aende Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 A bass on ebay. However, my paypal payment has gone into pending and is unclaimed at the other end...... The seller is saying that it says 'pending' at their end too. I have just paid for a load of stuff and used paypal today for other items, so, I don't think that the issue is related to my account. Anyone had these issues before? Does the seller need to verify their account or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 if there's a load of unusual activity on your account maybe they're going to email/text you to check you're not being scammed/hacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Most likely explanation is a spelling mistake in their PayPal address when they listed it. Call PayPal to check though - you can find an 0800 number if you look on the net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzodog Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I've had a similar problem last week. I sold some music software on ebay and the winning bidder paid me straight away. Paypal put the money in a pending file and would not release it until the winning bidder had received the items and scored me 100% feedback. When I asked paypal why they did this they said it was either because I did not have 100% feedback or I was selling into a market that had a lot of deliveries not arrive. I have always had 100% feedback so it must be the latter which may be why you have had problems. Either way its just obvious that itsa way of paypal getting interest on your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Give them a ring, they can tell you. I had someone on here once mistype my email address which confused paypal. EBay / Paypal also put limits on newer accounts spending levels. If you call them up I'm sure it'll be resolved. It's most likely something simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aende Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 I have an old account and the account seems to work okay - I think it is a problem with the sellers account, maybe a receive limit or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Paypal's phone system is an Esheresque, labyrinthine nightmare, but, once you do get through to someone they are very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I sold a bass the other week and had to wait till the buyer had left feedback until it was taken out of 'pending' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushers Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) they do hold the first few payments as pending for new users, is the seller a new user? Edited June 5, 2013 by mushers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1370447472' post='2101041'] Paypal's phone system is an Esheresque, labyrinthine nightmare, but, once you do get through to someone they are very helpful [/quote] ...unless you want to complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubassman Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I had this happen a while back. I hadn't used my account in a good long while and it said pending just waiting to check that it was all legit. It cleared in a couple of days without me doing anything. Don't know if this sound similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aende Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Looks like the sellar has not confirmed or changed mail address; I phoned google as advised on this thread - piece of cake, easy to get through to some one and sort out. Sellar has been advised and I am now awaiting his action so that I can pay him! IN other news, my Ashdown Little Giant blew up last night........anyone know a good tech in West London? :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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