My PayPal account was recently suspended because the company is ridicolous. I haven’t been able to use it for a few months, because I can’t appeal the suspension. Don’t ask why, because I don’t know why it was suspended in the first place. But I can’t uplift it.

Now, eBay is saying I need to pay an .89 invoice fee. I tried to pay it, but I can’t because my PayPal account is suspended.

What am I supposed to do?? They said if I wait too much longer I could face late fees.

I am a full-time medical student. I sell a lot of stuff on eBay and have gone thru many headaches with them. Unfair suspensions for random computer-automated stuff…limits..etc. It was frustrating and I could never seem to get anyone who was willing to help me understand what was going on.

Recently, I bought a lot and sold as well. Naturally..it’s the holidays. BAM..Paypal LOCKS my account. I only had about in there, so I wasn’t too worried. Yes, it DID mess up my business and has driven me into a whirlwind of depression…it’s a long story..but I just cannot believe that these companies are allowed to get away with what they do. So needless to say, I had enough. I said..I am no longer going to be a victim to eBay and Paypal. HOWEVER, in all fairness, I transferred a big lump sum of money into Paypal to make sure that my eBay seller fees were paid off. I have an automated monthly payment.

Although Paypal will not allow me to disconnect my bank account or ANYTHING from their account, I still wanted to follow the rules and pay eBay…although I despise them with a passion (I guess I "never had any issues" until it was ME that it happened to). Needless to say, eBay cannot process it since "Paypal" has placed limits, and they now want me to go OUTSIDE of eBay to pay with my credit card, etc. This is INSANE, as Paypal is THEIR company. I now have over ,000 in Paypal that I cannot get back. I was doing the right thing by placing it in there, so that my balance would be high enough for eBay to take their fees. I cannot get ANYTHING back from Paypal…and eBay wants me to pay a HUGE seller invoice "another way".

I simply do not have this money and these two companies are causing me so much stress that I am physically ill and nearly passing out at times. I want to do the right thing, and I have made a very clear effort, but I do not want to pay eBay ,000 because they cannot process the payment thru Paypal. That was the agreement. I pay on time every month, and signed up for the automated payment so they would always have their fees..and now this?

I wanted to ask..what happens if you do not pay your eBay fees? Again, it’s not because I don’t want to..it’s because Paypal now has ,000 and has frozen my account for 6 months (due to the holiday spike..and they said it was "suspicious" since I was buying and selling now….they asked for my social..I gave it to them..they performed a credit check..and said they were closing my account..I’m young so my credit isn’t really that great..) I have heard stories that Paypal never even gives this money back after 6 months..they find a way to fine you and say they are keeping it for fees, etc…all while they build interest off your money.

It’s bad enough that I’m at loss..and there is nothing I can do to stop these tyrants..but I simply cannot afford to lose another ,000 and I am thinking about telling eBay they need to take their payment from Paypal, or stop harassing me. What would happen? I know some say they will report you to the credit bureau..but how is that even possible if eBay doesn’t have any of your personal info? For all they know, you can type anything you want on your eBay account. Please help. Thanks

I am a full-time medical student. I sell a lot of stuff on eBay and have gone thru many headaches with them. Unfair suspensions for random computer-automated stuff…limits..etc. It was frustrating and I could never seem to get anyone who was willing to help me understand what was going on.

Recently, I bought a lot and sold as well. Naturally..it’s the holidays. BAM..Paypal LOCKS my account. I only had about in there, so I wasn’t too worried. Yes, it DID mess up my business and has driven me into a whirlwind of depression…it’s a long story..but I just cannot believe that these companies are allowed to get away with what they do. So needless to say, I had enough. I said..I am no longer going to be a victim to eBay and Paypal. HOWEVER, in all fairness, I transferred a big lump sum of money into Paypal to make sure that my eBay seller fees were paid off. I have an automated monthly payment.

Although Paypal will not allow me to disconnect my bank account or ANYTHING from their account, I still wanted to follow the rules and pay eBay…although I despise them with a passion (I guess I "never had any issues" until it was ME that it happened to). Needless to say, eBay cannot process it since "Paypal" has placed limits, and they now want me to go OUTSIDE of eBay to pay with my credit card, etc. This is INSANE, as Paypal is THEIR company. I now have over ,000 in Paypal that I cannot get back. I was doing the right thing by placing it in there, so that my balance would be high enough for eBay to take their fees. I cannot get ANYTHING back from Paypal…and eBay wants me to pay a HUGE seller invoice "another way".

I simply do not have this money and these two companies are causing me so much stress that I am physically ill and nearly passing out at times. I want to do the right thing, and I have made a very clear effort, but I do not want to pay eBay ,000 because they cannot process the payment thru Paypal. That was the agreement. I pay on time every month, and signed up for the automated payment so they would always have their fees..and now this?

I wanted to ask..what happens if you do not pay your eBay fees? Again, it’s not because I don’t want to..it’s because Paypal now has ,000 and has frozen my account for 6 months (due to the holiday spike..and they said it was "suspicious" since I was buying and selling now….they asked for my social..I gave it to them..they performed a credit check..and said they were closing my account..I’m young so my credit isn’t really that great..) I have heard stories that Paypal never even gives this money back after 6 months..they find a way to fine you and say they are keeping it for fees, etc…all while they build interest off your money.

It’s bad enough that I’m at loss..and there is nothing I can do to stop these tyrants..but I simply cannot afford to lose another ,000 and I am thinking about telling eBay they need to take their payment from Paypal, or stop harassing me. What would happen? I know some say they will report you to the credit bureau..but how is that even possible if eBay doesn’t have any of your personal info? For all they know, you can type anything you want on your eBay account. Please help. Thanks

I have been a member of Ebay for quite some time, and hadn’t had any problems with them until now. I had a couple of auctions going this week (Jan. 2007) that I was really excited about, as they were getting very good bids. One of the auctions ended last night, and so I had sent the winner an invoice for the item. I was planning on checking my ebay account this morning to see if I had received any emails from the buyer, or if payment had been made yet. However, when I logged on to my account, I got a message saying my account was suspended for being involved in activities that violate their policy. I’ve never done such a thing, as I always followed the rules on ebay, and had never gotten any complaints or warnings about a possible suspension.
Not only that, but since Ebay is in cahoots with Paypal, my paypal account has been put on limited access. However, the reason that paypal gave me, was different than Ebay’s reason, and both were vague. Now, I’m out of a lot of money..and upset.
Barbara, I don’t see how anyone could have reported me for selling off of ebay, because I don’t.

I hadn’t received any warnings from ebay, and my feedback score was 100%. I did have a mystery auction on there, that was getting really high bids, but I followed all of the rules to list it. Plus, if that were in violation, then I would have just gotten a message first stating that the particular auction was pulled…I didn’t get such a notice. My paypal account message stated that an ebay member had made one or more "item not as described" or "item not received" complaints, but yet there is not record of it, and I have only had one auction end with the buyer sending me payment so far, and that transaction was completed with + feedback even. They got their item, and I got paid. No complaints as far as I know. Could I have been a victim of a hijacking? Could it be something else? I did have one member threatening me just this weekend..maybe that has something to do with it?