I’ve been using PayPal for years. I know the in’s and out’s of it and haven’t really had much trouble with it for the most part. Just the other day I sold an item for $100. A few days later I noticed that the money had been put on a “Temporary Hold” due to being randomly flagged for investigation. The buyer has already received the product and now PayPal has decided to randomly investigate the transaction.

I have been a PayPal user for almost a decade and I have had countless transactions with other “Verified” PayPal users. I’ve never used PayPal for illegal or even questionable purposes and yet they have decided to put my account into a negative balance while they investigate my transaction? What a joke. One of my clients recently had his PayPal account locked and his funds frozen while PayPal investigates his recent transactions. Again, what a joke. I only use PayPal because it’s convenient, but lately I’ve been very annoyed with their practices. It’s no surprise that anti PayPal websites have been blowing off steam for years now. PayPal is out to protect themselves, not their loyal users. Otherwise why would they be taking our legitimately earned money on a whim?


It’s no surprise that PayPal is still the #1 online payment processor. After all, nobody likes change and nobody wants to try out other payment companies. I’ll be trying a few new ones in the near future and will hopefully post a blog or two about some of them.