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Comment · 9 years ago
It's a physicial product with proof of tracking shipped from the USA man. It's an accessory that retails in countless physical stores. You're just trying to find a way to delegitimize my story and that's fine but it would be nicer if you asked questions instead of just calling bullshit with no back up.
Comment · 9 years ago
Also the number I called is through their contact us page using a 6-digit passcode which works only for 60 minutes and then expires so that's pretty secure.
Comment · 9 years ago
I appreciate your concern but I've been online long enough not to get scammed, or at least I hope so. Paypal actually didn't have the decency to send me an email saying they need more info to lift a limitation. I was only made aware of the limitation when I logged in to my account and saw on a notification telling me they need more info. As much as I hope this was a simple phishing scam it's actually just the shady way Paypal does business. There are thousands of complaints on the BBB website against them!
Comment · 9 years ago
LOL buddy where I come from you don't disclose an extremely profitable niche on a public forum online where the majority of the community is familiar with ecommerce and business online is general. I'm not saying what I sell because I don't need 10 more competitors. What I sell is 100% legit, it's been approved on Paypal, it sells by the thousands daily on both Amazon and Ebay.
Comment · 9 years ago
Nope, not sure what that is even.
Comment · 9 years ago
No idea, clearly they aren't paying attention to anything I say and just send automated replies. No one to talk to, nothing to do. I'm assuming complaints with different organizations to see if they can help.
Comment · 9 years ago
For one, Payouts are 7-days in arrear where as with Paypal it's instant. Second, Shopify just started with this processing thing and they are amateurs at it, support has been horrible and they also keep changing their rules and requirements since this is all new to them. The shopify payments team also does not get on the phone, just email, i try and stay away from companies that do that. The irony is paypal just did it to me...
Comment · 9 years ago
An update for anyone who cares...I tweeted this link and tagged Paypal, they reached out saying they are sorry to hear and submitted my case for a review. I replied via DM how can they review ny case without asking any new information or telling me what the issue is, got no reply back. Just got an email saying "Appeal Denied" Paypal account closed for security reasons.

Which security reasons I have absolutely no idea. There's no contact info on the email, just says it's a do not reply address.

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I have a CAD Paypal account - but I charge customers in USD. To withdraw money I have to pay Paypal's exchange rate, they won't let me attach a Canadian USD bank account. That means I have to pay exchange rate to take money out, then pay exchange rate again to convert the money to USD to pay my supplier and Facebook Ads in USD. It makes much more sense keeping my money in Paypal, that they are a fraud of a company is a different story.
Comment · 9 years ago
Yes, when I was advertising I was doing close to $300k a month - I advertised on FB, there are still thousands of people who have my shared ad on the top of their newsfeed to this day. On top of that, I rank #1 on Google for my main keyword..
Comment · 9 years ago
You are free to not buy it my friend, but one day Paypal will give you the hammer and you will see just how believeable this is. In fact, there are countless threads online with the same story. You've never had a rep from a big company say something and you call the next day and they have no record of that? It happens at least 3 times a year with my cellphone company, you must be very lucky!
Comment · 9 years ago
They do not accept emails, they email from [email protected] which is a no-reply address. The only way to provide them with tracking numbers is through the Resolution Center - yet in the resolution center they don't provide any transactions that they need tracking for. I emailed Paypal about this and they said they would send me an email with where to provide the info to, they did not send the email, they sent an Appeal Denied email yet I didn't even get the opportunity to appeal my case!
Comment · 9 years ago
Not sure what kind of volume you were doing to get that chargeback rate. I was doing 500 sales a day, approximately $250k a month in volume when I was running, my dispute rate was high but chargebacks lost were minimal. Despite that, Paypal were aware of my dispute rate when they negotiated the terms of our agreement ($5000 set reserve + 10% rolling reserve) - they then woke up one day and closed my account without letting my appeal or negotiate or provide any information. I just get the run around...

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