PayPal Account Limited

a bit devious of paypal i think...

Gloam, like this one:

PayPal Limited Account - No Reason Given

By Charlie

On December 15, 2004, I logged on to my PayPal account only to find that the account was designated as "limited". The text said that PayPal needed more information in order to reinstate my account. I've had a PayPal account since 2000 -- over four years total. I've done more than 2750 transactions with PayPal. The total dollar amount is nearly $100,000.00 (and that is NO exaggeration). Why would they all of a suddent need more information from me?!

As it turns out, they decided to close my account, but have not -- to this day -- given me ANY explanation for closing my account.

One of the worst insults is that under a limited account, they still invite the owner to add PayPal icons to their eBay auctions -- though you can't send, request or receive money. Free advertising for them and NADA for us.

The absolute worst part is that they tied up several hundred dollars of my money, and still won't give me a solid reason for why they closed my account. After several emails raising Cain with them, I was told that I needed to clear up some outstanding complaints from buyers. NONE of those complaints were open, yet they expected me to know about them. Anyway, I promptly gave refunds to the three outstanding complaints.

After several more furious emails demanding reinstatement -- since I had followed their outline for reinstatement -- and I was told me account is permanently closed. Still, no stated reason. Just closed -- permanently.

Screw 'em! Who needs 'em anyway?!? I did business for years without having a PayPal account and I'll be doing business years from now -- without a PayPal account.

My advice to newbies thinking of joining PayPal - DON'T!

Wtf that SUCKS! :o

yea... i actually read that story shortly after i found out my account was limited when i was googling to see if others were in the same situation as i was.

Tryout a new E-Currency website.

Try Alert-Pay its great ^_^


I myself have never got a limitation. I still have meh awesome paypal account though I HAVE had a little issue of them...
(jerks made me pay $89.00 Ding charge to my Bank because THEY screwed up!)
(Yeah I even phoned them about it and they said "Oh by default we charge your bank account" even though I changed my MAIN default to my credit card...)

hm k, i might have to try alertpay but will it work to buy some ijji coins?

As far as I know Alertpay doesn't limit accounts like PayPal, but if you can't verify yourself with them then there are limitations in first place before you even use the service.

Did you get it resolved with PayPal?

nah...
but thanks for your concern yeah!