Update: Paypal Pending Withdrawal Issue

4Feb2008 Filed under: Technology News, Web 2.0 Author: Jerome Locson

I received many inputs and comments about my last post about Paypal Pending Withdrawal. For my withdrawal, I made the transaction last January 24, 2008 and still pending up to this moment, please refer to the screenshot below:

Anyway, what I am glad for is that I know for the fact that I am not the only one experiencing such problems but many fellow Filipinos and some, I read, are Malaysian Paypal users as well.

I just want to share to you some discussion links about this Paypal Pending Withdrawal issues so that you will be guided on the community updates:

You can read some comments on each and participate by sharing your status. I know the list will continue to grow until Paypal will clear all out withdrawals. I need mine to pay my bills…. For now, I requested our company to send out my pay via Xoom.com

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32 Responses to “Update: Paypal Pending Withdrawal Issue”

lady
February 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

hi jerome.. i also read an article from a malaysian blogger. he also withdrew funds last January 24, 2008 and Paypal hasn’t processsed it yet. Still in pending status. For a while I thought it’s affecting only Eon Card Users or Filipinos, but I was wrong.. Even a malaysian blogger is having the same problem with paypal.
Jerome Locson
February 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Indeed, lady. That is right, I hope we can have them voice out as well.
secret
February 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Maybe it has something to do with the date, January 24 hehe kidding. Hope this problem will soon be solve. It somehow affected my “work” too.
Jerome Locson
February 4th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Not quite. Some did the withdrawal earlier and later January 24 and are still in pending status.
secret
February 4th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

Some of my “work” also has some problems with paypal. A site I usually visit is forced to discontinue its business because of paypal.
Jerome Locson
February 4th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

That is bad. But you can visit this site always. Even there is some Paypal issues, business as usual. lol.
secret
February 4th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

lol!
Marco
February 5th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

Jerome,

It seems that there is very little hope. Paypal does not reply to any emails. Apparently, they have the worst customer service. I have a moneybookers account and they reply within 48 hours no matter what the topic is. And I am always successful with moneybookers withdrawals.

It also seems that nobody is successful in getting out of the “pending” status in their accounts. What happened to our money… is it lost in cyberspace? This is extremely terrible service and it makes Paypal look bad really. How can a business run efficiently using Paypal if Paypal does not run efficiently… there are so many glitches and problems.

Simply really frustrated. I need my money desperately to pay bills etc and run the business!!!

Paypal what’s up?
biko
February 5th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

The same problem…. my transaction is pending for about two weeks. I wrote tons of emails and the support is just f*ck*d. I’m really disappointed of that. What they thinking???? We talk about money the HELL. Whats this they took my money and don’t let me to use them. The funny thing is that they are so famous. … Really really disappointed…paypal or paynopal
alex
February 5th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Hi
My pending withdraw is from Jan. 27,
2008.
Paypal reply to my e-mail today Tue Feb 5 05:49:09 2008
Jerome Locson
February 5th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

Hi Alex, what was their reply to you? Maybe you can share it to us. We did not received any response yet as of now.

Thank you.
kasi
February 5th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

alex and what info in that email?
I have the same problems with paypal (January 29)
alex
February 5th, 2008 at 11:40 pm

From webform@intl.paypal.com Tue Feb 5 05:49:09 2008

Dear “my full name”,
Thanks for writing to us. My name is Lotte Karell and I appreciate the
opportunity to assist you with your questions.

You are writing us because of your pending withdraw from Jan. 27,
2008.
I have reviewed your PayPal account and I can see the payment you were
sending for $ 152,50 to your Credit Card is still pending. I can
confirm
that it is pending due to current technical issue in PayPal system
caused
by a recent update and I sincerely regret the inconvenience it has
caused
you. Our technicians are working to resolve this matter. I appreciate
your
patience and understanding.

Thanks again for writing, “my full name”, and thank you for being part of
the
PayPal community.

Sincerely,
Lotte Karell
PayPal, an eBay Company

Copyright © 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe)
S.à r.l.
& Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions. Registered Office:
5th
Floor, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449, Luxembourg, RCS Luxembourg B 118
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Jerome Locson
February 5th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Thank you Alex. I guess we still have hope with this issue. What I just hate about it is that Paypal did not even care to post an announcement or send mass email to all users affected. Such a lame customer service.
Marco
February 6th, 2008 at 12:26 am

Thanks for the info guys!

Paypal has their own blog and they can’t even address this issue on their blog? What a cowardly attitude!

If it is a technical glitch, they should at least re-assure the Paypal customers that they are doing something about it. Their non-transparency is what makes people hate them and distrust them.

So, when are they going to find a solution to their problem?
lady
February 6th, 2008 at 10:51 am

am glad Paypal replied to you Alex. I just checked my email and no mails from them.

It’s a good news that Paypal knows about the current problem their members are experiencing. I just hope they’ll work double time to fix this system error and give us our money before valentines day! hehheh.. sayang naman walang pera sa valentines..hhehehhe..
Francesca Italy
February 7th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

Hi there, I wanted to tell you that what’s happening to you is happening in Italy as well! We are experiencing this same terrible problem and on Ebay Italy there are hundreds, or even thousands of us awfully upset because our money is blocked who knows where and Paypal is giving us the same silly and ridiculous answers that you get: What kind of technical problem can be this anyway? That is taking more than 2 weeks to be settled?
The whole thing seems to be unreal and a sort of nightmare. We all are appalled at discovering that this same problem is affecting many other Ebay countries in the world:
Jerome Locson
February 8th, 2008 at 12:00 am

Thanks Francesca for that update. This is really unusual and the worst customer service ever.
Chip
February 8th, 2008 at 6:32 am

Hello, in Romania is the same, i have initiaded a withdrawal in 22Jan, and is till Pending! now we are in 8FEB!!! i got a reply from them saying that they can confirm that the status is “PENDING” duh! how they figured this out! must be a genius to send this answers, and i am really pissed b/c they dont tell us what the heck is going on, i’m wondering if they were under any hack attack or something, if so i want to see that little hacked hanged into a public place! no human rights for thieves! kill ‘em all ! so.. i’m still waiting, i already intruct my clients to payme via other methods till this clears up, and i have lot of $ “PENDING” damn..!
Jerome Locson
February 8th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

Hi Guys. Just got my withdrawal in “Completed” status.. check my post.

http://www.jeromelocson.com/update-paypal-pending-withdrawal-issue-now-in-completed-status/
Brutallica
February 8th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

The same situatiion I have here in Bulgaria.
kasi
February 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

My withdraw to a Credit Card still “Pending” from January 29
elaine
February 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

My PayPal withdrawal now shows COMPLETED status. I wrote about it here: http://elaine.renable.org/2008/02/08/paypal-update/

I hope all of your pending withdrawals are now resolved.
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mobiel_user
February 9th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

I wait now from 24 jan. and 29 jan.

and only: PENDING.
damn paypal
February 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

my withdrawal is complete, but still my money is not on my bank. damn!
Jerome Locson
February 10th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

we need to wait for the next banking day, probably by monday night… they do that by batch processing…
Jeffrey
February 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

I hope this monday night I can see my money in my EON accnt.
Jerome Locson
February 10th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Yes, Jeffrey… We are hoping…
alex
February 11th, 2008 at 5:02 am

Hello all
My withdrawal from Jan. 27 is completed.
babyfiona
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

My withdrawal on Jan 25 is completed as at today 11 february 2008! Wee!! Finally I can see the COMPLETED status..but guess still need to wait for local bank to clear..sigh
Jerome Locson
February 11th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

hi all… got the funds in my eon account already….

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