paypal just took me for $400

[brittmiche]

first time using crypto. to obvi pay a vndr, $403.00. sent it, it said failed, then i get an email

After a review, we decided to permanently limit your account as we found potential risk associated with it.

As a result, we can no longer offer PayPal services to you.

Any bank or credit card information that’s linked to your PayPal account cannot be removed nor can it be added to another account. You can still log in and see your account information but you can’t send or receive money.

If you have funds in your PayPal balance, it will be held for up to 180 days. After that, we’ll email you with information on how to access your funds.

i am beyond pissed wtf!?

 

[penewbie]

Sorry this happened to you.

Which vendor was it?

 

[AndyPanda]

first time using crypto. to obvi pay a vndr, $403.00. sent it, it said failed, then i get an email

After a review, we decided to permanently limit your account as we found potential risk associated with it.

As a result, we can no longer offer PayPal services to you.

Any bank or credit card information that’s linked to your PayPal account cannot be removed nor can it be added to another account. You can still log in and see your account information but you can’t send or receive money.

If you have funds in your PayPal balance, it will be held for up to 180 days. After that, we’ll email you with information on how to access your funds.

i am beyond pissed wtf!?

That is absolutely absurd. I don’t blame any level of frustration you have. I can’t think of any reason for them to hold your money that long. They probably do this to a million people and collect interest from an account that they hold it hostage in.

 

[glpfun]

The vendor must be flagged or something, generally you don’t want to send crypto directly to vendors from accounts you care about. Better to send to a wallet first and then send to vendor.

 

[Sunflower]

The vendor must be flagged or something, generally you don’t want to send crypto directly to vendors from accounts you care about. Better to send to a wallet first and then send to vendor.

I send crypto from my CashApp wallet. Is that also as risky as pay pal?

 

[brittmiche]

Sorry this happened to you.

Which vendor was it?

lisa at sry

 

[brittmiche]

ive already reported them to bbb atp. although i am concerned bc... obvi...

 

[brittmiche]

another odd thing to point out. all the channels i follow are black background however when i go to sry its like, a grey/black-ish color.... ever seen that? and its only happening on my laptop.

 

[glpfun]

I send crypto from my CashApp wallet. Is that also as risky as pay pal?

Yah same thing can happen, there are specific instances documented of people sending crypto to offshore gambling sites with cash app and getting their accounts banned so they have a history of similar behavior

 

[penewbie]

lisa at sry

Thank you.

ive already reported them to bbb atp. although i am concerned bc... obvi...

 

[brittmiche]

So is this vendors fault...? Would this have happened had I not used crypto? Will there be an investigation? Like how far can this go? My overweight chimp is gonna be pissed.

 

[brittmiche]

Thank you.


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If you look up how often pp does this it's really the only way to get it lifted.

 

[Batscout]

lisa at sry

I read through most of SRY - Lisa’s posts about payment methods and none (at least recent posts) offered PayPal. I have also bought from them three times and PayPal wasn’t an acceptable payment route. How did you end up using that method?

 

[normal]

ive already reported them to bbb atp. although i am concerned bc... obvi...

Um....lol

 

[Kahtia24]

A reminder for everyone. You don’t own the wallets being used at apps like PayPal or CashApp so they can shut you down at any time. The quickest way for that to happen is to send money to a wallet they have flagged (I.e- a vendor wallet). The safest way to use these apps is to set up a self custody wallet on Exodus (It’s pretty straightforward).

Always send your crypto to that wallet before sending it to a vendor.

Keep your money safe folks!

 

[highlowwegot]

I read through most of SRY - Lisa’s posts about payment methods and none (at least recent posts) offered PayPal. I have also bought from them three times and PayPal wasn’t an acceptable payment route. How did you end up using that method?

I think people are buying and sending Bitcoin through PayPal.

 

[highlowwegot]

ive already reported them to bbb atp. although i am concerned bc... obvi...

Who did you report to the bbb?

 

[mopo89]

I think if you're not willing to read through the multiple crypto guides floating out there, which make it super clear that you should absolutely use your own wallet, then you have no business paying in crypto. I'm not willing to read or figure it out lol, so I don't use crypto. It sucks that you're out money, but there was a high likelihood of this happening by using paypal.

 

[Batscout]

I think people are buying and sending Bitcoin through PayPal.

Ah, I didn’t know one could do that. I shy away from cryptocurrency.