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strange and don't know why??

All of a sudden I have had a payment for a £2.50 sale held until either buyer has left feedback or x date.

Buyer has left positive feedback.

Really strange as I have had this account active for a few years.

Any ideas why?
Work to live= not live to work

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  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    All of a sudden I have had a payment for a £2.50 sale held until either buyer has left feedback or x date.

    Buyer has left positive feedback.

    Really strange as I have had this account active for a few years.

    Any ideas why?

    Active & selling?
  • skeki
    skeki Posts: 9 Forumite
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    It might be if you rarely sell, perhaps only every 3 months or more paypal could be classing you as an infrequent seller and holding the payment for security purposes despite you being with them a long time.
  • Nope been regularly selling and always got items for sale
    Account has been active for a few years.

    If it was a high prices item I could understand.
    Also got good feeback etc

    Wired
    Work to live= not live to work
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,973 Ambassador
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    Probably just another bit of eBay silliness, I no longer think there is any logic to some of the things they do.

    Even now with a long standing business account I occasionally get a warning when listing that my funds might be held for 21 days, the warning always seems completely random.
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