Thoughts on Paypal as a "seller"

[Pallen]

I made an Audiogon sale last week and the buyer wanted to use PayPal. I haven’t used it in years. Everything went smoothly. I uploaded Fed ex tracking info and PayPal said they would release funds within a day of my buyer receiving his goods. It’s now 3 days later and they’re saying the transaction is out of my norm and expected release date of MY MONEY is now July 28th!
The buyer, in Japan by the way received his goods and is happy. Fed Ex tracker shows him signing for the package. I’m not talking about an insignificant amount of money

Does anyone know how to get ahold of a real person at PayPal to move this along? I don’t seem to be having any luck.

My experience exactly. I could never get hold of a human being at Paypal to have a rational conversation. My buyer confirmed in writing he was happy but it made no difference. It was about 7 weeks before I got my money. I haven't been near Paypal since.

 

[Argonaut]

PayPal is ok *As long as your buyer is prepared to declare the transaction as Gift * that way the funds are direct and cannot be subject to a claim for refund against you … its a game of trust between buyer and seller tho .