PayPal Account Freezes

The cluster focuses on widespread complaints about PayPal's practices of arbitrarily freezing accounts, banning users, holding funds, and providing poor customer service, drawing from numerous user horror stories.

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Sample Comments

vaksel Dec 6, 2011 View on HN

Paypal has a reputation for stuff like this...can't exactly be a surprise

GoblinSlayer Oct 3, 2022 View on HN

Paypal is a private company, it can sanction you for lulz too.

TimMeade Mar 12, 2017 View on HN

We quit using paypal 8 years ago for exactly this kind of treatment. Seems it has not changed.

valrix Apr 7, 2023 View on HN

Paypal steals people's money all the time, this isn't a valid argument.

justinhj Oct 2, 2009 View on HN

you should tell paypal about that

redstripe Sep 15, 2014 View on HN

How did he run afowl of paypal?

harryf Dec 14, 2011 View on HN

And then Paypal freezes his account for suspicious activity...

CamperBob Jan 29, 2010 View on HN

What happened with PayPal's freezing their account?

metalliqaz Jun 18, 2018 View on HN

Sounds like the Paypal horror stories.

aasasd Mar 26, 2019 View on HN

Pretty sure this is already a part of Paypal's business model, with their random account freezes.