PayPal status "unclaimed" -
originalisbest
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Recently paid for a card on FleaBay and the charge is completed on my end - but my PayPal account shows it as unclaimed and the eBay page says "this is pending payment through PayPal."
This rarely happens to me, so wondering if this means the person I paid hasn't logged in and accepted the $? Usually with PayPal transactions it shows up as "completed" almost immediately.
This rarely happens to me, so wondering if this means the person I paid hasn't logged in and accepted the $? Usually with PayPal transactions it shows up as "completed" almost immediately.
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Here's the deal with PayPal payments.
Buyer to Seller
Personal Account to Personal Account - money is already sitting in the buyer's PP account
No fees, usually $400-$500 monthly receiving limit for the seller
Personal Account to Personal Account - buyer moves money from checking into PP account, they pays seller.
No fees, usually $400-$500 monthly receiving limit for the seller
Personal Account to Personal Account - buyer has zero balance or not enough to cover transaction, credit card covers the rest.
Seller cannot accept payment to a Personal Account unless he upgrades to a Business or Premier Account. If he does so, the Personal Account goes away and EVERY incoming payment from that day forward is subject to fees (2.9% + .30 per transaction) EVEN IF A CREDIT CARD IS NOT INVOLVED!
Personal Account to Business or Premier Account
No charge to buyer, seller pays whatever fee structure he's on (starts at 2.9% + .30 per transaction)
Business or Premier Account to Business or Premier Account
No charge to buyer, seller pays whatever fee structure he's on (starts at 2.9% + .30 per transaction)
Business or Premier Account to Personal Account
No charge to seller so long as payment from Business or Premier Account is NOT funded with a credit card (must use PayPal balance for entire transaction total.
<< <i>if you select the right options on the money request there is no $500 receiving limit per month. >>
Someone has to do this when sending you money and what are the right options? Was caught on this once when moving money from business to personal account - fortunately was right at end of month.
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<< <i>if you select the right options on the money request there is no $500 receiving limit per month. >>
Someone has to do this when sending you money and what are the right options? Was caught on this once when moving money from business to personal account - fortunately was right at end of month. >>
I always make sure to use the 'request money' that way I make sure the correct options are chosen. if the buyer uses the 'send money' you don't know what option they chose. to have it not go against your $500 receiving limit - when requesting money there is a choice for what type of transaction - I always use the 'goods other' option and that does not count against the $500. there may be other options you can use but that one works.
<< <i>I had this happen to me once as the seller. I had changed email addresses but failed to do so on my Paypal account. I couldn't retrieve it and had to get the buyer to cancel his payment and resend to my new email address. Not sure if this is what happened to you but it could be. I would email the seller and see what is up. >>
I had the same issue, found out the the "C" was missing in the .COM in my email address. Had to have the buyer cancel his payment and redo it to the correct email address.
<< <i>In my experience, one common reason a paypal payment can go 'unclaimed' is because the buyer has an unconfirmed Paypal address and the seller has set up his Paypal to require he manually 'accept' payment from unconfirmed addresses. >>
This is the most common reason for it from my experience. Recheck the listing and see if he mentions anything about unconfirmed addresses. He may go ahead and accept it, he may refuse it. Never hurts to send him an email.