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Permanent Ban over a $20 Ko-fi tip. Chat support admitted \"you did nothing wrong\" but closed the ticket. Help! Hey guys, I really need some advice on how to get a human to review an automated ban. I’m a freelance digital artist. I got a $20 tip on my Ko-fi page, and PayPal instantly slapped a permanent limitation on my whole account.I tried talking to support and offered to send over my ID, invoices, whatever they needed. The agent wouldn't help, but right before they ended the session, they typed: “A permanent limitation does not necessarily mean that you…

Case closed in sellers favour what if I do chargeback Paid with paypal I was sent counterfeit item Seller said they dont do returns Paypal resolution centre asked for return and tracking I returned it, supplied tracking Seller confirmed they received it I miss a notification from paypal asking for proof of postage, case closed in sellers favour because I didn't respond in time I Appeal, and i supply the proof of postage The Case id closed in sellers favour again! For same reason If I do a chargeback through…

PayPal closed my dispute early on a June 26 GPU sale, changed deadlines without notice, and permanently limited my account — seller risk? I’m posting here because this situation feels less like a one‑off dispute and more like a business‑risk issue that small sellers should be aware of when using PayPal for marketplace transactions. On June 26, I sold a GPU on Facebook Marketplace and used PayPal to receive the payment. The buyer claimed the GPU was defective. PayPal opened a dispute and displayed an evidence deadline of August 27. I immediately took the GPU to a repair shop for diagnostics after PayPal told the buyer to send it back to me. After I dropped it off, PayPal changed the deadline to August 18 without notifying me. They then closed the dispute early, before the diagnostics were finished and before I could upload any evidence. The buyer won automatically and kept the money for a false claim. Because PayPal refunded the buyer, my account went negative. To recover financially, I later resold the exact same GPU on Swappa, with full diagnostics and verification photos. It sold with zero issues, confirming the original buyer’s claim was false and allowing me to bring my PayPal balance back above zero. Shortly after the dispute closed, PayPal permanently limited my account, citing vague “financial performance” language with no specific transaction or violation. They said the decision is final, and my remaining funds are now held for 120 days. From a small‑business perspective, this raises concerns: • PayPal changed a dispute deadline without notifying the seller. • The dispute was closed before evidence could be submitted. • My account went negative because of the premature closure. • I had to resell the item elsewhere to recover the loss. • PayPal permanently limited my account immediately afterward. • Funds are locked for 120 days, impacting cash flow. My questions for this commun…

A family member died. Paypal stopped the funeral. A family member died unexpectedly. Like many people today, we live from paycheck to paycheck. A friend of the family donated the $1,210.00 we need for just the cremation. The cremation is out of state and needed to be paid with time being of the essence. The payment was to go electronically and paypal was already set up. Or so I thought. I took the $1210 to the bank in cash, made the deposit and it was immediately available on…

@Dread_Moth_ @AskPayPal I've just closed my PayPal account, too many problems with PayPal paying on the checkout page without me authorising payment

@PayPal a freelancer from India trying to build a business just got blocked. @askpaypal My account was permanently limited (Ref ID: PP-L-855277276453) without clarity. This…

Buyer scamming Buyer sent me money separately to my account We know each other and she had to send me money actually $5000 for living expenses and some other stuffs. But, she is international and she doesn’t have usa bank and she wanted to send money to me via paypal. But we didn’t know how much is maximum or whatever so she sent me money separately. 7/1-7/21 total 11 transactions. But she didn’t even send me total amount. (Like literally she owed…

PayPal left me with a negative balance after a completed collaboration! Hello! I’m a small content creator, and I’m honestly heartbroken. PayPal didn’t rule in my favour, and I lost a case. Here’s what happened: Printify approached me for a collaboration. We had a contract, and I completed all of my deliverables on time. I received the payment from them, and as soon as I got it, I transferred the money to my bank account. A few days later, the payment was reversed, and the money was taken back from my…

Infected with an Infostealer: How session hijacking cost me over LKR 94,000 and how Sampath Bank saved me when PayPal refused. Hey everyone, I wanted to share a recent cybersecurity nightmare I went through regarding session hijacking, both as a warning and to share how I managed to recover my funds. **The Breach (Infostealer Malware)** Recently, my laptop got infected with an Infostealer malware. Instead of just trying to log key strokes, this malware specifically targeted and extracted my active browser session cookies. With these stolen session tokens, the threat actors bypassed my login credentials and 2FA completely. They simply injected…

Paypal Blocking Withdrawals - Endless Customer Service Loop - It's Killing My Business Cashflow Hello, i'm here if someone can help me because i'm losing my mind. In short I have a Paypal business account and also use Paypal checkout to process my payments. This went generally good in the beginning but now i'm facing a big issue. Out of nowhere my withdrawals got blocked. No notifications, no messages on my dashboard I just realized it when trying to make a withdrawal. I contacted Paypal support they told me about some weird security questions…

even normal things like sending money can get you restricted immediately, i made several attempts but no avail until my account is permanently banned, paypal…

My personal acc got frozen and then perma closed without warning or specific explanation with no option to appeal. I got my money half a…

Warning about a serious chargeback exposure issue **UPDATE 2: Still shows six lost and one pending on the main page, but a call to PayPal confirms that I won 3 for $3900 and lost 3 for $4100+ $45 in fees and one for $2k is still pending. Odds are obviously 50/50 on the remaining $2k.** ***2 that I lost and 2 that I won were for the same time period and the evidence was IDENTICAL. So maybe Chase just flips a coin instead of actually reading the…

Talking about getting “mogged” by YouTube support, throwback to the time when @PayPal banned me for literally no reason! > Yes, I’m 18. > Tries…

(India) PayPal charged me ₹295 twice because SBI rejected two $0.01 verification withdrawals. They reversed the fees, but should I keep using PayPal? I recently linked my SBI account to PayPal to receive payments from Outlier AI. Outlier AI performed two $0.01 verification transactions to verify my payment method. Since SBI does not process international withdrawals below ₹1, both transactions (about ₹0.91 each) were rejected. Because of the rejected withdrawals, PayPal charged me a ₹295 return fee for each transaction, which caused my PayPal balance to go negative. I contacted PayPal Support, and they explained that SBI rejects withdrawals below ₹1. As a…

Walmart kept my returned item, refused refund, and PayPal denied my dispute — what now? I returned part of an order to Walmart over a month ago. My FedEx tracking shows the package was delivered to Walmart's returns address and includes Walmart's item number, but I never got a refund. I contacted Walmart customer service through chat multiple times. They said they'd escalate it to the billing department, but the refund was later denied with no real explanation. I filed a dispute through PayPal with the FedEx tracking as evidence, along with the Walmart order…

I can't do my art commissions because of PayPal Hello, I take on art commissions, and this is currently one of my only ways of earning money. I’ve set up a micro-business in France and have all the necessary paperwork to prove that it exists and that my business is legal. Despite this, PayPal has still banned my account and frozen my earnings on it without giving me a reason, and now they’re no longer replying to my messages. Without PayPal, I can’t use VGen, which is the main…

Never have i experienced anything like this with PayPal. Hello, I’ve been using PayPal for many years now. Done probably a total of $400,000 in transactions over the years (counting spending + receiving). Recently I bought an item for $4100 via PayPal invoice / goods and services. The seller never shipped my item usually I just open a dispute and everything is fine and ends up being a whole waste of time. Well not with this situation. I gave him about a month to ship because I only waited…

PayPal closed my dispute because it was over 30 days after delivery, but I was working with the seller the whole time I bought a BimmerTech amplifier on 19/01/2026 and it was delivered on 10/02/2026. I reported faults to BimmerTech the very next day and have been working with them since then to resolve it. They had me return the original amp, sent a replacement, asked me to check grounding/wiring, replace the fuse, reinstall firmware, and do remote diagnostic/tuning sessions. Some speakers/subs were also damaged during the process, and they sent partial replacement parts, but the issue still hasn’t been fully resolved.…

Well, PayPal closed my account permanently and a significant portion of my money went with it, so I'll be accepting a couple more slots via…