PayPal problems

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Hello,

PayPal have frozen my account for no understandable reason, so I can’t withdraw money… I wondered whether anyone else has had PayPal problems and if there’s another way of being paid - ie using my bank acount and not PayPal. For now I’ve put my shop on holiday mode and put up an announcement.

I might have to move everything to Etsy as you don’t need PayPal for that.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Alexi

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Just checked my account and don’t appear to have any problems. I have always found them helpful if there were issues. Try talking to them, much more effective than trying to email IMO.

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I’ve googled the problem and many people have had the same problem. I imagine phoning might be exasperating even if one is able to get to speak to anyone - interesting that you’ve found them helpful. I’ve just emailed so I’ll wait and see…then I’ll try phoning and hope it can get sorted.

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Depending on your account PayPal limit the amount you can receive in payments/transactions. You can check what the limit is in your profile. Is it possible it is this? Maybe you’ve had a lot of sales.

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https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/How-can-I-lift-my-Withdrawal-Limit-FAQ558

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If your account is unverified and you receive large sums they freeze it while they verify that it is not a money laundering thing , some law they have to comply with. I had this a few years back, but am sure that they told me what was going on. It didn’t stop money coming in.

But I think maybe there is a problem at the mo too, as one day last week I could only withdraw a minimum of £90 - next day it was back to normal.

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Thanks for the links Angela. I had filled out the check proceedure some weeks ago. I found out today when I phoned that the passport photo I sent was out of date and I didn’t know this. Now I’ve sent a new one hopefully everything will soon work. Fingers crossed!

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Thanks for the comment Deborah. I phoned PayPal today and found out why my limitations weren’t lifted ages ago. Now I’ve redone the checks required and hope that things will return to normal. Fingers crossed! :slight_smile:

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Sounds like a bit of a nightmare. Must have been a horrible feeling when the account was frozen and you had no idea why. No idea you had to submit photos. Hope it’s sorted soon :slight_smile: Sounds quite stressful.

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Sounds like you have it sorted.

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It was stressful not knowing the problem which Paypal could have told me about. But they were very helpful when I phoned. All sorted now thank goodness! :slight_smile:

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Thanks Sally, all sorted now :slight_smile: Paypal were very helpful when I phoned but I wish they’d told me the problem earlier - would have saved a bit of stress :slight_smile:

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