Wow! That sucks! I hope it gets straightened out for you. There has to be some kind of record of your activity. Even if you don't have a copy of it, you should be able to force them to give you one.

Thanks for the heads up. Good luck!

I made a mad dash to the bank today to cover my payment so it's all worked out now. I was just pissed because when I asked the lady at PayPal about the fees I would get from my bank because of their error, she told me that I'd have to call back and maybe they could do something about it. A little heads up that they were having issues would have been nice.

Oh no! Paypal is my only way to buy things out of my country! Hope they're going to fix the problems very soon and that they will refund you the money you lost because of them!

Thanks for info. I heard someone telling that Google Check out is cheaper for the one receiving the money, and I've never heard anyone having problems with that. Has anyone heard anything more about Google checkout?

Recently when I go to make a payment, Paypal automatically sets up to "pay from my bank account", even tho I have a good Paypal balance too.

I nearly did not notice it the first time it happened.

So now, every time I buy something, there are extra steps that I have to do to change the payment from my bank account to my Paypal balance.

When you go to "Review Payment Details", you need to need to click on "More Funding Options" and then select "Paypal Balance". And then it works fine.

I hope that helps,
Annabella

Paypal is really shady. I know of a lot of people who have been burned by Paypal arbitrarily reversing charges and such like; as for myself I had my account summarily suspended for no reason and wasn't able to get it reinstated for *2 years*.

They're not subject to regular banking laws so they can effectively do whatever they want, unfortunately. It really sucks that they've become the standard such that many vendors only accept Paypal.

I think PayPal is like anything else, you have to track it, because mistakes happen.
I suspect that with so many users, that they have to do data backups and move data around different servers to keep up with the
loads. When mistakes happen, they probably have to reload data from prior backups, so its always good to keep your data up to date as much as possible.

Also, they allow you to transfer funds from Paypal to your bank account for free. I recommend doing this often and keeping a minimal balance, this might lessen mishaps with missing money. Also, by doing this, your bank keeps track of the transfers too, so you have two records, instead of one.

Paypal isn't perfect, but it sure is convenient.