On Tue, 16 Mar 2010, John J. Riddell wrote: > Some of you will recall that I had problems with Paypal when ordering > a repeater controller. I sent two E mails to paypal and got no > satisfactory reply...just "stock answers" I then called them to find > out why they sent an E Check for my purchase instead of an instant > money transfer. Again the lady read from a "script" and after asking > her several times why they handled it this way, she finally told me > that they have instituted a new "security" measure. When a > purchase looks suspicious to their Computer, it decides to send an E > Check which can take 10 - 15 days to clear. Is there any way to > prevent this....no..... since no human gets to see this transaction. > This might happen in 1 - 2 % of the transactions that they handle. > In my case the amount was $185.00 and it came out of my bank account > instantly but their computer decided that it might be "suspicious" ! > So hopefully this information is helpful to anyone using Paypal to > make payments. I've used them many times in the past and never had a > problem until now. John VE3AMZ
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