Another Ebay Question Please.

[cupotee]

A buyer has paid for an item, but I am getting a message "estimated fund availability will be available 30.09.2013"

This hasn't happened before, so I am wondering why I have to wait almost 2 weeks before I can withdraw the money from my Pay Pal account.

The goods have been dispatched and I have marked it so.

[grasscarp]

This will be a different type of deposit via e-cheque (although it is through paypal) and takes a while to clear. I have had this a long time ago. I did get the money eventually.

[horseshoes]

Yes I think Grasscarp is correct; payment by e-cheque is the likely reason. I hadn't realised they still existed!! A bit of a pain having to wait, but you'll get it eventually.

[cupotee]

Thank you both. I never heard of that method before. Its been paid via my Pay Pal but a message saying "issue a refund" sits beside it. Odd goings on lol.

Thanks for your help.

[horseshoes]

The "issue a refund" appears next to payments quite often. Just ignore it; unless you want to issue a refund (or partial refund of course)!!!!

[pussnboots]

I have had this same problem this week. I bought off ebay and my paypal account showed payment pending as an echeque had been issued. I had no idea why the payment had not been taken from my bank account which usually happened. I looked at the payment source on my paypal account and it showed that the payment from my bank account had been 'unticked' not by me though, anyway I will now have to wait for about 10 days for it to clear. I have changed the payment source on paypal to the correct account, so hopefully any future transaction will be ok. Seems to me that these echeque things are a way that paypal can collect money, keep it for a while before paying it out.

[cupotee]

Another way of holding up cash, for them to use to make more cash, like all banks.

Cheeky blighters. Would be all the same if we were desperate to use the cash ourselves.