is not what is in their system and this is still pointing to the old bank account. This mean my old bank can file me as a defaulter and my credit score can be affected!! PayPal is bad compared to other payment providers int he market!!

Why is PayPal saying they accept American Express when in fact, they DON'T? When you click on Paypal, you can see the AMEX card, then you get the following message from Paypal: Card NOT accepted. This is misleading to customers.

For over 3 weeks I've been trying to withdraw money from my Paypal account. Customer service says it's their security system preventing me from withdrawing so I need to withdraw in tranches. $20, $50, $100 and so on. Essentially teaching the system that it's safe. According to Paypal they have "no override mechanism". For 3 days their system has not allowed me to transfer any to my bank account. They are holding my money (over 20k) and refusing to release. This is insanity!

Long story short, I purchased a wig from Lwigs. The company kept telling me they were going to ship a wig for a good week. I got tired of waiting and told them to just cancel the order and refund me my money. I didn't hear from Lwigs so I opened up a dispute with Pay pal. The seller decides to ship out the wig so they thought they could keep my 363$. A pay pal rep told me to refuse shipment and that's what I did. The wig has been returned to shipper with a date of February 28, 2020. Even though the wig is damn there back to the shipper, pay pal has told me that it has to show as " delivered" in the DHL system. This whole process of holding my money has gone on for almost a month. Pay pal representatives aren't helpful and they will give you the run around if you let them.

After two decades I am closing my account on this unreliable internet service. They are refusing to refund the money that they and I am victim of a scam "EMETYSHOP.COM". The PayPal users beware of unreliability of this service who is encouraging scammers to take away people's money. Please STOP using PAYPAL.

I purchased 5 tires online through PayPal, thinking I would be protected. The tires were not delivered. I contacted UPS and they confirmed the package associated with the tracking number was for parcel delivered by the post office not for tires. The merchant gave a fraudulent tracking number. I contacted PayPal with proof from ups that the tracking number was not associated with my purchases. They sided with the merchant because he supplied a tracking number even though they had proof that the number provided was wrong.

A Vanilla Gift card with $60 was added to my Paypal account with the intent of using the $ for an eBay purchase. $60 was removed by PayPal - I HAVE A PRINTED RECORD OF THE WITHDRAWAL w/ PAYPAL as vendor. Those funds HAVE NOT been made available to me. I have made multiple attempts to solve the problem. Jenn ** made a return call to me and acknowledged the issue, although she said she could not help me, but she could transfer to me to someone who could... I was disconnected and have no way to reach her as the number she called from goes back to the auto-system... I have made multiple calls and sent multiple messages... They continue to "transfer" me back to the automatic system...

I used Paypal to complete a transaction. The seller was shipping from the US. I did not realize this was a shell company and that the actual merchant was in China. There are numerous complaints about the product and the company on PayPal, Amazon and Ebay. I have filed a complaint with the FTC regarding the fraud. The product received is not the product advertised, it isn't even the product ON THE PACKAGING!!!!

If I could give them 0 stars, I would. My daughter sent me money that I then tried to transfer to my bank acct. It was over $2,000 that I needed for my rent. PayPal put limitations on my account with them, and I then had to submit documentation AGAIN relevant to me and my bank acct. After being on hold and getting no resolution to my request to lift limitation so I could transfer money, I requested (rather loudly) to speak with a supervisor. After being put on hold AGAIN for another five minutes, I was told I would be transferred to a supervisor. The phone range twice as if being transferred, then went dead. I called back, really angry and frustrated now, and the same thing happened. I handed phone to my daughter, and now she is waiting for a callback. There is absolutely no reason for this to be happening. I WILL NEVER USE PAYPAL AGAIN...EVER.

Paypal gives you a round-around when it comes to disputes and always favors the merchant. Because they would lose money if they agree with you. They have all these ways to help you with any issues with your purchase, but don't ever believe it. They always lie. Try calling them and you'll get nowhere. Their after sales support people don't even know how to answer or solve your problem. Paypal has shoddy business operations. THEY LIE. I believe that this company should not even be operating and the customers that got so much grief from using them should file a class suit against PAYPAL. I closed my account already which I should have done a long time ago. Using Paypal is a big, big mistake.

Beware, Paypal has locked my account, and I cannot access. Money in it has been frozen for two weeks. Customer service just keeps telling me 48 hours. Cannot log on to account to even see it, keep getting 'password needs to be reset'.

To start with: they ask more questions than a police detective investigating a crime. Despite one providing the correct email address and p/w: they keep on telling the customer that is wrong. The same applies when one answers the questions: wrong but, they are actually right. If one wishes to tfr $ that is credited in one's account: well, just trying to write the applicable amount (usually the lot as it is NOT clever to leave any credit with PayPal) - it is kind of impossible. PayPal is an American companY: hence if you decide to send them messages: long time to reply and, in many case by incompetent Customer Specialists (!).

I ordered 2 rugs. I say rugs, but perhaps bath mats would be a better description. I ended up filing a dispute. The first rug came and it was a knockoff design that had same name and design of a rug I wanted. I usually order from a legitimate website but they were out of stock. I send pictures and a description of real rug I ordered and knockoff. Goods got shipped from China, Surprise!! Texas address was on website. Long story short, they found for the seller. Never got a detailed reason why and they claim their decision is final. I have filed a complaint with a government organization and will continue to seek options. I have been with Paypal a while. The true mettle of a company really comes when there is a problem. I owe Paypal the money as a pay later purchase. I plan to go all the way that I can, because if no one stands up, we are all going to fall.

I returned a very expensive purchase today through the merchant. I used my PayPal account becuase it was an online purchase and I wanted to keep my personal information confidential. The only refund method for the merchant was a paypal refund. I was not familiar with the refund procedure with Paypal and so I called them. The first associate informed me that the refund would not be available for one billing cycle, 30 days. Which is unacceptable as the purchase was deducted directly from my bank account, the refund should have been directly deposited. Uncomfortable with the policy I returned to the merchant to void the transaction, same day as the refund. The merchant was more than helpful and willing to assist me however, paypal had already accepted the refund and the transaction couldn't be voided.

We had an employee embezzle $40,000 from our company. We want to restrict her access to our financial institutions like Paypal. We have access to the account email. However, Paypal refuses to shut down the account without the consent of the employee that embezzled money. The Customer Service supervisor was very infuriating and disrespectful. He refused to transfer me to a supervisor, refused to give me his last name so I could follow up with another supervisor, and refused to give me any follow up information that would lead to a resolution. He was very difficult to work with. He would only tell me his first name was Margux. He had no problem with the fact that an employee that had already embezzled money could still access the account. He kept repeating, "once we get her verbal authorization, we can close the account. We have no other options." Ridiculous!!!

PayPal is highjacking my money and releasing my funds. I have completed their security protocol 4 separate times, confirming my credit card number, answering the security questions, uploading a photo ID changing my password, adding my cell phone number. I still cannot transfer my funds to my bank account. I called 3 days ago. They said to wait for the security measures to update. That obviously didnt work. I called back and spoke to a supervisor named Byron in Phoenix ID **. I was on the phone with him for an hour and confirmed all of the security protocol yet again.

I made the mistake of ordering a steel pan drum off of Facebook in November for a Christmas present. The site appeared to be domestic company and they advertised receipt by Christmas. I ordered with PayPal so I felt assured that if it was fraud I could get a refund. Boy was I wrong about PayPal! I opened up a dispute with PayPal in December when my attempts with the merchant rendered the same generic response over and over. The email claims the item was shipped and directs me to download an app to track the package that is phishing software. Unfortunately further research into the company and the app they direct you made it very clear I had been ripped off by a company ripping a lot of US consumers off.

I have $498 In my PayPal. It's available funds. I tried to transfer And they said that is unavailable at this time. I tried to send it to a friend. And the same response. So then I call and talk to a Filipina Woman who said, "This is standard procedure. It's our automated security system. Your money will be on hold for at least 72 hours." They own PayPal eBay Ensign Mo among others but they're going to withhold fund $500 For security reasons. I'm insured by the FDIC for up to $100,000 as their Holdings are in Wells Fargo. I don't need their Automated security system. They are just greedy. And Their customer service is terrible. You'll never get anywhere talking to any of them. Get cash app and save yourself the trouble.

Recently ordered a package. 1 bike motor from Mates Club. Use PayPal to pay for it. PayPal Annie and company email had correct address. Package was shipped to the wrong address then I obtain proof that it was shipped to the wrong address from the post office and they still denied my claim refusing to reimburse me. I feel robbed and cheated. I am not a rich man and I can't allow anyone to take from me. I called several times, made reports, presented evidence both company having having the right email on my shipment order but the package was labeled wrong. I'm sitting to a totally opposite address. This is why I'm fighting this complaint against mates club and PayPal for denying my claim even after I provided proof that the package was sent to the wrong address.

I just opened a PayPal account and I started receiving charges to my account. It totaled almost 40.00 and I ended up over drawing my bank. I reached out to PayPal and disputed these fraudulent charges and they did NOTHING. So I guess it’s ok to just take money out of people account. I’ll NEVER use PayPal again!???

I paid for an order through PayPal on 2/11/2020. PayPal withdrew the $1,100 USD from my account through routing and account number on 2/12/2020. PayPal sent me 2 emails on 2/11. First one states they sent a request to transfer funds from my checking account and the 2nd sent much later in the day states they received my money and sent it to vendor. On 2/12 I checked my account and it reflected the $1,100 transfer to PayPal. On the morning of 2/13/2020 I received an email from PayPal stating they had tried to draft my account on the morning of 2/13 and here are insufficient funds.

In my experience, PayPal doesn't have fraud protection. Or, this business is taken advantage of so much through fraud that they're overwhelmed and have no way of realistically protecting their customers. You can dispute a charge through the resolution center, telling them that the activity is fraudulent, but you'll never hear an actual representative apologize for the inconvenience of having over six hundred dollars unexpectedly removed from your bank account.

I have utilized PayPal for the past several years and only recently did I have an issue which required their intervention. 2 months later and the issue has not been resolved. Terrible way to run a business. I am deleting my account.

Paypal places a hold on Money for new users. This seems perfectly fair right? Sure you hold my money until a day after the shipment arrives, ok. Also cool. Then when I go to transfer the money into my bank because duh I want to spend it... Nope Paypal places a second hold on the transfer. They say another 72 hours to review it after it's already been held for 2 weeks. Seriously? What is wrong with them? If I have already waited and the buyer has no dispute why hold the money further? I say it all adds up in interest for Paypal so having a policy where they can hold millions of dollar for days means more to paypal bottom line. This is obviously the reason. Nothing else is plausible.

I had problems logging into PayPal and could not reset my password. I noticed another name and another telephone number on the verify portion. I don’t recognize that person nor do I know that number. When using the 2 stage verification, I get the email but the telephone number is different. I called PayPal more than once to fix this obvious fraud. My name is Louis and the name on the account now is Hilda with same last name. PayPal could not verify me over the phone because I could not repeat the entire fraudulent telephone number. I cannot even close the account without the other person's verification. PayPal’s only fix is for me to use another email address and open an new account. That is not going to happen, especially with all the other options I have to move money around. Bye, Bye PayPal.

On the first screen, PayPal claims they will protect and aid in making sure you're not ripped off. I found that to be a lie. Their goal is to keep passing the buck and proclaiming it is your fault. My case was simple. I ordered something and didn’t get it. I contacted PayPal. They contacted the seller. Seller sent a tracking number, no other information. I waited. Site said item was delivered. I contacted the post office. They said the tracking number was addressed to someone else, not me. I contacted PayPal and told customer service and explained everything again. Next day I got an email from PayPal that my case was closed because item shows it was delivered. I am out 102 dollars to those idiots. I am still fighting PayPal for them to do what they promise they would do on their site. I would highly recommend you stay away from PayPal. They don’t honor what they say they do on their site.

I purchased what was supposed to two Daiwa BG4000 fishing reels advertised on Facebook. The price was quite good and I thought it was a new customer price to get online users. A month later I get a package with Chinese writing all over it. I opened the package to find two knock-off no name reels with 3000 painted on the spool. They were obviously cheap and certainly not the size of a BG4000. I notified PayPal immediately by phone (after a 22 minute wait) and opened a complaint. After 10 days I called and was told PayPal was waiting for more information from the seller. I asked what information and was told they din't know but if I would accept a 25% credit I would be able to keep the reels. I said, "No, I want my money back." They said to call back in 5 more days, which I did and was told I should not have been told to call back. The PayPal person said I could send the items back to China but that shipping was on me.

Bought a robovac. It turned out the product is defective. The company did not honor its return policy. They wanted me to pay for the return and some other fees that didn’t make sense. I contacted Paypal for help but they refused to help. Paypal claimed that the seller was trying to resolve the dispute. Needless to say, Paypal is useless. Might as well pay with your credit card, the credit card companies do much better to protect your purchases.

4 times I made orders to Rockauto and paid thru Paypal. Paypal sent them a mixed address of 2 I had stored on their site. One part address NY. One part address Myrtle Beach S.C. Rockauto receives back the package and gives me credit minus the shipping charge. It's paypal's fault in mixing addresses and they claim they dont pay for errors, I dropped them. Dont use.

I am trying to log into my PayPal account. This is a viscous circle of frustration. They send me a link to reset my password {which I've tried about a dozen times- no exaggeration), which then does not allow me to reset it because they say I owe them $56. They then forward my call to an "affiliate" (debt collector). After thinking I'm on hold with this company (WWW.ACIBILLPAY.COM) they tell me to go to the website and make my payment. I go to the website to see what it is and they want me to login. I have no idea what this site is, if it's actually legitimate. It asks for my login and Social Security number which I don't even need to explain why I won't supply. I am trying to login to my account to see what this charge could be but I am locked out and the circle begins again.

Filed a case with PayPal only to find employee makes decisions knowing nothing about the issue. Tried to contact Paypal, waited for total over 3 hours and wasted my time. Solar watch been altered because it was exposed to light????

So,some friends sent me money to PayPal account which I rarely use because I have Zelle for that. I'd forgotten my password, went to change it, but the verification would only allow me to continue by receiving a code to my phone. But guess what? They have wrong phone number, but can't correct that without logging in. First two I spoke with was nice, wanted to help me, said she could help. But her computer went down. Kicked her out of the system..So she assured me if we got disconnected she'd call back.

So you know how you have to provide your docs to receive money? And how it's supposed to take them 3 days to review it and contact you back? Well I submitted my docs last year and they still haven't done ANYTHING. I reached out to them a couple of weeks ago. Guess what? They didn't respond. Terrible company.

I bought a cell phone through Swappa and paid for it through Paypal. Part of my payment came off of my credit card attached to Paypal and the rest came from my Paypal balance. After receiving the phone that was advertised as BRAND NEW, it was discovered that the phone was not new, but was a very poorly done, refurbished phone and the battery swelled and pushed the screen off of the phone after 2 months of use. I tried to deal with the seller directly and they refused to help. Seller instructed me to take the phone for repair and gave me the names of local repair facilities to take it to.

I purchased an item from a company in California. First it took over 45 days before the item arrived. I started a PayPal dispute, because the item was purchased using Paypal. The tracking information provided didn't work and showed the item had been shipped. The seller responded to paypal saying that they were behind. Why the seller couldn't respond to me for 17 days, I don't know. When the item arrived 45 days later, it was not what I ordered. It was a cheap vaguely similar product to what they showed on their website. So I escalated my Paypal claim to "Not as described". The seller's first reponse was that they didn't send the wrong item. So I attached pictures of what they sold me compared to what I recieved.

PayPal is GARBAGE. LITERAL GARBAGE. I disputed a transaction thinking that paypal's buyer protection was in place for a reason so that I would be protected from scam. Company I bought from literally scammed me out of items that I bought with expedited shipping which cost me over 100+ dollars. They're denying my case due to merchant response. I literally spent countless hours on the phone with paypal and going back and forth on the chat to provide PROOF from DHL shipping company telling them that they never received any items from the seller to ship out to me. I never got my order and paypal of course sided with the seller still. :) WOW yay me for losing out on 100+ dollars. I WILL NEVER USE PAYPAL AGAIN. I WILL MAKE SURE TO CLOSE MY ACCOUNT. :) THANKS PAYPAL FOR BEING GARBAGE.

I was recently scammed and to keep it brief, PayPal did absolutely nothing. I opened a dispute thinking it’s an open and shut case. Come to find out, it was denied. What a joke. PayPal is complete trash. I hope they go under one day. Wishful thinking. :)

I had two bad experiences this Christmas time frame.

Paypal is garbage. They have an insurance policy in place for fraud (like any credit card does) but when fraud actually happens, they make you jump through INSANE numbers of hoops, like you're taking on a new part time job level of hoops. They ask you to file reports with the local police, the FBI, and the best part is they do it with some ** algorithm so there is literally not a single human who catches the situation early enough to say "oh, wow, ok yeah, open and shut". So you're dealing with a machine. Most likely, they are just wasting the end users' time in order to force them to give up, and accept being ripped off. USE A CREDIT CARD, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR PURCHASE IS FROM A SELLER YOU ARE UNSURE OF.

I’m not sure why anyone would use PayPal for an online transaction. If you ever have an issue with a merchant, they are extremely unhelpful. In my experience, using a credit card is much better if you ever have an issue with a merchant/transaction. I had a transaction which I cancelled immediately, received confirmation from the merchant that I cancelled the transaction. After filing a dispute and 2 appeals online, I just had to spend 25 minutes on hold to actually speak with a person from PayPal. Over 3 weeks have passed with no refund or resolution. How something this simple can be this complicated is mind boggling.

I have contacted Paypal about a fraudulent company. I bought steel shelves and they sent me small plastic rubbish. Paypal insisted I must return stuff back to them and submit proof and then only will Paypal refund me. Bought the shelves for $29. Cost to return $45. Value of plastic rubbish is $1. No logic. I have also contacted Paypal on numerous emails and submitted proof that company has also done this to numerous other people. Now Paypal refuses to refund me because I didn't submit proof of stuff that was returned. Paypal claims to protect us against fraudulent customers and failed to protect me. PAYPAL IS USELESS!!!!

I think that PayPal seriously sucks. They and cheat people. Playing PayPal games to earn real money is a total scam. I have played several of these games. You need to reach $100 to be able to cash out in real money. It's all a scam. I have reached that limit of $100 several times on different games and PayPal DOES NOT pay you any money. It's all one big scam. So don't waste your time on that. I have wasted many many days and months play these PayPal games reaching the limit to cash and nothing. I wasted a good amount of my time on this. What a waste of time. Why do they advertise this stuff when it's all a lie.

Wow! What can I say? Years ago I had opened a PayPal account that I NEVER used. Recently I opened a new PayPal account believing that I could use it to receive passive income payments. I NEVER USED THIS NEW PAYPAL ACCOUNT! I received the PayPal Cash Debit card and was informed to "activate" the card online. The system would not activate the card so I called.

When you get Scammed by a website you hope that Paypal will stand behind you and help you, Not the case. After all of the proof their response was: Items were delivered! So if you order a brand new Tesla and you get an old and used Kia how happy will you be?????

PayPal aligns themselves with questionable companies that scam their buyers. Paypal doesn’t stand up for their customers at all. Just don’t waste your time. They are a joke and unprofessional. Customer Service is rude and you wait forever to talk to anyone.

On 3 occasions I have had a credit balance on my account. All 3 times the credit has disappeared. I contacted PayPal and they can never answer what happened to my money. I can assure you, they stole it. I am closing my account. I will use American Express. If they are stealing the credit on my account, how much have they stolen from my bank accounts!!!

I've never had any issues with PayPal until today when a scammer buyer lied by filing a claim against my service I provided to this scammer client. He lied & claiming it's unauthorized transaction. PayPal immediately believed that scammer buyer & immediately closed his case in favor of him. Now PayPal reversed his payment & now PayPal wants me to put the $135 back into my PayPal account so this scammer can get his money back (for the service that he authorized & received).

Hello, After a very long shipping period I received the item and it is a fake item. The seller TUTUAVE advertised on Ring 2 video door bell but I got a Chinese made non-branded item. I am not able to open a the case as I get a screen saying I can't complain on this issue! I believe under PayPal buyer protection, I should receive help. My research is showing there a lot of customers received the same fake item from the same seller and this is scam. Maybe this is China's move to defeat us in the trade war. Moreover, we are not sure about the security of this device. By using this device, someone from China can know when we are at home or not and could sell the info to robbers. I also think this could be threat to National security, we don't know what these devices can spy on. We will need to stop such sellers from selling these devices that is threatening the people of the United States.

Transaction ID: ** Amount: $ 93.99 Date: JAN 03, 2020. It has been thirty days and seller will not respond and buyer has not received merchandise. I have cancelled this card with my bank. This clothsoutlet.com is a known fraud site and has many online testimonies against them. Yet, PayPal continues to be aligned with their scam for some reason. I have used PayPal for years because of a perceived protection that does not exist! Bank of America Visa had already investigated, cancelled this card and issued me a new card. I will terminate my PayPal account and I will post my dissatisfaction for all to read!!!

PayPal is a total ripoff. I've been given misleading information for my account for 3 days and on top of that they will not allow me to withdraw my money to my bank account. Every time I call I am getting different information and no seems to be able to help me with the issue of me not being able to withdraw my money to my bank account. Once my issue is resolved will not be using paypal for anything else and will be deactivating my account.

PayPal works when it works. But the minute you have a glitch: fraudulent charge, mystery fee, security issue, you are out of luck. If you have a fraudulent charge, go to your real bank to dispute it. Paypal won't even afford you the courtesy of a live human being to talk to. It's all impersonal and electronic, and a month later they'll deny your plea with no explanation. I should have gone to my real bank immediately. They were friendly, understanding, HUMAN, and helpful. Fraud refunded. Paypal? Worthless.

I have been using PayPal for my e-commerce business and personal payments. Recently, a charge showed up on my PayPal account that I have no knowledge of. I filed a dispute with PayPal to get more information about the seller and transaction using their chat platform. I got a boilerplate response denying my dispute with little or no details about the transaction. I waited for hours for a response last night and today I got a similar response, "Sorry for the delays. Someone will respond in a few hours." I will call them today to see if they will assist me.

They cannot protect you from scammers. I met a girl through another connection. She sent me money saying I have no way of cashing it so if I could give her the cash. I deposited the money she sent into my bank account and gave her the money in cash. Over few weeks, she did a chargeback with PayPal saying she did not receive the merchandise for the money she sent me. PayPal now has a negative balance in my account of over $700. This amount I had already paid her as cash. I have explained to PayPal that this is an open way for people to commit fraud or scam, they need to close this loophole. They are not understanding or cannot protect their customer from such a scam/fraud. I have nothing to do with PayPal anymore as this may happen again with someone else I do money transactions with. Please stay away from this company, they need to die as a business as they do not protect their customers from fraud/scams.

I have had multiples disputes about unauthorized transactions at PayPal. The GED graduates at PayPal making dispute decisions make them quickly with their low IQ/experience and the Paypal site does not allow appeals. We need a strong competitor to destroy Paypal.

I have watched PayPal change greatly. They use to have good support but now it is just a rep behind a screen throwing canned responses. They do nothing. If there is a system error, they blame the customer and do nothing to resolve the issues. Customer service does not care nor do they try to. Paypal credit I have watched misappropriate payments despite the payment management selections chosen. I do not feel that my money is safe with PayPal anymore. I'm pulling out of the nightmare.

PayPal really sucks. Every time I tried to call customer services I will be put on hold for a long time and now, for 3 weeks I can't access their website so I can't log in to my account which is frustrating as I get paid through paypal. I called my internet provider thinking that the may be on their end, but my internet provider told me that there is no issue on their end and the issue is with paypal that paypal blocked my server so I won't be able to communicate with them to make a complaint about their services. Almost every week I'm having issues with paypal and now they simply blocked me. If I can rate this to 0 I will.

I ordered 3 electric guitars for $285 from a Chinese manufacturer and paid through PayPal. I received a tracking number for the shipping of the guitars. I received a child's toy bracelet worth about 10 cents under the tracking number of the 3 guitars. I filed a complaint with PayPal, hoping to be reimbursed the $285, but received a notice that my complaint was denied, saying that my tracking order had been delivered. PayPal's scam is worse than the advertiser's scam!

1) Customer service in South East Asia and from Singapore was redirected to Philippines. Service and customer experience and expertise from Philippines call centre is one of the worst. Poor resolution and could not resolve issue even after escalating to their supervisor. And also totally unreasonable and absurd and does not know Singapore banking system.

I believed PayPal to be a trustworthy service until I had an issue with an item purchased from an online site Canvasinhouse.com. The item purchased was misrepresented on the website and when received was nothing like the online images depicting it. I opened a dispute to which the seller responded. I had to provide images and a short description of why the item purchased was misrepresented and how it differed from the item received.

I recently experienced someone who hacked my Uber account and charge me with multiple trips (6 trips ) that I don't know any thing about. I was linking my account on Uber with PayPal account to settle payment so as soon as I found a transaction on the paypal I called to dispute the transactions and stop the payments. I also contacted Uber and the credit card company which was linked with the account. Next day I received a nice 6 emails from paypal telling me that all the cases that I disputed were denied.

If your purchase is not covered under their 'buyer's protection' rules, you can get scammed all you like and you will maybe get a reply and never get your money back. Yes, it is convenient to buy things in a click, but most things on reputable sites can be bought with credit card. If you're buying something from someone, just do it locally and use cash, because the convenience is not worth the risk of losing hundreds of dollars when anything can be done to stop it. Like blocking the scammer's account, reversing the payment to return the money, or at least warning the public about them. They charge fees on most transactions, but there is little to be gained in return but irritation and debt.

My issue was solved thanks to PayPal’s Facebook support team! Thanks Rich and Jon!

Prior to Christmas I made a number of online purchases and paid for the through PayPal. Three of the purchases were not received in time for them to be useful to me. I attempted to cancel the orders with the merchant and with PayPal. In mid-January two of the orders arrived, one arrived damaged, and in spite of my protests that I no longer needed or wanted the merchandise PayPal denied my claim and closed it. Once they close a claim there is no appeal, it is final. On the third claim I still have not received the merchandise I ordered on 12-14-19. I have asked the merchant and PayPal to cancel the order. PayPal's response to me is that the merchant will now have until February 5 to respond. Had I used Visa, MasterCard or American Express for these purchases there would have been no issue in cancelling them and receiving a credit.

Don’t use PayPal if you don’t want your money stole, they play with your money like a baby with a toy, They do what they want, they just hold my money 180 days, money that I worked hard selling in eBay, also waiting 21 days between every single one purchase, after almost a month waiting for my money, what’s the surprise? My account is banned, and I can take my money, thanks PayPal, this month I can’t pay rent. ** all.

PayPal is the WORST online experiences I have ever had. Signed up to Canadian PayPal and tried to link my US$ account within RBC to it so I could pay another PayPal holder in US dollars. CAN NOT BE DONE!!!! But had to go through absolute hell with four separate calls to NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING PayPal agents to find this out. Went to some online forums to see if anyone else had the same problems and after reading about others’ nightmare dealings with PayPal I have no idea how this company stays in business. HORRIBLE!!!!

PayPal is very excellent at debiting my credit card account. Major difference when I try to transfer balance from my PayPal account to my bank. Have tried three times over 3 days to transfer a small $24.00 balance into my bank checking account. Aside from very cumbersome and slow process in navigating the PayPal site the site gives me a message that transfer can't be made at this time. Now I am faced with what will be a joke of a process in dealing with them over the phone.

I was so surprised to read so many bad reviews everywhere about Pay Pal! Honestly, for some reason, I always thought they are pretty cool. This month was really crappy, because I made a purchase in a scam web store twice! I filed in two disputes which turned by myself really quickly to the claims. First seller didn't want to reimburse the full price (I bought a dress for 51$ with shipping and they want to return only 17$ after I will ship them an item). After I said no to this, they didn't want to give their return address in English. The other seller was especially ridiculous. They put lots of items on their website and after you purchase it, you'll never get an e-mail notification, tracking number or anything. Literally you are just sending someone money on their PayPal buying fake stuff. Both of this purchases where reimbursed for me with Pay Pal in full amount. Yes, I called 3 times to them and the last operator whom I talked with solved that in 1 day, after I was waiting almost 3 weeks. So, I am here to write that help is possible. And I've heard: "We are doing that to appreciate you are a Pay Pal client, ma'am." Thank you!

It all started with a cancelled payment and ended with a closed account. I sent payment to a friend but canceled it literally an hour later. And sent the money to another friend. Two days later the money from the 1st friend was taken from my account (no big deal) but the 2nd payment was sent as an echeck and also taken from my bank account. I spent hours going through the resolution center with no help so I called Paypal, 5 days straight an hour or more on each call with no answer until the 5th day. I went through 4 reps and had to get verified EACH TIME!!! Still I did not get upset or cause a fuss.

Paypal credited a buyer even though I won the eBay dispute. Paypal credited the buyer $10 even though the buyer kept the item AND only paid $6.99 for the item. Tried contacting Paypal several times. In total, I waited 5 hours, and talked to a couple customer service reps, and they said my money would be refunded, however; the dispute center doesn't read and just ignored my appeal. I will NEVER USE PAYPAL again. I've been a member since 2000. I am so glad there are other payment ways now.

I opened a PayPal account to make an online purchase 2 days ago. PayPal being a money transferring service and safe online purchase company I thought, "What could go wrong?" Well EVERYTHING! PayPal will not allow new account members to make online purchases due to security reasons. I was told that since I have no history of using PayPal ever in my life I will not be able to use PayPal for online purchases. How can a money transferring service not even give you an opportunity once!? PayPal customer service even had the nerve to tell me they would "MAKE MONEY" off my purchase but have no way to reverse the denial. PayPal lost money and PayPal lost the merchant money as well by not approving my online purchase.

Been using eBay for over 20 years, put my money on hold for no reason from my sales. Wants you to ship items without the payment in hopes they will eventually release your money when they feel like it. What kind of nonsense is that? PayPal thinks their customers are criminals.

I have had a PayPal account for almost 15 years. But I learned an expensive lesson. My brother and I both purchased, separately, tool sets from a seller. The seller had a website with very good descriptions of what we were buying. When I saw the "PAYPAL' logo, I made a bad assumption that PayPal wouldn't put their service on bad businesses. Instead of tools I was sent a pair of cheap sunglasses. My mistake was thinking PayPal is as good as a credit card from a "Bank". It is NOT. My brothers bank already had the company listed as a scam and replaced his money immediately.

Trying to use PayPal but a code sent via text is required to proceed. I am out of the country and do not have access to my US number so that is not an option. Sending a code via email is non existent. The office is closed so calling is also not an option. Messaging PayPal via the app is not working. Cannot find an email address for PayPal either. Very frustrating!! Customer service is where?

I have always encouraged to buy anything when I see PayPal logo on the payment methods but it turned to be a joke and there is nothing called buyer protection. Do not ever believe that lie. Be careful Facebook ads, China and PayPal are big scammers and they tend to invade the Australian market by their lies, dishonesty and fake products. To all Australians keep away from PayPal as much as you can.

I have used Paypal for many years for purchasing goods over the web. I had a complaint against Glencara Irish Jewelry, Galway who never sent me the goods I ordered (many hundreds of people have suffered the same!!). I ordered jewelry in November 2019 for my family for Christmas and when it did not arrive and I was getting the run around from Glencara I had to buy more jewelry to replace it. Everything was purchased through Paypal. I contacted Paypal on 30th December 2019 and they upheld my complaint. Within a couple of days my money had been refunded in full and transferred to my bank account. I cannot speak more highly of Paypal I have always had a good experience with them. Thank you so much Paypal.

I have no information on what I am paying for. I need to know!! I have repeatedly asked what I am paying PayPal.. What are you charging me for. This is ridiculous and I just must know. Come on. Be fair. This is My money.

PayPal!!!! PayPal!!!! What a joke!!! I sell a few items on eBay. I have done for about 8 years, nothing major. However I have 100 percent positive feedback. Never had a dispute, never had any negative or even neutral feedback, so effectively reliable.... But pay Pal, what an absolute joke of a company. They more often than not put my payments on hold. Coming up with the excuse that this particular sale falls under unusual and suspicious behaviour!!!! This leaves me having to fund the postage out of my own pocket until they release the funds. I mean suspicious or unusual! WHAT ARE THEY ON ABOUT???

I been using PayPal to buy online since 2005, now for some reason my account as been limited. I contacted customer care and had a very bad experience with them, even after several attempt they won't provide any specific reason, just said Paypal can lock account whenever they want.

I purchased a gas grill at Home Depot using PayPal for $444.40. I also purchased (at the same time) an assembly fee of $117.99. The total amount I purchased at Home Depot (via PayPal) was $562.39. When it arrived, the grill was damaged, so I returned the grill to my local Home Depot. Home Depot almost immediately refunded the $117.99 assembly fee but never refunded the $444.40 for the grill. I let PayPal know I was disputing the full amount of the grill ($444.40) since it was never refunded and provided them with a copy of the refund receipt.