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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020

    Keep my money for 6 months, make interest from my money. And I was with zero on my pocket, I sold like 9k on Ebay and they freeze my account, provide all the document they ask for and still was not good for them, look like they like to use people money for get interest for them.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020

    I tried to pay for purchase on eBay. Error cam out "this method of payment is not available, try another method of payment." I used different card, and different card and bank account but message was same. Thinking it temporary and tried again second day for the same. Tried to contact PayPal on phone. It's joke, just a machine with menus going back and forth. Tried to "send message" it's even bigger joke, it is just couple of pre-written scripts. Told me to use different payment method and that's all- no way to send any message to anybody. All Ebay and PayPal monitor all online activity. Paypal never tried to contact me for the problem that I was having. I generated 6 digits code several times for phone calling, nobody took notice why I was doing again and again. Finally Ebay customer service gave me Paypal phone number too. Finally I was able to reach Paypal to discover the fact problem was at receiver (seller's) end and not mine.

    I went o days of trouble and hours and hours on phone fumbling with menus for problem that was not mine. If Paypal CS could tell me that it was seller's issue why PayPal could not tell on first time and kept telling me to change the payment method. I went with several charges and refund on my credit cards, probably affecting my credit too. From now on I will try not use paypal whenever direct credit card option is available. Shame on paypal.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2020

    Paypal appear to know nothing about UK company law. They "review" customer accounts for no apparent reason and then think companies have first and last names like individuals. There is no simple email address to write to Paypal; they expect you to telephone them and then speak to someone who knows nothing about company law and treat companies in the same way as private individuals. I only hope they are regulated by the Financial Services Ombudsman in the UK.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2020

    Freeze up funds for up to 72 hours for no reason. Surprise fees. Horrible customer service. I've spent literally days entire days on the phone getting transferred back and forth repeating same steps over and over and over. The most frustrating experience by far.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2020

    To ask us to change the name on the account after 14 years of trading with you seems really totally unnecessary. No Directors of the Limited Company have changed, no company name or address change. The company has traded for over 20 years with no changes whatsoever. However we thought we would send the required information, jump through the necessary hoops and get this over and done with, IE copy of driving license, Credit Card statement with my name on for proof of address plus a request for the name change on company headed paper with VAT and our registration number on. But after speaking to three people on customer services and two of them promised to express this through with the back office we are still no further as when I log on to my Paypal account I still can't use it as they STILL WANT PROOF OF ADDRESS AND PHOTO ID. Paypal works when they leave it alone. 'Why try and fix something if it aint broke'?

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2020

    When buying goods on Ebay, you get a new 6% higher price when paying with PayPal with your local currency.... And paypal is pretty much always the only paying option.... Customer service usually reply within 24 hours.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    It is unfortunate that no government agency is monitoring this fraudulent company. If you are a seller and are thinking about accepting Paypal BEWARE. Paypal will destroy your business. Be prepared for funds being placed on hold for absolutely no reason, delayed funds for absolutely no reason, losing almost every single chargeback no matter what info you provide to them as a seller, and so so on. Their "seller protection" is a complete joke. As a seller DO NOT trust them. They will NEVER back you up. I have been working with Paypal for 15 years and not a single year went by without these thieves giving us some problem or another. BEWARE.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    I tried to transfer my money to the bank account that I recently opened but PayPal is not allowing this transaction. They said security system is not allowing this. I spoke with several supervisors but they are refusing to provide any information such as when can I access the money or provide any documentation in writing with the reasons for the hold. Seems like that's the way for them to use people's money they steal to invest it somewhere. If it is security verification why they can't provide a document to outline the reason of the hold? Stay away. Do not let PayPal use your money.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    PayPal literally stole $4,822.40 from my account because I used my eBay ID Billionaire Mystery Box as my name for my PayPal account and I could not verify that my name was Billionaire Mystery Box. Because of this they said I breached their policy and I will never get my funds back. Any pro bono attorneys want to help me out for a piece of the $4,822.40?

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    I have had PayPal account since 2015. When I changed my cellphone number and tried to update the new information on my account, I kept getting an error. I contacted the customer and got a generic response not addressing the issue. I sold 3 books on eBay and PayPal kept placing limitations on my account asking for evidence of shipping, etc. which I did. Now they've placed a permanent limitation on my account. I emailed them to ask why and as usual, a generic non-specific response including that it's their right to do so. In short, I have absolutely no idea why my account was disabled. The worst customer care experience ever! The worst company I've ever dealt with! I will never recommend this company to anybody else. Instead, I will gladly narrate this experience to them.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    I received a refund in October for merchandise I had returned. I have provided documentation of the transfer of funds to PayPal. Although PayPal acknowledges that the "funds are in their system", they have refused to transfer the payment to me!

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020

    For many years I have used PayPal service and did not have a problem until I requested the help of customer service to solve limitation they have put on my account for no explained reasons. First, it takes long time to get in contact with them, second, already tried many days to solve my problem and nothing is happening. Third, their online resolution center is not efficient to help out. I don’t understand what happened with this institution

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020

    I had a transfer to my account that should have been an instant transfer. They said for security reasons they are placing a 72 hour hold on the transfer, if I had known that this would have happened and it would have taken a total 72 hours to get my money I would have used Western Union or Money Gram and just pay for it. The money was to pay for my vehicle repair because it's not running and I missed 2 extra days of work because of this. I called Paypal and their customer service was as robotic in answering my questions as possible. The lady did not answer my question as to why there's a hold, she was reading from a script and that she couldn't expedite the transfer or do anything to help the transfer. I waited for paypal to get my repair paid, all while I told the mechanic I'll be right back with payment. I'm so disgusted by this company and I hope you go under!

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020

    I created an account 3 weeks ago. Apparently Paypal didn't trust my account, even after linking it to my bank account, it got limited. Since then I've tried to remove this limit, sending every piece of proof they asked for, even my passport to no avail. Most of the time I was answered with an automatic message asking again for the same documents again and again. Today they completely disabled my account without any answer on their part. My money is now locked there and since they do not answer me I have to wait to reclaim it. I would advise to stay far away from Paypal.

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020

    Paypal offer no protection for your purchases, despite claiming to do so. I made a purchase through Facebook and paid for it from my Paypal account. When the item arrived it was nothing like that advertised. The seller refused the return so I contacted Paypal who asked me to send photos and they approved the claim, subject to me returning the item to China at a cost of £13.50. Paypal said I would be refunded upon receipt of the item by the seller and I submitted the tracking information and photos of the parcel to Paypal as instructed.

    However, instead of paying out, Paypal closed the case with no explanation saying tracking information hadn't been provided. I sent them their confirmation email thanking me for the tracking I'd sent. I checked the tracking with Royal Mail and the item was successfully delivered to China. I tried with much struggle to contact Paypal for an explanation but all I can get are standard email responses from their foreign customer service department not addressing my complaint and saying they can't re-open it. Not only did I lose 50USD on the original purchase, I then lost a further £14 because Paypal instructed me to send the item back and they didn't honour their word or their protection policy. Don't use Paypal - they don't protect you. Use your credit card instead.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2020

    PAYPAL has always been my online payment method of choice until recently I noticed they have no support for buyers. They rule in favor of sellers and could really care less if you are supported. On Nov 11 I purchased from an online company called Hyping. The purchase was for $111.70 for 3 items. After a month of no communication and no item I reached out to the company. I finally received a tracking number and received my delivery on 12/22. When I opened the package there were only 2 of the 3 items I purchased. Upon further investigation of the items 1 of the 2 items was supposed to be a Men's XXL and at best it was a Child's large.

    There was no way it was usable. When I logged on to Paypal to dispute the charge I noticed the transaction was for $119.70 not $111.70 as I agreed to. So at this point I am out $83.80 and Paypal sent me a request for a "police report" to resolve this issue. I have spoken to 2 representatives from PayPal and they still ruled in the sellers favor because I could not provide a police report. This is the most insane I have ever seen and now I have to dispute this charge with my bank. Paypal doesn't care about any buyer only making $$$. It's a shame that things are this way. I DO NOT RECOMMEND PAYPAL TO ANYONE!

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2020

    Just had an horrible experience with PayPal: my tenant paid her rent through PayPal but PayPal does not release the funds under the pretense that the tenant use the business option and although her funds are cleared they made me verify my ID, took me through a series of contradicting and confusing steps and a week later I still haven’t got the money. My advice. Use Venmo, Zelle, check, anything is better... I had not used PayPal for a while and I realized that they are now very archaic especially if you get amounts over $500. Am appalled by their lack total of transparency combined with poorly training of their reps. Stay away from them. Don’t make my mistake!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2020

    A friend I have worked with for more than ten years asked me to work with her on a proofreading job. She paid me and PayPal made me wait for more than three weeks so I could transfer the money to my bank account. After a few more weeks, PayPal sent me an email saying that my friend had opened a case against me because she didn't recognize the charge in her card. I talked to her and she had no idea what this was about. I called PayPal and they said I do owe this money and my friend's bank was doing this. Also not true.

    Later, PayPal let me know that they had added a $20 charge because I wasn't paying my balance. Now they say they have a fax from my friend's bank... Not true! I can't use my account anymore because of this balance, and they keep sending me emails saying that I owe them money. They won't listen to me. They won't show the fax (non-existent). They won't listen to my friend or her bank. This is ridiculous. I've used PayPal for many years, and now I feel attacked by them. As soon as this is solved I will cancel my account. There is no way I can trust a company that attacks clients this way. This is the worst customer service I have seen in my life!

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2020

    There are plenty of people around including myself from around the world who experienced PayPal account limitation. That means you can't withdraw your own money for no apparent reason! They request documents you sent them previously and you waiting over and over until they decide to unlock your account. Many people have to wait for 180 days or so!!!! BE AWARE!

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020

    Attention all small business owners! BEWARE of PAYPAL! PayPal has implemented a “new policy” that they are keeping ALL processing fees if you have to void or refund a transaction. This is extremely detrimental to merchants, especially small businesses. PayPal allows you to transfer money to friends and family which is not subject to fees. I had someone accidentally click goods and services (this was not a good nor a service), I reversed it almost immediately, and PayPal kept more than $200 in fees. I called December 12th and 20th and spoke to agents both times; no one got back to me. Today (January 9th, 2020) I called (again) and spoke directly to a supervisor. She told me it is their policy and under no circumstances will they return any fees.

    To be clear: whether or not it has anything to do with the friends & family option, PayPal will keep ALL fees from transactions including voids or refunds or mistakes (such as someone paying an incorrect amount, a computer glitch, whatever). If someone accidentally paid you $1000, for example, instead of $100, you will be stuck with the fees from the $1000, plus whatever they take if you rerun the correct amount.

    Square does not do this, if you have to void or refund or whatever they simply reverse it. No cost to the customer or merchant. If you need to transfer money to someone (that is not a good nor service), Zelle allows you to transfer money instantaneously. Again with no fees to either person. Zelle is being implemented by many banks/financial institutions and is very easy to use. We rarely have to void or reverse anything, but now that I know PayPal’s “new” policy, I will no longer use them for business or personal transactions. There are far too many better options. Their customer service is truly atrocious. What a waste of time. Good riddance PayPal. ????

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020

    I have been using PayPal for many years now and always trusted them and had good experiences with customer service on the rare occasion a false charge or scam was made. Today I cancelled all my paypal subscriptions and am closing my account. 3 months ago I switched banking institutions and over time moved all auto payments to the new bank. YouTube Tv was being billed to Paypal and I switched my Paypal online purchase options to a Credit card and put in my new bank account info as well. I also went to YouTube TV settings and changed the payment method to the AMEX card. The old bank account was still used by Paypal the following month so I went into the app to try to delete it. Paypal would not let me delete because "payments were pending".

    Even after the payments cleared my bank, the Paypal app would still not allow me to delete the old bank account. Paypal again charged the old account which resulted in the balance falling below the minimum and the bank charging me $10 service fee. I had to call Paypal Customer service to finally get the old bank account removed (after about 20 minutes on the phone). I asked for Paypal to reimburse me the bank fee since they incorrectly charged the Youtube tv subscription to the wrong account. They said they would send my a letter to forward to my bank explaining the mistake. I said no my bank was not at fault PayPal was!

    The customer service lady (who did not speak well on the phone) accused me of lying. She said I did not change my primary payment method and I told her I was looking at the app on my phone and the primary method was listed as my AMEX card. She then told me that the update did not work in the APP that you had to go online from your computer to make changes....sooo actually she called me a liar and Paypal is not telling their customers that you actually can't make changes in the app even though the menu says you can and it shows you DID.... There are too many other ways to pay now. Good Bye Paypal!

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020

    If you purchase from companies that use Paypal you expect these companies to be legitimate, that PayPal would have done a little background to make sure they a legit. So made 3 orders and used Paypal so I would have some protection from scammers but when I waited for my product never came so I wanted a refund. The company's website was taken down. No way to contact directly so they contacted paypal. They said they would look into it. While I was waiting that said I had to wait for two weeks.

    Well then I was sent a comb a light and so some plastic car. It wasn't even close to the 3 plus dollar I ordered. Well Paypal after getting a tracking number that this company quickly send when paypal called stalled me and paypal then just because paypal saw it was delivered closed the case the. I can't reopen the case and now I am screwed. Even after I told them that said read your contract. Who reads that **. Every body just clicks ok, you can't say no. If you do you can't use their site. We should be able to write our own contract and they would have to say yes if they want our business too.

    In other words they took side of this company that I can't contact because they have since closed. Their website and I am sure opened a new one till enough. People complain and have to shut down before they will have to pay people back so. In other words paypal supports companies that will rip you off. So do your own research before you buy from any company. No longer can you expect paypal to protect you from scammer and in my opinion They encourage it.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020

    I ordered an item from Flipped.store and paid them through PayPal. Contacted Paypal that vendor did bait and switch and will not refund package. Paypal informed me to ship back to vendor in China and provide them info of shipment and they will refund me. I also provided them info that vendor shut down site and other sites complaining on same issue with vendor. After shipping and providing Paypal all the documentation on the shipment. they closed the case after 20 days in favor or the scam site Flipped.store. I was never refunded on the cost of the gimbal and out $35.00 USD. I will be canceling my paypal account and think I get better response from my credit card company. Beware of PayPal and their Scammer friends.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020

    As a Director of Customer Service in the luxury fashion industry for over 55 yrs I know a thing or two about excellent vs the bottom of a sewer tank when it comes to customer service. I spent over 9 hrs over the course of 3 days on the phone with their brainless customer service dept to simply add a new cc to my account that I have had for decades with Pay Pal. I am NOT asking for money I just want to add a new CC to my account. My bank confirmed all my info is accurate, I have been living at the same address since 1961, I have used my new cc for over 2 weeks multiple times, have added it to over 3 dozen sites I do business with - no issues what-so-ever.

    I get to Pay Pal and wham problem after problem. I was disconnected 16 times to have to start all over again, I was laughed at, I was told my cc is invalid but no reason as to why, I requested 4 times to have a manager call me which NEVER happened, I even went to my bank and had them talk to PayPal and advise them that the info is accurate, I was told a manager was not around (since when is a manager not on duty in a call center...LOL), I even had Eric # ** tell me to take my business elsewhere. Imagine that!!!! A loyal customer for decades basically being told to F off over adding a CC to their account.

    The reps are in the Philippines, cannot speak proper English and have very heavy accents. Do not have ONE brain cell among the lot of them. They have a beyond frustrated customer on their hands and NOT ONE OF THEM cared to escalate my situation to someone who could actually help me...it was easier to disconnect me. Talk about a company who does not care for one second about their customer base. NEVER in all my life have I run into such a disgusting display of inadequate service and trust me I have been around in my over 65 yrs of living life. This company deserves -10000 stars. RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020

    I was told to provide a tracking number for services rendered. They will not release my monies to my account!!!!! This is not for something I sold and had to ship an item. It was for services rendered. Why would there be a hold on the money owed to me. This is after they charged me 5 dollars for using them!!! I also work in a call center and see almost weekly where PayPal is hacked and customers calling us because they say PayPal will not help them! I will NEVER use them again. Also while at my work I will strongly urge the customers not to use PayPal when placing an order. My client can send over funds to PayPal and they not get processed back to the customers until 30 days later!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020

    I paid for an account on a website, I didn't get acces to that account and they don't want to give me back the money. They told me first that I need to wait for 6 days and during this time to write a message to the seller. I did that and of course I haven't received any answer from that person so I went back to Paypal and I didn't had any succes in tying to contact them, they gave me some fake steps to follow. I WILL FOLLOW A POLICE REPORT IN THE COMING DAYS.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020

    From the past years PayPal got worst and worst!!! They're no protection for eBay seller!! And I'm a 100% ebay seller with over 500 transaction. Every time if buyer purchased something and after received they do a dispute from paypal it will always favor for the buyer ever though is so obvious buyer is lying!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020

    I recently purchased 3 dresses on-line and received an awful turtleneck and an ugly pair of shoes that smelled like a dead animal had sat on them for weeks. I would post a picture of the hideous items but this website capability doesn’t allow it (or at least I can’t figure out how to). I called the customer service and they filed a “dispute.”

    What’s unnerving is that when I was further investigated, there are actually many other complaints about the same website. I understand there are protocols but to what extent do you give a company time to respond when it’s already been verified (Based on multiple other customer reviews) that said company is not actually real/providing customers with random rancid items they did not order. I would like my refund back now. My suggestion would be that when a company gets 3 complaints against them, they should be shut down. That way less people at risk from being conned from the dishonest people that do these things.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020

    I thought Paypal was a stand up company. Boy was I wrong. Paypal sent me an alert concerning a suspicious payment by text message, I denied the payment and went to sleep, when I woke the next morning the same request was again on my phone, I again denied it. Shortly after I had my morning coffee I signed on and found $1,100.00 was paid to someone I never heard of. The same someone I denied payment to twice. Now Paypal has twice refused my claim and the only advice they offer is to contact the FBI, they are not taking responsibility for making the payment that I twice denied. If you have an option don't use Paypal.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2020

    I recently tried to complete some purchases online using my PayPal Cash Balance. PayPal pick and chose what they as a company felt they should pay for, did NOT pay for the other items, or even NOTIFY ME that they had not paid for these items with MY money. I have PayPal credit as well, and one of the payments I was making was to pay off my PayPal Credit balance. They had no problems taking my money to pay themselves, but refuse to release my funds even though the buyer has received the item AND paid for it!

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2020

    This was to claim postage of £21.00 postage due to the item being damaged on receipt from an eBay seller. 6 Jan 2020. Unbelievable that despite submission in proof of ; 1. Photograph of Box with return address on. 2. Photo of screenshot of tracking with signature of receipt. 3. Photo of proof of postage at a post office. "We have carefully reviewed your return shipping cost refund request and though your claim has NOT met the minimum requirements we have elected to approve your claim on an exception basis." £15 cap on postage refunded. We met all of their requests. What is there that we missed?

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    I started to use PayPal a month ago because I wanted to use them to get paid from customers that like to use their cards instead of making checks with cash or checks. The first customer paid me $800 via PayPal and a month after I haven’t seen my money and every time I try to talk to them they put me on hold for hours and never come back to me, if I do it via text or chatting they say that the system can’t do anything and that I will need to wait a month. I talked to my customer to see if we can get the money back but that’s also impossible because they already got the money and don’t want to give it back. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO DO BUSINESS STAY AWAY FROM PAYPAL. I’ve been in business for over $20 years and this is the worse company I ever dealt with. Bad customer service and very fishy. PAYPAL STINKS????

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    Received an email invoice from PayPal for movie tickets I did not buy, for a theater in a state I do not live in (the theater was solidly East Coast; I live on the West Coast). Called to report within 3 hours that it was an unauthorized charge to their automated line. Not human, but whatever, I guess it was fine. Followed the transaction trail back to the movie ticket vendor based on charge information; guess my account at the merchant got hacked and someone used it to buy tickets for themselves and a date for an East Coast movie theater. Started a message with the vendor to see what I could do about the charge; they will either credit my account for the amount, or refund less a cancellation fee.

    I refused to pay a cancellation fee for tickets that were unauthorized. Merchant said they'd have to escalate to their dispute team, but not before the movie tickets will be used. I cancel the movie tickets for credit, because I'm not letting someone get a free movie night, and I'd already escalated it to PayPal. Figured it was handled. IT WAS NOT. Few hours later I get an email from PayPal: unauthorized charge dispute DENIED because I'd used PayPal with the merchant once before and the account were linked. Excuse me? I didn't realize using PayPal to process a transaction a year ago meant that PayPal agreed to automatically charge my account for that merchant going forward. PayPal dispute says they have closed the link with the merchant going forward, but will not refund.

    What, exactly, is this toted "Buyer Protection Program" good for? Someone uses my PayPal to pay for tickets for a movie theater on the EAST COAST, WHEN PAYPAL HAS ME ON RECORD LIVING IN THE WEST COAST, through a merchant I used PayPal to buy tickets for OVER A YEAR AGO, and it's not an unauthorized charge because I used PayPal to pay for tickets with this merchant this one time? Absolutely worthless "Buyer Protection." PayPal links your payment methods with merchants that later do not require any authorization from you to make purchases, and does not lay this information out in any visible way on their website.

    I can't even tell what other merchants have my PayPal linked for this kind of usage in the future. You're telling me that a merchant I used PayPal with over a year ago can just take money from me because they linked up on the backend, way back then? I have an open dispute on the merchant's end to resolve this issue currently. I have never needed PayPal's buyer protection but used it in good faith that when I needed it, it would be there. It was not. Once this dispute wraps up, I will be closing my PayPal account. "Buyer Protection" is empty promises.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020

    Paypal is a company which always sides with customers and never with companies or vendors! Clients can be lying and completely dishonest but they will still side with them! If you are a business owner, do yourself a favor and DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS. Your sales will not decrease because of that! We have 4 websites and we removed Paypal about 6 months ago now and we ended the year with a 31% increase without ever feeling an issue with that or getting an email from a client asking for Paypal!

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020

    I just spoke to PayPal today about my credit account which shows a credit line of $2069.00 with a balance of $254 and change. Which I just made a payment of $100 today. However my available credit is showing $0. When I called PayPal I was told my account has been closed since 2017 without any notice to me or whatsoever. Meanwhile I have had access to the account all this while up to date. I asked to speak to a supervisor and stood on the line for 40 minutes without being attended to. I hanged up and called again only to be told by the second agent that it's going to be a long hold to talk to a supervisor and that the best they can do is to send me an account closure letter since the previous bank before Synchrony Bank didn't send me one. If you have a credit account with PayPal be forewarned. Even a company operating in the jungle will not treat a customer like this. This company has no respect for its customers.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020

    I have used PayPal only three times and will never use it again. Lost package and no assist from the PayPal company. Ordered a item for my husband and three weeks later, no item and can't seem to have my monies returned. No assist to contact company. Be aware.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    I have been a PayPal customer for 7 years, starting when I was an active seller/buyer on eBay. However, over the last couple of years, I moved to use the service regularly once a month, for a parking garage, and randomly purchased items on eBay. Two months ago I sold an item through Facebook Marketplace. I met the buyer, exchanged the item and she paid through PayPal. One month later I received notice from PayPal that the buyer disputed the transaction and had not authorized it. PayPal then removed the funds from my account and said I had no recourse because this was not covered under seller protection. I'm furious with PayPal and the buyer for complete fraud. I cancelled my account and opened a new one with Zelle, through my bank. I expect and hope PayPal is squeezed out by this form of payment back by Chase Bank. Completely dishonest from all points of view.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    PayPal can not be trusted. I purchased through PayPal October and received my item about four weeks later from China. The item sent was not the item ordered. I immediately reported it to PayPal knowing it was complete deception from the company. I was given information from PayPal on how to return item. I took pictures of package tracking numbers as instructed by PayPal. PayPal had me jump through so many hoops and pay for return postage. I sent the tracking numbers to PayPal. Initially PayPal denied the claim claiming tracking numbers didn’t track. When I received an email from the company that I purchased the item from verifying receiving item and only offered half of my money back, I sent that to PayPal. PayPal then changed the denial reason to no proof item was not as described. I will no longer use PayPal starting 2020 after all these years thinking it was safe, it isn’t.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaffBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    I recently had my 60th birthday and a friend sent me $700 for my birthday through Paypal on 12/20/2019. I didn't realize until 2 or 3 days later that the funds were classified as a good sales/transfer and that PayPal had taken fees out of the $700. I contacted PayPal to get these funds classified properly as a friends/family transfer, but the customer service representative said they couldn't reclassified the sale or return fees. That my only option would be to return the full $700 transfer and have my friend resend it. But also, in doing this it would still show an additional $700 added to my transaction balance for tax purposes and the original transfer would still remain on my Paypal account as a good/sales transfer.

    I don't think my friend selected goods/sales option, but likely did not select anything and Paypal defaults to this option, giving them the option of deducting fees. This was my first time receiving a friends/family funds transfer through Paypal and I will definitely not recommend anyone to use Paypal for this purpose. I think they should have the ability to research, review the transaction and adjust payments like this if it can be verified it was classified inaccurately.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    I ordered an item online and was sent two additional items I did not order and was charged for them. Paypal was so unhelpful with trying to return the items and be reimbursed. They were actually so frustrating I wanted to scream. The phone reps are not experienced and have no customer service skills whatsoever. I might as well have been talking to a robot. Won't use paypal ever again.

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    PriceBillingRates

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    I was interested in a product online, then proceed to purchase utilizing PayPal for my Payment. When I entered the Paypal Screen, the Price $$$ didn't match with the Seller's Website; therefore, I backed out of the Transaction. $245 pulled from my Account without AUTHORIZATION! You do the math = your choice in purchase/payment decisions of your own; however, I've made up my mind for future purchase payments. PAYPAL CLOSED THIS DISPUTE CASE WITHOUT CREDITING MY ACCOUNT.

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    This site is not to be trusted, it is not 100% sure the items is Authentic. I purchased a pair of Yeezy's from this site. I was told they were Authentic and I would be protected by Paypal if there were a problem, after I bought a pair of Yeezy's I took them and had them Authenticated. The shoe came back fake I reported back to Kixify as well as the seller. The seller immediately stop responding. Kixify asked me to send them proof the shoes were fake. I did so, after there investigation they removed the seller from the site. This is the down fall. this happened 11/19/19 as of today I have not received any of my money back from Paypal. I have had to contact Paypal at lease four times, the last two times I was told they would send me an email with the return address in order for me to return the shoes back to the seller, both times I never received an email.

    I went on Paypal site and gave them a bad review after that, the very next day which was today 12/31/19 I received a return address in my email. I immediately went to the post office and sent the shoes back to the seller. It costed me $73.58 to send those fake shoes back to this seller who's selling shoes on Kixify.com site stating there shoes are Authentic. Paypal told me I could only get $30.00 back for the shipping. Now lets think about this for a minute I spent $255.00 for a fake pair of Yeezy's the seller refused to send me a return label so I had to file a claim with Paypal which has taken over a month to get this resolved and still not resolved then I lose $73.58 for shipping which Paypal claim they will return $30.00 of that so I'm still out of $43.45.

    In the end I still took a lost and this company gets their fake shoes back and they will create another site and put them fake shoes right back on Kixify and resale them because Kixify is not guaranteeing any proof of Authentication before allowing these shoes onto their website. I would not trust anything on this site to be Authentic. Is it fair I had to take a lost when I was told I'm purchasing shoes that are Authentic. Stay away from this site the people who are making these shoes are very close to passing for the real deal until you take them to have them Authenticated. Everyone don't have that access to have a company Authentic their product, to be on the safe side this is not a site you want to invest in spending over $200 dollars for some fake merchandise.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    Sold items on eBay. Not only does ebay take a percentage of the item's selling price and the shipping that you pay to send the item, then PayPal holds your cash. When you try to link your bank (I tried 3 of them) to withdraw this money, it tells you paypal ran into an internal error and the link failed, try again later. When this link never occurs, they charge you to send you a paper check through the mail. THIS TAKES ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO RECEIVE. Another scam.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    I paid for services that I was unhappy about and requested a partial refund, I was denied by PayPal, Be careful purchasing with paypal. They seem legit but they're really **. I provided information and had evidence that the service I paid for was trash but they never asked for proof. Paypal is raggedy and very unfair. Always inconveniencing people.The worse experience. Dont USE PAYPAL. They suck!

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    I’m an entrepreneur who just started a new venture about a week before July 3rd, 2019. I was successful pretty quickly, with donations from friends, and a few sales, totaling a little over $550 in my PayPal within a week's time. I didn’t remove or transfer any of my money out after making it because I was working on saving for a car and I trusted PayPal to take care of my earnings, which turned out to be a huge mistake on my part. On July 3rd, 2019, I went to my PayPal to transfer a part of my earnings to my bank account and was greeted with a notification telling me that my money was on hold, and my account was limited. I immediately contacted PayPal customer service and was told my account was limited due to a misuse of the terms of service I’d agreed to when opening the account, and that they were authorized to hold my money for 180 days to protect them against any disputes or chargebacks.

    When I asked for the specific way in which I violated the acceptable terms of use, they told me for security reasons, they couldn’t disclose that information to me. I asked for a manager who informed me the only option I had was to file a lawsuit against PayPal, email a special investigation unit, or wait the 180 days. I emailed the address provided to me and an automatic response came back giving me no specifics, reiterating that my only course of action would be to wait the 180 days. After that 180 days, an email will be sent to me explaining options for transferring my balance out of the PayPal account. The email never disclosed the reason for the withholding of my money. I called PayPal customer service several times since then, using every possible resource at my disposal, asking as many questions as I could, trying to understand their justification for holding my money.

    I never received any explanation no matter how many times I called or emailed. On 12/16/2019, I called PayPal customer service knowing that the 180 day mark was coming up on 12/30/19, and they once again reassured me that PayPal will send an email on 12/30/19 giving me directions on how to transfer my money out. Today, 12/30/2019, I went in to the PayPal account to find my balance at $0.00. The only activity on the account was the transfer of my $551.00 out by PayPal, to PayPal, on 12/21/19. All the activity outlining who sent me payments and when before that date, disappeared. I called PayPal immediately and spoke to a customer service representative who told me that the money was taken to pay for “damages” that resulted from my violation of the acceptable use agreement.

    I asked them what damages had incurred, and they just repeated that I was the one who violated the terms of use, and that I need to go back and read their policy which authorizes them to seize up to $2500 in fines if it’s violated. I asked them why they told me I’d be able to transfer my money out if they were just going to take it from me anyway, and why they chose to wait until a week before I could access the money myself. Their response was that they couldn’t touch the money until 180 days, and once they could access it, they took it to pay for these “damages”. I was still not given any information on what I did that violated anything and was told there was absolutely nothing I could do.

    That money was earned, and donated, by my customers and friends who I’d already sent products, orders, and gifts to, despite PayPal’s withholding of my earnings. There were never any chargebacks, disputes, or refunds requested on any of the payments. They preyed upon a young entrepreneur because they saw me as an easy target, and they knew it was likely I’d never take them to court because I did not have the resources. I expressed to them that I needed that money to pay for my cost of living, and they didn’t care that it never their money to take.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    I purchased a stainless steel shelf. I received a cheap plastic bin. In order to get refund I have to ship item back to China with tracking. Very expensive. PayPal knows this company intentionally scammed but won’t stand up to them and make them send a return shipping label. I have spoken to other friends and they have had issues receiving refunds also. No more PayPal. Get better protection from credit card company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    I have an Airbnb I listed PayPal as my payout method for my Airbnb. Airbnb sent me a deposit of $1552 and PayPal received it and confirmed that they received it. They are claiming that they cannot verify my information yet they verified my bank and put $.11 in there and 9 cents in my bank account. They did not send the $1552. so I had them to reverse the money back to Airbnb. They They claim that they sent the money back to Airbnb on December 27. Airbnb does not have the money from them and they are giving me the runaround. They are giving me the runaround and still have not paid me my money. Every time that I’ve deposit they hold my money and don’t want to release it to me.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    I don’t understand how an organized company like Paypal allows scammers such as Zarawn.com to use your service to rip off people. This company is a blatant fraud. And it seems Paypal is working on behalf of them instead protecting the consumer. I was naïve when I ordered from this company Zarawn, who was supposed to be a company in the United States, given that their address if 3347 Sugarfoot Lane in Lafayette, Indiana. How in the hell am I dealing with Guangbo ** from China?? I basically paid $52.39 for a set of tools instead I wait a month and am sent a pair of counterfeit sunglasses made of cheap plastic. Customer service at PayPal seems to be working for this fraudster. I am not happy that I have to deal with a Chinese thief. Then want us to send the counterfeit crap back which will cost more money. This guy is a damn thief. And Zarawn.com still has the Paypal as a method of payment {method to rip off}.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    Ended up buying a phone case from www.casesproof.com. After a month a small package came in from China... After opening the package, there was no iPhone 11 case, only a FIDGET SPINNER! Ended up being a scam website with fake email, customer support, and phone number. I immediately told PayPal and asked to get my money back. They then told me they can only give back $25 instead of my $54.59! I told them that isn’t right. Their response was that I can get a full refund if I send back the iPhone case to the seller. Which is IMPOSSIBLE because the seller sent me the wrong product. Along with that, the address the seller gave was now in Sweden (a fake address). PayPal is a terrible company that doesn’t uphold to their return policy.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    Hello everyone. Before thinking of using PayPal to sell one of your items (even worse if it is a digital product, like art) you MUST know that they will HOLD your money even after you delivered product and confirmed its delivery (some complain about holding their money for more than 21 days!!!). This could also help SCAMMERS (you delivered the product - being a virtual item, so you won't be able to make "proof of delivery"). In the meantime, the buyer (scammer) will ask for a refund to Paypal, you will LOSE your money and your SOLD product!!! I will never use this company again. AVOID THEM IF POSSIBLE!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    It has been a nightmare trying to transfer funds to my bank account. I have been a member of PayPal since 2010. I have only needed to use the account for paying transactions for products purchased. 2 weeks ago I received $6200 from a vendor for services rendered which was verified and confirmed as being available in my account. On trying to transfer it to my bank it took 2 days to verify my account. Then I was told I couldn't transfer more than a $1000 per month!! I was then told that I needed to open a wallet and or PP plus and provide a social security number for verification purposes which I did.

    On the 6th or 7th customer call number which only allows contact with representatives out of either India or the Philippines I am told that my account needs to be refreshed which can only be done through a request supposedly escalated via 'the system' which would take at least 48 hrs. After 72 hrs I tried again and could not. The 7th call was similar to the 6th call. I was informed I could not speak to anybody in the USA as PayPal had outsourced the customer service aspect and there was nobody above the supervisor who not get in direct contact with anybody else only via a 48 hr request.

    I asked for a confirmation email but they were not allowed to send confirmation emails. I did get their name & ID #. So now I have to wait at least another 48 hours which will be getting onto 3 weeks with PayPal retaining my $6200 which who knows when I will be able to retrieve it. If I cannot transfer it in 48 hrs I will instruct them to refund the funds back to the vendor which apparently will take another 7-10 days & make alternate arrangements for the funds.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2019

    Bad experience overall. I was scammed by one of their merchants. PayPal denied my case twice. I spent countless hours trying to get my refund. I'm still trying to appeal my case. They have very bad customer service. Stay away....

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    I was sent money via PayPal. I was notified via email to log into my account in order to collect the funds. I logged into my account, and was informed that my password was not working. I don't know why I received this, I never changed it. It was changed unbeknownst to me sometime in the past. I requested a new password via entering my email address. It was accepted, and I was sent a security code with which I could receive a verification code. I entered the verification code. I was then requested to do another verification via text message or credit card number.

    1. My phone on the account is no longer in service.

    2. My credit card on the account is expired, although the routing number with my financial institution is the same.

    I called paypal, while the sender also called them. I was told I would receive an email to reset my password. Never received it. This happened three times, until the representative told me that I needed to contact my Internet service provider and ask them why they were blocking emails sent to me. I requested to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor led me through a process to reset the password. I was told that an email had been sent with which I could reset the password, which I did successfully. Thank you.

    Even though the password was reset, I was still requested by the system to verify again via cell phone text message verification code. I explained to them again that my cell phone is no longer service. Supervisor told me that there was nothing else that could be done. Essentially, they were holding the money I was sent, and blocking me from accessing my account. My assumption is that they are collecting interest on the money while it is in their jurisdiction.

    I requested that the money be sent back to the original sender, and they said it would be 3-5 business days. The sender was not impressed at all. I also asked for an email to which I could send a formal complaint. I was told that there was no email. This complete **, again, one would get farther pulling a horse, or a donkey through the mud. Do they not realize that one only simply needs to google search "paypal email complaints" and they will find this: Complaint-response@paypal.com. Paypal, your service is being represented by, I don't want to say it, because it would come off as rude and insulting, but to be honest, I felt as if I was arguing with a 10 year old child. Actually, I've found children to be more cooperative and logical. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    I paid $499 to a trademark company through PayPal. The trademark company says it takes a year to receive the certification but PayPal’s refund policy is 180 days. It’s been over a year and I never received the trademark. The trademark company since then has removed their website and changed numbers. Not will return my emails. PayPal helped this company SCAM me and refused to refund me and 3 different representatives refused to transfer me to a manager. I closed my PayPal account and recommend you do the same!

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    PayPal is absolutely horrible!! I have received refunds through PayPal. $190.00 worth of refunds. PayPal put MY money on hold. I messaged them and they said old me I had to wait 21 days. I called PayPal and they refused to help me receive my money. This was days before Christmas and I explained how critical it was for me to get MY MONEY!!! Paypal did not care and wouldn’t help me. Use Venmo!! Don’t use PayPal!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    Until recently, I have had no issues with PayPal, but on two occasions where a seller never sent the item(s) purchased and provided invalid tracking, I was told that they are backing the seller. I even provided the information from UPS showing that the item was not delivered to me and that the package wasn’t in my name. I also sent the e-mails where I attempted to contact the seller to provide valid tracking or send the item. In the end, the bank returned the funds for both purchases, but what a hassle from PayPal. As far as I’m concerned, PayPal is the perfect place for people to get scammed.

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019

    My monthly bill of $50 is due on the every 27th of the month. To ensure paying on time, I set auto payment of $60 on every 2nd of the month. However, they still charge me $38 for late fee, which is unprofessional and illegal. They are trying to steal money from customers. Please look carefully the monthly statement for any odd activity that they may cause.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2019

    For so long I always trust and using Paypal. Just a years lately I got complicated from paypal. I did provide all document they ask for disputed with so long time to handle the case. I believe they should know the patterns if the seller is receiving a lots of disputes and complain. They should know this company is scammer and protect the customers. I believe paypal is don't sent the money to the seller and don't want return the money to the buyer. They corruption the money. From now on I will not trust any paypal anymore. I will fight this money to dead and I will report in American Businesses Bureau and laws enforcement. This is not big money but how they corruption is so nasty. I bought smart watch headset and phone mobile and they sent me plastics clip. I Don't trust paypal anymore.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2019

    Honestly, I'm so sick of Paypal at this point. All I wanted was to withdraw some money for Christmas, but of course--it wouldn't work. So yeah, that's fine, having issues with withdrawing--what irks me is the help center. I went to seek help for this issue, as I needed the money, and I needed it fast. First, the bot. Fine. I message the bot, I patiently go through its stupid steps, and then what? Gives me some article that "could" help--which it didn't--and then it just asks if I have any more question, not "Hey! Let me know if that helped or not! If not, I will contact and ACTUAL BEING".

    SOO YEAH. Fine. Bot sucks, whatever. I decide to call then because at this point, it's obvious that I really need the money. I call in, and guess what? Just another automated bot bs. I ask for help with withdrawing, and all this automated bot does is bring me through the steps of withdrawing--AS IF I DON'T ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT PAYPAL!!! I don't know what ELSE to say. Paypal's experience had been so well previously, but this experience has driven me to believe that Paypal is officially--very, very poor in rating.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2019

    I transferred money via PayPal for some mobile tickets. I did not receive the tickets. PayPal will not allow for the dispute of the transaction. Scammers use PayPal effectively and PayPal allows it. I would like to see PayPal to do more for circumstances when fraud is committed using their service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2019

    PayPal is not nearly as secure as they would like you to believe. Because sites can have cookies, places can actually watch you type in your username and password, giving them access to whatever accounts you have linked to PayPal. This is what happened to me in December 2019. If my credit card hadn’t contacted me I would not have known anything was wrong. But hundreds of dollars were fraudulently charged and when I made a claim, PayPal simply denied them for the reason that they had already posted to my accounts. Luckily my credit card was able to cancel the charges where PayPal refused to act. Now I have had to get new credit card and checking account numbers. My strong recommendation is that you do not trust an organization that doesn’t want to honor their promise for security for such a reason as the money was already charged.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2019

    This company does not really protect their customers. I used paypal to purchase a wig from howigs.com. First of all when the company website went down in the middle of the transaction. It said it did not go through. Then I see the 357.00 come out of my account. Okay, I contact Paypal. They said it was an authorized transaction. Contacted the company. They kept offering me deals. I continuously said no. I requested a refund within the first 24hrs. They refused to give me my money. I filed through paypal. Okay so after almost two months the company sends me an offer and bu now I am tired of the back and forth.

    I accepted the offer of 250.00. And I get to keep.the wig which had not come in yet. Got the wig. It was matted, old, not human like they just thought in in the box. Called paypal. They said that because I accepted the offer, they can't reopen it. Well, I accepted it think I was still going to get a.quality item. PayPal and this company are in cahoots. They are scamming customers and dont care about quality. I will never order using paypal again and I will never use that company. Buyer beware!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    Paypal has below standard customer service and holds your money for ransom and will not let you have access to it until they decide to release it, on their time frames. One day they say it will be available in 24-72 calendar days and then two days later tell me it's working days. Worst company I have ever dealt with. Their customer service line just reads their responses from a script rather than actually have the ability to problem solve. When I try to talk with a supervisor, the phone is disconnected.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    Hi there friends, have a question. IF I order a car from X... and X elects to ship five tires with no car... and REFUSES to ship the car while charging the full price... and I produce, for PayPal, the written order reading car with tires... Should I be held responsible for the time effort and cash outlay to return those tires BEFORE a refund will be issued? PayPal thinks so... and demands this BEFORE issuing a refund. Caveat Emptor? DON'T TRUST PayPal? BOTH? I ordered a "saw" w/ extra blades... THEY SHIPPED blades.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    I purchased the advertised motorcycle helmet. I received a tin can push bike helmet from China. I filed a complaint. Paypal instructed me to return the item. They gave me an address written in Chinese characters, without translation. Australia Post would not accept the address. There was no way of contacting Paypal to get a proper address in English without providing a tracking code. Paypal cancelled my dispute because I did not provide a tracking code. There is no avenue for review. The vendor makes fraudulent claims worldwide, knows that the system is flawed, knows how to avoid the process, and Paypal support this fraudulent activity through complacency.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    I highly recommend not using PayPal after a terrible experience. I sent my sister money through her phone number to help her pay her rent and the money was sent to someone that was not herself. I contacted her by email and the money was not sent back. I filed a dispute through PayPal and it was rejected. I also filed a dispute through my bank and it was rejected, so now we are having to file fraud. This has been an extreme inconvenience and I have closed my PayPal account. I recommend Zelle as an alternative to PayPal because it is automatic and safe. Don't make PayPal payments using someone's phone number, only their actual email because this could happen to you.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    Paypal confused my account with my daughter's, and I have No idea how. They can't take my name off her account. They said they'd send an email, and she'd just have to send a copy of her ID. However when she got the email it said she also needed to send proof of her Name Change! SHE DIDN'T CHANGE HER NAME!!! She just wants my name off of her account! I'm so tired of dealing with people who don't understand ANYTHING! Ugh!

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    I paid off my entire Paypal CC balance on 11/23/19 and have not used their card since then. To my chagrin and bewilderment in reviewing my credit score, I found out that I have a balance with them - they proceeded to charge me for the interest that would have been due that billing cycle had it not been paid off! I tried calling, but just kept getting recordings. So, I just closed the card. Not worth the hassle. And their interest rate is shameless.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019

    I purchased an iPad using the Paypal and had to cancel the order because the pickup location was wrong. I was expecting the refund to be issued back to Paypal, but the store couldn't refund it back to Paypal so they issued the store gift card to me. And this morning I ordered the pizza from the Domino's. I was trying to use a gift card that I had and pay the difference using the paypal. After I applied the gift card and paid the difference with the Paypal, but Paypal paid out the full amount. Using Paypal, it's like opening a box of chocolate. Some stores know how to handle Paypal, but a lot of stores still don't handle the Paypal very well.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019

    I ordered an item from a Chinese seller's website. The item the seller sent me was not the item I ordered. I went to the seller's website and found it was no longer active. They were obviously running a scam. I contacted PayPal for a refund. PayPal wanted me to send the item I received back to the seller at my own cost. The cost would have been nearly what I paid for the item so I refused. PayPal denied my refund. Thank you for supporting scammers PayPal!!! Horrible service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019

    I log into my email to see a purchase from Subway. I think to myself, I haven't been to Subway in a couple years! I check into it, realize I've been charged $17 CAD. That was my red flag. Canada? I'm in USA. So I immediately dispute the transaction. I thought it would be an open and shut case, seeing as it's not my usual currency. They rejected it saying it wasn't unauthorized and I can't appeal it. Trying to go to my bank to see what they will do, since that $17 has now pushed my bank account -$35. I really hope they get their act together in the future.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I ordered 2 blankets from justblanket.com for a total of 119.00. They sent me blankets that had multiple words spelled wrong. I reached out to the company - no response. Then I reached out to PayPal. I have spoken to 8 different representatives 3 being managers and I am told something different every time I call. I am out the money. PayPal will not help me. I am so disappointed. I also offered to send PayPal multiple accounts from purchasers for this comps and they have no interest in reviewing. It’s a shame that the company knowingly sent me damaged goods and PayPal won’t help me or even stop it from happening to other people.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    The other reviews are correct...

    1. The customer service people on the phone are terribly difficult to understand.
    2. They routinely hold transactions for 24 hours, and if you stop a transaction that is about to be held, they just might punish you by holding the next one for 72 hours.
    3. How much money does PayPal make daily on the cumulative interest received on all of the transactions held? HINT: Keep an eye out for class-action litigation on this topic, on behalf of all similarly situated.
    4. The reviews about phone calls routinely taking over half an hour are correct.

    5. So are the reviews about the customer service people only having (and pretty obviously reading) generic responses.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    Do not use this service. They are crooks. They take your money and will not communicate. They make you go in circles around their website with no contact to someone to find out why they are holding your money. They show you how they don't care about you by making you wait on hold for more than an hour on the phone then the person answering can't speak English and won't help you. USE YOUR LOCAL BANK, THEY HAVE THIS SERVICE AND WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019

    A long term Paypal user as I once believed that as a buyer you are protected; not so, as I was fraudulently taken advantage of by a seller. I stated my case to Paypal who found in favor of the seller. Do not use Paypal as a financial mediator and do not trust them.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019

    I've used PayPal for many years, done millions in transactions on there; but their new no fee refund policy alone drops them from a 4 star to 1 star. Normally if I sell something using PayPal, either directly or through a service like eBay, I'm charged a 2.9-5% commission fee; but if the transaction is refunded they no longer refund the commission fees like they're supposed to, since no transaction ultimately occurred.

    I sell high dollar items with lower margins on eBay mainly, so if someone returns an item or cancels the purchase 10 minutes after making the payment....PayPal makes $30-120 out of my pocket. It's a lost cost that adds up fast, I've already lost about $500 in the last few months. They offer very little seller protection, so there really is no reason to stay with them; so I left.

    Variable non-refundable fees aren't something a legitimate business can afford, no company like Target would ever agree to it. They're just hoping that all the individual smaller sellers don't notice the new policy. On top of this I now have to wait about 45 minutes when I call customer service and they also allow scammers to issue bad refunds that bounce forever and do nothing about it. If you're trying to run a business, seek other payment processors. PayPal will cost you too much money and offer you very little to no help in return for your patronage.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2019

    Bought perfume advertised as a duplicate of a discontinued scent. Smelled AWFUL! After the company told me I was "out of luck", I turned to PayPal. They told me that because the item was "materially the same" as what I was promised, they were siding with the seller. Well, I wouldn't put baby oil in a salad just because it's "materially the same" as olive oil.

    Reading online now, MANY people are reporting the exact same description of their received scents, even though we all ordered different ones. According to the BBB, the company is going out of business on 12/20/19 due to all of the complaints. I'm guessing they're just sending out any old stock they have, because they know they'll have no consequences. You'd think all of this info would matter to PayPal who had denied my claim.

    When I pointed all of this out to a supervisor at PayPal, he told me I was free to hire an expert to evaluate the perfume and PayPal would take his findings into consideration to "possibly" look into the case further. Hire an expert? Where would I find a perfume expert? How much would that cost? Just give me my $82 back and call it a day! Horrible! Shame on you PayPal. I used your services simply for the benefit of having my back if any issues were to arise. Should have stuck with my credit card company. Sad.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2019

    Suck PayPal customer service have no manner to a customer like me. After I share my struggle to get what I deserve which is money after I sold and ship my stuff on eBay. The representative name is Chris. He is one of the supervisor able to make decision. His employee number is **. Shame on PayPal making him one of a supervisor. He doesn't do his job and he need to get fired because of. he dont have any respect to customer and since he's supervisor perhaps he think he's a PayPal owner. Just an alert to other user. If you called and they send you to supervisor by the name Chris ** ask to talk to someone else. He won't do his job right. Dont be a customer service if you dont know what is customer service meant. I will make sure others media know about you. You like to ruin other people life. Karma will goes around. Trust me.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019

    I applied for a line of credit after paying off my last line of credit in full and was denied additional credit. I received a letter from Paypal explaining why I was denied. I am very frustrated by the letter because everything is false and I feel paypal is discriminating against by using a automated loan system to deny my credit with false information. Below is a breakdown the reason for deny and why they are false.

    1) "Not enough time on file"

    I have had a line of credit with paypal for over 2 years now so it seems impossible that after years of additional time with paypal I would not have enough time on file. This is clearly a mistake as I was able to get multiple lines of credit with less time on file. And Im sure paypal has credit lines with people with much less time on file than me which seems like discrimination against by denying me credit for reasons they do not deny others.

    2) and 3) "decline in sales AND pattern of seasonal sales." This was very frustrating because when I spoke to paypal on the phone on 12/9/19 I was told that by sales reported by the system were $7500 for September, 3-3.5k for october and 4k for november. This information is false, I made $3000 at the most via paypal in September not 7500! Idk if paypals system made a mistake and combined august and September profits but my sales have been increasing over the last three months and the September profit claims are completely incorrect and the reason why I was denied a loan as it shows a big drop from 7500 to 3000 but in reality the sales are perfect at 3k then 3500k and then 4000 for november.

    After I tried explaining to customer service that time on file seemed like a incorrect or fake reason for denying me the credit since I was approved for prior with less time on file and that my sales for the year and for the last 3 months exceeded the requirements for the loan and been trending up, I was told by customer services that no one at paypal has any control over the loan process or outcome, it is all computer generated and paypal doesn't actually make the decision and there is nothing they can do about the decision.

    This is very alarming as it puts paypal in a position to promote the loans and get as many applications as much as possible without really being responsible for the outcome of the loan application or end result of someone seeing a advertise or email with requirements that they meet only to give out personal information and receive no loan, especially when the reason being that the company is using false information to deny a loan or line of credit. The requirements for paypal working capital are a false representation of the true loan requirements. It is very alarming when someone gives all their person info for a loan they should be able to get but then do not get that loan. It raises questions as to why was the information for that loan collected and what will it be used for.

    The website, advertisements and emails I have all encourage applying with very little requirements and no credit check. This results in a large volume of applications, information that the company can use to profit from 3rd parties that work with paypal. Requirements for business lines of credit need to be much more transparent forewarning of other factors that can easily lead to collected information with no loan offered. If there are other factors then paypal needs to state them clearly so people know what they will need to have for the loan. Otherwise it just looks like they are attempting to collect as much info on the American people as possible while giving loans out to very few who are well qualified.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    They did not allow changing the reason for the dispute in the account from Kazakhstan and closed the dispute in favor of the seller on eBay. There is no support. Stolen 31,000 tenge or $80.14. I do not recommend.

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    Customer ServicePriceReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    Purchase protection is a JOKE!!! I was asked to return a product back to China that was defective when I received it. They told me I had to send the product back with tracking to deliver. It was going to cost $40 and yes I did shop around for shipping and that was the lowest. The product cost $37.96. You do the math...who is going to do that?? Finally got ahold of customer service. They told me I had to mail it to get a refund. I asked for a manager. Said the manager would have to call me. Guess what, no call. Will be closing my Paypal account and will never recommend them!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    Stay away from PayPal. Stick with your credit card company who has your back. I will NEVER use PayPal again. This is my first ever complaint in any business. I purchased merchandise from a vendor who is located in China. Of course no mention on their site ChicMe.. stay away from Chic me. Took 2 months to get 4 of my 6 items. They lied to PayPal and said they sent my items when they didn’t. PayPal would not help me and wanted me to return items I did not receive to get my refund!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    My PayPal credit was charged by someone overseas and PayPal closed my account. I haven't used PayPal credit for years. After jumping through their hoops it was reinstated. A month later they closed my account again for a reason I'm not sure why. I canceled an automatic renewal for a security app and PayPal told me I would have to talk to my bank before they could reopen my account since I reported it to them. That is totally untrue. I have no idea how they came up with that. When you call them the wait is very long to talk to a real person and when you do you can't understand them. I've had it with them and will never use them again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    We recently purchased an item online and then lost all contact with the seller. We did some additional research and informed PayPal of the issue and filed a dispute to get our funds returned. PayPal sided with the SCAMMER even though they are aware of what's going on. Why? Because we authorized the transaction. Of course we authorized the transaction. That how you discover that you've been scammed. It the laziest excuse I can think of and I will never use PayPal again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    Purchased 3 sets of Dewalt tools weighing around 30 to 40 pounds and paid through PayPal and never received them. Paypal said I did receive them, so I went to my local post master and got her to run the tracking including the weight which showed 1 pound & 1 OZ and it cost the Seller $2.85 to ship it. That shipped to the correct zip code but not my address. I sent this to PayPal and they closed the dispute! They are not for the consumers and for the sellers which they get paid from! A class action lawsuit should be started!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    Bought a product online 50.00, product was not as advertised, went thru the resolution center to get a refund, they want me to ship it back to seller, cost to ship it back to seller 76.00, ridiculous, numerous time spent on this issue. Absolutely will never use PayPal again, they do not fight for you, they only fill their pockets by protecting scams and thieves.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    So bad service. I use this service to help my family in Ukraine. But last month they closed my account without giving any explanation. They tell me, if I open new account they close this same. I did not break any rules for all the time that I used their service. And I don't understand why they close my account.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    Tried to apply for credit product, denied / credit is good and a couple of survey sites Survey Junkie, branded surveys, Avondale research. Got scammed. Was lead on to do all these surveys then they tell me, "You're not verified." I completely did everything right. Scammed .$ 5.00/ 10.00/$11.00 and exploited social security # on PayPal.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    Made a purchase from Fbshocks. Money was taken from my account. A tracking number was given to me for the purchase. The tracking number showed no shipping record for 10 days. Fbshocks assured me that the merchandise was shipped. I checked tracking number for 10 days with numerous emails to fbshocks that were not responded to. Contacted PayPal. They refused to issue a refund from fbshocks and I was told that it would take 10 days for the seller to respond then an additional 5 to 7 business days for the money to be put back into my account. I spoke with five different people, in one phone call, asking for a refund to be initiated that day and was told the same thing... 15 to 17 days before it would reach my account. Paypal is not accredited and is not a wise means of paying or receiving money. Beware!!!

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    I have used Paypal faithfully for nearly 11 years now. When others abandoned the service for political reasons, I stayed with it. As an American living abroad without a US phone number, there were periodic challenges in the login verification process. However, Paypal found solutions for me. First, they sent me a key card to generate a temporary code. And when they discontinued that service, they allowed me to answer security questions. But now Paypal has suddenly decided to completely abandon its American users who are based abroad. There is no alternative to having a US phone number, which defies comprehension in the year 2019 when so many other financial services are able to securely conduct transactions across borders. I cannot help but feel shocked and deeply betrayed after having relied on their services for so long. Time to make the abandonment mutual.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    Bought an item online. Seller shipped something completely different than advertised. PAYPAL agreed with me but wanted me to pay return shipping. Return shipping was $60.00. PayPal said they would pay 30.00, but I would still be losing money because the seller was scamming me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    I placed an order with overseas vendor; vendor canceled part of order and kept my funds; filed dispute with PayPal; paypal denied my dispute; filed another dispute with paypal and provided all documentation to support my case; paypal denied a second time; filed complaint with CA State Atty General, paypal lied in response to complaint; outcome? Paypal allowed vendor to keep my money and vendor (in China) never sent my order. How is that possible? Even the BBB in San Diego tried to get my funds returned. Paypal refused to review my case and return my funds for items not received. Wow...Just wow.

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    Verified purchase

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I disputed charges for shipping services, that were not completed. PayPal decided how to proceed. They made my dispute for not as described, not for services not received, which was my complaint. They continued to ask for information that was unrelated to my purchase. I purchased a Shipping service not an item so there was never anything to return. Repeatedly they asked if I had contacted the merchant to arrange for return of merchandise that I never purchased. I sent them 10 copies of emails to this company, 3 photos of the damage to my property. 12 photos of the item as it appeared on eBay and three pictures of the item secured to a pallet for pickup. Three pictures of the item still on the delivery truck with multiple missing parts and damage beyond repair.

    They could not see that I was swindled by the merchant in spite of the visual proof I provided them. After finding against me, twice as there were obviously multiple people working on this. They said I could have copies of the material they used to judge my dispute. When I requested these materials. in a format that they specified and to an address they specified. Only to be told I could not have these items unless I have an attorney send them a subpoena. They said their hands were tied by Master Card policy. Then they refused to send me the master card policy. PayPal is judge, jury and executioner and the only option they give us is to get an attorney. They have lost my Trust. I'm seeking legal assistance from the federal Gov. and from MSNBC Judge Judy and anyone else that will listen.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    Bought an item online that turned out to be scam. Waited a month before contacting PayPal "resolution" center. They opened investigation. Upon contacting the "seller", the "seller" sent PayPal a tracking number that was generated the day PayPal contacted them (a month after the order date). The tracking number was somehow obtained from the USPS and used to verify shipping. The tracking number was for a 4oz piece of first class mail (insurance book) while my purchase would weigh over 100 pounds.

    Claim was denied due to seller providing a tracking number. I contacted Usps and was informed of the package weight and details from USPS via email. I then contacted Paypal and after two hours of "discussion" I sent them a copy of the the email from the USPS and they reopened the case. In less than two days it was again denied due to the tracking number being provided by the seller. I contacted Paypal again and expressed my disdain over what I see as a very lax investigation and the fact that they can be tricked so easily. I ask the USPS how this happened and received no reply. (For future reference) And filed a fraud report online. I will never use PayPal again. They have lost all confidence with me due to the fact they do not do due diligence when "investigating" and are so easily duped.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I ordered A Pulsar 2003 6.0 Power Stroke Turbo Rebuild Kit (car parts) and what I got was a keychain, literally a tiny Barbie doll size stock-pot spoon on a keychain. Someone said, "Oh you got it through PayPal. They are great at getting you your money back. Just contact them and open a claim." I disputed this with PayPal and at first they denied the claim stating I’d received my package. I responded to it by sending pictures of what I ordered and what I got. They reopened the case, investigated and returned with less than half of what I paid for. I didn’t even receive half the parts, so I declined.

    I wanted a full refund. PayPal said if I send the keychain back to China with tracking info, mind you this would cost over half of what I paid for the item, then I could get my full refund. What kind of bs is that. They don’t care that people are being completely ripped off and their resolution center doesn’t resolve much of anything. SUPER DISAPPOINTED in PayPal. Will not use this service again, and will tell as many people as possible of the terrible resolution service PayPal has if they were to ever have an issue so don’t even use it.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I have had a verified PayPal account for at least 10 years. Recently, I had two large transactions cancelled by Best Buy within one hour of my placing the online orders because they did not have the merchandise. PayPal debited the amounts from my account without issue. Upon the cancellations, PayPal represented on my statement that both amounts had been credited back. In fact, they had not been. I continued to use my account and only learned of the insufficient funds when my card came back declined by another merchant! When I contacted PayPal, they then told me it would take 3-5 business days to complete the refund and gave no other explanation. One representative even stated that it would take up to two weeks--all of this in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

    One final untruth that PayPal told me was that they had to wait for the bank to pay them before they could refund me, which was verified by the bank as untrue because the bank confirmed that PayPal had already debited the funds. Plus, the only time I was able to even speak to a manager is when I threatened that I would file a police report for fraud. It's enough that they were holding onto my funds that they had no legal right to--I never received any merchandise--but then they made open misrepresentations about it causing me to overdraft my account. An honest, professional practice would have been to just report the refund status as "pending" rather than "complete." Their practices are unprofessional, deceitful, and disgusting.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    So I had identity fraud committed on my PayPal account in the amount of $167.12 and Paypal even notified me that my account was accessed in Florida, I live in Arizona. I disputed the claim and it was immediately closed, within a day, as a false dispute because it was “similar to other charges.” I tried calling customer service and they told me there was nothing they could do and that was the “back office final review”. I asked to speak with a supervisor, waited on hold for over 2 hours and was “disconnected”. I will never use PayPal again!! Worst customer service ever!! Not to mention the first time I called the girl told me there was no case opened or closed and the second time the girl said it was opened and denied. Seriously, the worst!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2019

    A friend made a mistake (because the drop down is hidden) of sending payment as a regular merchant transaction versus a friend transaction. I was charged a large fee for this transaction. Within minutes we refunded this transaction realizing the mistake and the finding that only the .30 cent fee will be charged. The full 2.9% fee was not refunded back. I talked to a customer service rep and they ensured me it was.

    Another week went by and the fee was still not refunded back. I talked to them again and then they informed they changed policies a month ago and don't refund that now. I told them last person I talked to said the will refund it. I ended up talking to the supervisor and person told me no they can't refund this. Asked me who I talked to last time - which I know they keep detailed records - just was blowing smoke here. Person was rude. I am done with Paypal - this is shady practice and customer service is awful. Stay away from there is better services out there today.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2019

    Had to phone Paypal after twice receiving no help from the email customer service about the limitation they put on my account and I got nowhere at all with the phone representative, in fact she was rude, would not let me speak and talked about a totally irrelevant thing that had nothing to do with why my account was limited. In the end I can not fix the issue with my account, I can not even close the account so it's there forever and will not be able to be used. Poor form PayPal, if you employed people to listen to your customers instead of employees that dribble on with things they know nothing about you might go a long way to having a positive review from people like me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    Bought a dress from SeetheDress for $40. It was nothing like the picture; cheap and poorly made. Wanted to return it but couldn't get any response from the company. Filed a claim with Paypal; denied.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    After notifying our customers of a necessary price increase (from $10 to $15), I went to the recurring payments dashboard to update our auto renewals to $15 -- then received an error message that said I could only increase by 20%. PayPal should not be able to control what businesses do with their pricing. I called PayPal and was told that I would have to cancel HUNDREDS of subscribers and tell them to resubscribe in order to charge them the new pricing of $15. This is a horrible practice. I plan on changing payment processes immediately.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    Was trying to add a foreign bank account. The reply from customer service kept saying "you can do this in the add bank account screen", not true for the UK. Eventually someone said, "You can do this only over the phone". Turns out Paypal are restricting this so you cannot get past their horrible conversion fee. Avoid if you can.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    I am writing this to tell everyone that PayPal never take the ownership of any concern. They just do blaming on other merchant to keep himself safe. All support executives are behave like parrot who spoke just speech. Doesn't matter whether it is relevant to your concern or not. I made the payment of my Vodafone postpaid bill on 8th Oct. Because of some misunderstanding vodafone provided refund on 16th Oct and that refund amount got credited in my paypal account just after one month i.e. on 15th Nov from Niki side.

    Now as per paypal team the validity of that voucher has expired so now you can not use that money. Now none of them (Vodafone, Niki and Paypal) is giving solution to me because of which I lost my money without my fault. PayPal blaming Niki that refund came late from their side but I don't understand validity is given by paypal only then why they are not allowing me to use the refunded amount. They should have some policy for an exception case.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    This complaint is against PayPal.com. On November 6th of 2019, I bought a bunk bed from Sale Club LLC online. It was $164. I don't usually buy online unless they have the option to pay with PayPal. I always felt safe with knowing that PayPal had the buyer protection policy. A week or so went by, past the delivery date, and my son had still not received the bed. I checked PayPal to view the invoice. It looked correct with my son's shipping address on it. I then went to the UPS site and ran the tracking number. Shockingly, I saw that the status of my shipment was "delivered" at "the dock", and signed for by "Hoopman"! I don't know who this Hoopman is, and why was it delivered at a dock? It sounded commercial to me. Not a residence at all.

    I immediately called UPS and gave them the tracking number. They looked it up, then told me it was delivered. I told them that I hadn't received it. They then tried to tell me that the tracking number I gave them doesn't belong to me. That's when I asked to speak to a manager. The manager told me that the package had a different address on it than my son's and that's where it was delivered. Though I asked multiple times, UPS would not tell me the address, because of their "privacy policies". I was outraged! All I knew was that it went to somewhere in Grand Rapids, MN, it was delivered to "the dock" and signed for by "Hoopman",

    There was nothing more UPS could do for me, so I called PayPal. I thought they would help me for sure! To my dismay, they did nothing but argue with me. She wanted me to get a signed document by UPS stating that the shipment went to another address. I told them that I had a hard enough time talking to them and that they wouldn't give me the shipping address because of their privacy policy, but PayPal still insisted I get this document. I again called UPS, and again they told me they would not help me. I went back and forth from PayPal to UPS trying to get someone to help me. At one point I talked to a nice lady at PayPal who said she will refund the money back to my card, because if haven't gotten it, because it went to the wrong address, that wasn't right.

    Later that night, I looked at my email to see that PayPal overrode her decision, and would not reimburse me. I was not getting anywhere. PayPal then asked for me to start a lost package claim with UPS. That's what I did. The next day, I received an email from UPS. It was about my claim. It actually said where the package was shipped to! It stated that it was shipped to L&M Supply in Grand Rapids. I thought, "Now I have proof for PayPal!" I immediately sent them that proof. I received an email back from them saying that I still must provide that document by UPS, even though what I sent them was undeniable proof of the shipment going to L&M Supply. Not my son. As of today, PayPal refuses to reimburse me under their buyer protection plan. I want the money I am owed under the buyer protection plan from PayPal!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    I was having issues verifying my PayPal account to my eBay. So after waiting 35 minutes I got on a call, she couldn't help me then asked for my bank card numbers to verify the account. Then proceeds to tell me repeatedly that my checking account is not a checking account and to contact my bank. As I'm explaining to her that I have multiple accounts and I'm looking on my TD app and it says the card number she just read out is a checking account... She hangs up, 50 minutes wasted. Thanks PayPal!

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019

    PayPal are nothing but thieves. I was double-checked at a local grocery store. I had my paypal card linked to my bank. My online bank was having blackout issues, and denied my card, so I tried my paypal debit card in Hopes of paying for groceries. It was denied also. After I left the store, paypal approved a second unauthorized transaction, and put my account $60 in the negative. When I contacted them they said I was wrong and I owe them $60 to settle my account. I refused to pay it because they didn't even investigate my claim. Now 5 months later, since I'm unable to work due to a recent cancer diagnosis, someone sends me $100 to paypal and I get $40 to feed my 2 small children with. PayPal is disgusting.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019

    This has happened to me three times with PayPal. After this last incident I will describe, I decided to criticize them wherever I can. I just purchased via paypal a Christmas gift for a relative. The price was enticing to the point that should have warned me. I spent about 60.00 USD. When I completed the transaction I got a page that only gave me an order number and nothing else. I felt this was suspicious and looked on the site for customer contact info, they had none! I then googled the website and found numerous comments about the website being rip off and not shipping any products. Further, I found the company is in China, but an email addy listed with paypal is a Russian email addy. Also, the payor name on eBay was not the website, company or email name, all were totally different.

    I immediately filed a complaint with paypal citing all this info and the website's consistent history of defrauding customers. Three days later, paypal denied my request saying I did not give them enough information, when, in fact, I gave enough evidence and facts that a braindead moron could clearly see that this operation was a fraud. Once again paypal sides with the business account and screws the individual user. I am sure they would rather lose one individual user than a business user and it's all come down to profit. I will never use paypal again, this being the third time they have screwed me. I will use my credit card and they will normally reverse the charges on scammers like this. Paypal does not care as long as they rake in the dough. My advice is we individuals should abandon paypal and show them that they can't survive without us. By doing nothing to stop this type of fraud, paypal is an accomplice to their crimes.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019

    Paypal is the worst! They do not deserve one star. The site goes in to a continuous loop when trying to add a bank for example, yet never states what the issue is. When you call customer service it is usually a 30 min plus wait, or you do a callback which can take an hour! Customer service is not helpful!! They read from a script and English is not their first language. Worst experience I have had with a company!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019

    I have one claim against me in 20 years. I won the case. Then they banned me for life, unlawfully for no reason. Utter disgraceful and so disconnected, I cannot fathom how this company runs. There are so many disjointed departments that do not communicate with each other. I would never use this service again. Blockchain and Fintech companies will crush this entity, in the near future.

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    Abderr increased rating by 4 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with PayPal, Abderr increased their star rating on June 8, 2020.

    Updated review: June 8, 2020

    Explained to the reason for the problem and resolved the issue.

    Original Review: Dec. 6, 2019

    I logged into PayPal to resolve a problem with a merchant for lying to me that they could not logon to PayPal and issue me a refund. PayPal claims they will resolve issues between seller and buyer but sure enough, no answers were found in their resolution center other than one question: how did you pay for it: cash, check, etc, you click on it and you are taken back to the same question again and again -- like a loop that never take you anywhere.

    Their people handle millions of dollars of customers' money but have no standards. They really are crooks. Even when you succeed to file anything, when you submit it, it will answer you: try that again... I tried it three time and the same scenario. Telling me that these crooks wanted to resolve your issue. I think a person is better of dealing with a credit card company then allowing these dishonest people handle your money.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    You would think that with all of the ways to transfer money, PayPal would take greater care in taking care of their customers! I was due money back from an associate, so she sent it via PayPal. They subsequently charged Me a fee, due to her not sending the money correctly! I called her to advise that the amount that I received from her was short. I sent her the money back that she’d sent me.

    On this Monday, she called PayPal to ask for a courtesy fee reimbursement, with me on the line, and the rep ask me a few questions, then proceeded to advise me that I would receive a 1 time fee reimbursement. After not having seen that reimbursement this whole week, I called a PayPal to see what the hold up was. I was advised by a girl from a foreign country, that there was no record of the call that had”taken place” on Monday!!!! I advised her that I was aware that calls are recorded and that my conversation should be listened too! She said that the original rep would call me to try to resolve, but this didn’t sit well with me, and I asked for a supervisor!

    After waiting for an inordinate amount of time, I spoke with a dismissive rep who pissed me off to no end, by offering me half of what was promised by the rep on Monday! I told her that, that was a slap in my face and that I wanted to speak to a supervisor! She said, "We don’t have to give you anything.....get it from the person who sent you the money!" I told her that because I know that they offer courtesy fee reimbursements, and I was told that I would receive one, that was my expectation! I tried to go over my head, and she refused to allow me to speak to a Sr manager, citing that they were busy helping other callers! It’s treatment like this that ultimately causes customers, to look for other alternatives! This behavior, these practices and your dismissive attitudes towards your customers (those who pay your bills) is what hurts your bottom line! I will not rest until this is resolved!

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    I bought items online and paid via PayPal thinking it was safe. Boy I could not be more wrong. The seller shipped to a different address somewhere across town. I sent this information repeatedly to paypal claims area but since the zip code matches they close my case over and over again. Apparently 20 miles away is close enough for paypal to consider the item as delivered to me. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    I have ask for my account to be credited back for 103.76. I have sent all documents available. I have to continue to wait. I should I have already had that in my account. It’s **. How do you question my money and account. Yes I heard your jargon but I absolutely loved! when the rep told me he couldn’t do anything. Paypal you truly suck.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    I’ve made many payments they PayPal and they arrived in 24 hours max. 11/30 I sent my daughter 50. Now I’m told it won’t clear they to her account before 12/9. Vague answers referring to the federal government are the only answers I get. Never again!!!! From now on I’ll use FB money or a wire transfer.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    I have never had such terrible customer service until now! After receiving payment from a buyer, I proceeded to do the instant withdrawal method which I had done a few times before without issue. This time, it asked for a phone code. My phone carrier, SaskTel, said they received multiple complaints from their customers that they can't receive PayPal text messages and that the Crown Corporation has been unable to resolve this issue with PayPal. The PayPal system locked out any attempts to withdraw the money and I called their customer service. They said I need to wait 24-48 hours to try again and that they couldn't override it.

    I waited and nothing worked. So, I called again and they said I needed to wait a week, because my account is now even more locked out and I quote, "under investigation"!!!! I'm appalled by their crooked business and I will NOT be doing business through PayPal again after this horrendous experience! I highly recommend avoiding PayPal, they're nothing but thieves who will do anything to take your money away!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    I had a client use PayPal to pay me and wanted this money sent from PayPal to me by check. My online account kept saying there was a problem, so after trying the frustrating online messaging process where I could never talk with a human, I called. It took about 20 minutes with an agent who finally said "we can send you your money, it will take 3 weeks and we are going to close your account." The reason? I don't want to link my bank account to them. I asked for a supervisor which was a 30 minute wait. PayPal has my money, they made me go through over an hour on the phone, and are closing my account I have had PayPal over 15 years, plus have a PayPal credit card. When people call PayPal thieves, I cannot disagree. Why would anyone do business with PayPal?

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    On Black Friday night I had a charge come through on my credit card through PayPal in a entire different language at 3am my time. Someone has used my card to purchase something in Russian or another language. I disputed the charge with PayPal and they were super helpful at first. I woke up a few days later that they have denied my dispute because it has a tracking number... Whether or not it has a tracking number this was not authorized by me. I was told by PayPal that they will not approve my claim because of the tracking number that they couldn’t help me and maybe I could give the item as a Christmas gift... What!! I have now disputed the charge on my credit card.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    My customer sent 1,400 for materials on a job scheduled for 2 days later. They tried taking 40.90 and holding the whole amount while saying they could for up to 21 days. I don’t recommend using these crooks.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    Please do not use PayPal, they are crooks and should not be trusted. They will do everything in their power to exploit you for as much money as possible. Please also be aware PayPal owns: Braintree, Venmo, Paydiant, Xoom, Modest, TIO Networks, iZettle and Hyperwallet. They overcharged me so no big deal, call the seller they agree give me a receipt and a email stating correct charges, the seller did not receive any extra money. I have appealed the extra charges twice and been denied, even though the seller themselves agrees and sent proof they still deny me. I have filed with the BBB and my CC company. Please don't be me and lose money to these crooks!

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    There was very little if any forewarnings that my money would be HELD without explanation for up to 21 days!!! This is unacceptable and now I am at your mercy waiting. I have done the work for my client and now won’t be paid for 21 business days or some outrageous amount of time! I could have used a number of other options, even a check in the mail is faster! What a setback your company has caused me financially. Not everyone is made of money and can just wait 21 days!

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    I have purchased a t-shirt using PayPal cash, but the shirt didn't fit properly, so I returned it. The cash got returned to PayPal, but Paypal is refusing to let me use this money because it was returned after the expiry date. I had returned the t-shirt as soon as I got it, but the return was credited after the expiry date. How am I supposed to use it before it got returned to my account? The vendor stated that the full amount would be refunded. It was not mentioned on vendor t&c on Paypal site or vendor site, that I would not get my money back. At least 1 week grace period should be given to customer to use that amount, if not full amount. This is like duping customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    Paypal charged me for receiving a refund when everything is documented as a refund. Their listed number for the country I live in is out of service. I gave up and filed a complaint against them. I'm deleting my account.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019

    PayPal does not protect the consumer. I had a very bad experience with a seller which I paid using PayPal. I filed a claim with PayPal because it was taking forever to ship what I ordered. PayPal closed the case before I received the items and when I finally received them the order was incomplete. The seller only shipped 2 instead of 10. Now PayPal does not want to do anything about it. Poor service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019

    Purchased tv stand from Mongotees located overseas, probably China. It came damaged. I sent pictures to Paypal, but they told me I have "return it to China" to get my refund. How does one return a large piece of furniture to China and bear the cost of it?? This is ridiculous. I received damaged merchandise and must "PAY" to ship it back to China in order to get a refund. The return shipping would have cost more than the item. Paypal "BUyer Protection" is not a real thing. They don't help at all. And the customer service is awful. Never using paypal again! Beware!

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019

    I paid for an Ebay item that I never received. I paid for the item using Paypal. I never got the item and asked eBay for a refund. Ebay honored my request but Paypal did NOT give me a full refund. My refund amount was less than the original transaction amount. I asked Paypal to correct the error. They refused. They said that since the seller took payment in Canadian money and the Exchange rate was different at the time of the refund, I could not get a full refund. I explained that it was the seller's fault that I needed a refund since they never mailed my purchase and the seller should pay the difference for his neglect, not I. Paypal could care less and refuses to give a full refund. I do not recommend Paypal.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019

    I sent money to a friend in February 2019. Then I sent money again on November 25 via PayPal for another transaction same exact way I sent the first transaction. The first time I sent the money I added the person in my file. When I went to send money again to that same person PayPal charged him 2.9% for the transaction which is fine, then they also charged him 1.5% for the business fee. I called them and spoke to two supervisors over one hour each to resolve this matter and was basically shooed away. The first person said he would ask for the refund. I didn’t get the refund so I called again today and was told the refund was refused. Then I was told it was up to the other person to dispute the extra charges and not me! So I asked this supervisor to contact him via phone or email, he refused.

    I asked him pass me over to another person higher up and he then said he would place me on hold and pass 'em over to another person. Instead of putting me on hold he purposely hung up the phone as he didn’t want to deal with the issue. PayPal are dishonest and quite disgusting. They are good to take your money but when they make mistakes they don’t step up to the plate and resolve the issues in a decent manner. I will never use PayPal again!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019

    I have now spent almost 3 hours and 9 phone calls to Paypal about a problem they are admittedly experiencing not to mention I am "out" $160.00. Synopsis: 1. I send payment to 'friend'. 2. I wait and wait to either get an email confirmation or to see Paypal's Activity Summary update; so as to reflect this payment. 3. An hour goes by: neither email nor Paypal Activity summary reflect this payment. 4. Naturally I think it must be operator error meaning I didn't press the second-tier confirmation for payment to send (Paypal has kind of a "double confirmation" before $$ are sent). 5. I re-send payment. 6. Two confirmation emails arrive (unique trans #s) hence I have now made the payment twice. By the way, Paypal activity summary still does not reflect either of the payments.

    7. I try to contact Paypal customer service. After 9 calls... 8 were call backs due to paypal disconnecting while I was on hold and one call back from a supervisor and almost 3 hours; the best paypal can do is admit they have a problem they are working on it. 9. One supervisor says the duplicate transaction can be cancelled immediately and went to transfer me to the correct department, except call got terminated while I was on hold. 10. Next supervisor says that first supervisor is wrong and that this duplicate transaction cannot be immediately cancelled. 11. Both Supervisors admit paypal is having issues with their notifications. 12. Paypal will not credit me the cost of the duplicate transaction instead they want me to do the leg work (i.e. contact recipient) for a problem that they have self-admittedly caused.

    13. I told them, that had their system been working, I'd have not sent the payment a second time. They admit that the fault is theirs and theirs alone. Yet will not work to fix the problem instead they throw the work back to me. 14. What if this 2nd (unnecessary) payment causes my rent check to bounce, I said to them. They simply said "sorry" and that they will get back in touch at a later date. 15. No way to contact the last supervisor I was speaking with ether, to follow up they will call me. Only supplied with a general email address. The 8 call disconnects just add insult to injury. Google: Paypal disconnects calls on hold. You will witness a long, long list of complaints about this on numerous sites.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019

    I purchased 2 jerseys from FOR FAN STORE. I was pleased to see Paypal for the payment since I could not find any reviews of the company. But paypal guarantees the merchants.... or so I thought. I got the 2 jerseys in 3x but they were Vietnam 3x which is really a large. So they did not fit at all. I emailed the company to no avail. So I immediately contacted paypal. The paypal support could not understand me and the report was denied after a week. PayPal told me to pay to return the items to Vietnam and I may be reimbursed for about half of the purchase minus the $48 cost to send back. I was very surprised to find paypal did not help at all and backed a merchant that used bad size charts. Be aware. I no longer use paypal since the guarantee is worth nothing. Don't use paypal if the company is not within your country. FOR FAN stores claims to be an American company but is in Vietnam.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019

    Untrustworthy. Horrible company to deal with. Was on the phone with them for hours and just got the runaround. I sure do Wish I had known this before using them. I lost my money using them and they did nothing to help get my money bacK. Don’t use them!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019

    Paypal refuses to help their users and will repeatedly send you copy and paste responses when you email them that have nothing to do with your question and if you ask to speak to a supervisor they will send you an email back saying that paypal employees will not endure harassment and they will ignore you... It’s absolutely horrifying that such an accredited company has such horrible service!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    I am trying to pay my negative PayPal balance, buy having problems. I called customer service many times, they could not fix it. Every time they transfer me to somewhere else. The LAst lady, I talked hanged up phone on me. The negative balance is still on my account, and I am tired of trying. I wasted a lot of time on this.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    Buying something and using PayPal can be OK. But when you let them know a SELLER never gave you the buy you want your money back. It has been 4 weeks. I have NOT seen my refund. NO communication from seller or PayPal. I have ask both to let me know what is going on. NOTHING.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    This is the second time I've had problems with PayPal and how the handle purchases. In this case I was reporting a scam seller AnnieCloth of which took my money through PayPal and turned out to be a scam. PayPal elected to do nothing. I did not receive 2 items out of 3 and the 3rd was not even close to what I ordered. But if you have a problem with PayPal they make it so difficult to get into touch with them you cannot do anything about it. They do not protect you from fraud. They are becoming part of the fraud...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    Sold a product on eBay, used Paypal as payment method, buyer requested package to be sent to different address as a gift and not to include packing info in the box, buyer then decides they no longer want the product, package had books and returned 2 weeks later damaged in broken box had books that warped due to weather. Buyer requested refund for shipping which was done then files claim with paypal. Paypal does not review evidence attached to claim and decides in buyer's favor not caring for shipping that was refunded and on top of that shipping charges I'm left with for returned and damaged product packaging. Will no longer be using paypal...terrible service and response and not willing to work to help at least dispute some of the costs..buyer's mistake and costs seller. :(

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2019

    I got approved for my PayPal Master credit card August 14, and here it is November 26. I am having to call to check on this. I am attempting to refinance my home and cannot provide an explanation for this inquiry because this sorry company never sent out the card. I called in September and October to figure this out and I was told this had been escalated; now this stupid card is on my credit report and not even in my wallet. I am so disappointed in the company. I am going to tell everyone on all my platforms and following to not invest in another company and not this trash!!!! Customer Service agents hung up on me twice and this one Indian Lady "Sandra **" who is fictitious I'm sure acted as if it is all my fault!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2019

    I expected PayPal to honor buyer protection. I would only purchase items if paypal was a source of payment thinking they would only work with reputable companies. When I purchased a pair of shoes that had the words ARCH SUPPORT in the title of the shoe and got a pair that had absolutely no support at all I believed Paypal would honor buyer protection. HOW DISAPPOINTING! They refused to honor their protection saying I had buyers remorse. I appealed twice to them with pictures. I have lost my expectation of Paypal in protecting their customers!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2019

    PayPal allows China drop shipping scams! I was scammed by a China drop shipper. Didn’t say that on website. I canceled my order provided evidence. PayPal reps refuse to look an MY EVIDENCE just took merchant's evidence and denied my claim. I had it reopened several times and every time they refused to look at evidence and continued to deny. I asked for a manager several times and they refused to escalate or give me a manager. I will be reporting to BBB and calling their corporate office.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2019

    Sold my first item on eBay. The money I received from my sale went into my PayPal account and eBay out a 1 ddy holding funds well, then PayPal put a hold on my account "limitation" as if the eBay hold for 21 days was not enough? PayPal does this and they make it so you can never end up getting your money. They end up keeping it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2019

    PayPal pays out immediately without any hope of recovering your money even if you are scammed. I tried to cancel only moments after realizing I was scammed and they refused to do anything and completed the transaction.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2019

    I received money from customer for service. They held my money for 21 days. I can't see the money no more in my account. I haven't received the money. The sender didn't cancel the payment so where my money go? I have been contacting them for the past 3 weeks and they are no help. Don't be my in my shoe. Don't use PayPal. They are holding money interest-free.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2019

    I received a Bluetooth receiver from China. It cost 4 dollars and had to pay 16 in shipping. The item I received wasn’t even close to the item ordered so I filed a dispute with PayPal. They sent an email days later stating I had won dispute. All I had to do was pay for shipping and return item to China by Dec 2. Today was Nov 23. So to get a refund I would have to shell out more money in hopes of getting back my measly 19. So much for PayPal’s guarantee of satisfaction. Oh but don’t forget... I won the dispute (bah)!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2019

    Received wrong items from shop that was in China! Didn’t mention it online when purchasing but had to go through PayPal... After speaking with paypal, I did all the requirements to include returning wrong items back to China and gave them tracking number and they declined my refund!!! If website only lets you use paypal, NEVER purchase items through them!!! They’re only concerned about merchants and NOT BUYER!! Very poor service and no recourse after paypal closes it!!!!

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    StaffReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2019

    PayPal can't longer be trusted, stay away! Unable to resolve my login issues for over 3 months and representatives are heard laughing in the background. In addition, PayPal limits the option when trying to appeal a claim.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2019

    I had used PayPal for eBay purchases without a problem. So when I ordered something from a website I hadn’t used before I used them for added security. BIG MISTAKE! I received the item but it looked nothing like the website picture. Also, the clothing item did not fit. I contacted PayPal and followed their instructions. Only after PayPal was contacted was I able to get through to the company. The company finally gave me an address in the US to return the item; PayPal insisted I return the item to China — at considerable expense. I did that. PayPal subsequently denied my claim. So not only am I out the purchase price but also $35 to mail it back to China. Beware!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    I tried to call them twice to help access my account but the guy just kept saying he understands and can't do anything to help me. It's not my fault that PayPal is not sending me messages so I can access my account. I told him I didn't have access to the card linked to my account but I provided him with the last 4 digits and everything else on the account but he said I would have to wait 48 hours to access MY account. The second option was just shutting down my account which would be no help at all since I need to buy something immediately. It is so unbelievable that they don't take responsibility for anything, I even told him other people were having the same issue as me but he just kept saying my name and "I understand". Like what is you understanding my concern and not helping me going to do for me?? Like just ** fix!!!! This has been an issue for me for about 3 months now!!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    I purchased a piano through PayPal. When it arrived it did not work. I spoke to your customer service. They said I did not have to provide tracking details. Because the item I purchased was from China, and the shipping to return it was more than I paid for the item. When I made the purchase it looked like they were located in the United States. When I went to send it back It turned out they wanted it shipped back to China. So PayPal Instead they asked for a letter from a professional stating that it did not work. So I went through the trouble of bringing it in to a music shop to have it looked at. They gave me a statement saying it did not work. I submitted it to PayPal and they still denied my case. I lost all my money.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    I purchased an Apache 64 r/c helicopter off a Facebook seller for $48.56 from China. What they sent was a cheap skeleton helicopter. I immediately tried emailing them. One email was sent back saying it didn’t exist so opened up resolution with PayPal. After about one week heard nothing so escalated it for a total refund, PayPal came back saying seller would offer a refund of about $22. I refused telling them it was no good. It wasn’t what I’d ordered. PayPal came back. Said they will refund but only if I sent the helicopter back they’d sent at my cost. There was no response button to allow myself to contact PayPal so I had to post this thing which has cost myself £15. I looked up the cost of these cheap skeleton helicopters which were on eBay for £8.99 post free from Uk seller. I’m totally disillusioned with PayPal and am considering cancelling my PayPal account which I have had for over 15 yrs.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    Have had my account for over 5 years no problems then it won't let me log in. Says call support. So I do and they have me reset my password 5 times locking me out even more. So finally talked to supervisor and she tells me I have to fax or mail in all my info to get my money off account even though I have given them all my info and the problem started on their end so now I get no response from PayPal but emails saying I have a message which I cannot get because I cannot log in. I get no reply to calls or emails.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    I've been using PayPal for 10 years. No issues. Today I received $10 from my girlfriend who has a paypal account (she uses paypal as her bank account and was sending me money to go get some food). About ten minutes later I got an email saying my account has been permanently limited for no reason. Her account was also permanently limited as well. HER WHOLE PAYCHECK JUST GOT PUT INTO HER ACCOUNT AND NOW WE CANT PAY BILLS! I don't know what happened.

    I called and the girl was very rude then put me on hold for an hour to then hang up out of nowhere. I called back and they basically told me to contact their lawyers if I wanted to know why. She implied that I was doing something illegal. ME BUYING FOOD IS ILLEGAL? She said if I have a problem then to contact my local law enforcement. Like wtf? Watch out. Mcdonalds is illegal guys. The girl was so rude to me and then hung up on me.

    I don't understand what we did wrong. Their holding both of our funds for 180 days so now we can't pay bills with our money or anything. Really I just want our money back. I've bought and sold paypal for years and then all of a sudden we lose everything and basically told to go ** ourselves for no reason. Paypal should be illegal if this is how they ** people over. I give up. I've lost everything and implied I was a criminal for no reason. Whatever.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    The online portal for PayPal would not transfer my money to my bank account and or any of my credit cards. After spending three hours on the phone with my bank and PayPal there were still no answers from PayPal. Customer service hung up on me three out of the nine calls. And after a three-way call they still continued to say they had no idea where my money was. Or why it would not transfer to the bank. They kept blaming my bank and my bank was saying they Never received the transfer. So even after all this time my Money is still missing and PayPal.

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