Greetings all fellow members of Ebay and PAYPAL Australia. I have been a member of Ebay for over 4 years and the same with Paypal, originally Paypal U.S and i was then asked to change over to Paypal Australia.
Great i thought, at least i am going to be dealing with an actual Aussie and not some plastic American answering machine, how wrong i was.
On the 17th December, when i went in to check my Paypal balance, i found that all my funds had been frozen and i could not withdraw MY OWN MONEY!.
The reason given was "Activity of an unusual or high risk nature".
I immediately contacted Paypal on the 1800 number in the :contact us section and spoke to someone who could barely speak English.
After about half hour i still did not know the reason so i sent them an email. I was then asked to fax over, proof of identity, suppliers invoices, tracking numbers, and supplier details.
I did what they requested the very next morning and received an email confirmation from them next day saying they had been received.
Since then i have received at least 3 emails asking for the documents, even though they confirm they received them.
Many many phone calls later it is sorted out, ithink, and they will review my cas and get back to me by the 6th January 2009, still holding onto MY MONEY!
I did a Google search to find out if anyone else had this problem and boy, did i get a shock. There are thousands of similar stories from both buyers and sellers, many far worse than mine.
If anyone in Australia who is a Paypal client, thinks they are dealing with an Australian when they make contact, just try ringing them and ask them where they are, its certainly not Australia, and they refuse to give their location.
Paypal Australia is so far up the backside of the U.S Paypal that there is NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER.
They can freeze your account, refuse refunds and stuff your life and business up without blinking an eyelid.
And why do they do it? Think about it, the longer they hang on to YOUR MONEY, the more interest THEY make on it, thats how they get so rich.
If you think i am making this up, take a look at the horror stories on this link
http://www.aboutpaypal.org/ and then tell me what you think.
I want every Paypal Australia user to be very careful and consider finding an alternative, no matter what.
BOYCOTT PAYPAL AUSTRALIA and show them we will not be treated like shit while they get rich on our money.
Anyone in Australia who has had similar problems, please contact me.
All comments welcome.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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