oh man, i dont think i would like that either man, that doesnt sound right, give them a call.

This is strange?!

Is there anything in their TOS regarding a withhold of funds without notification? I've never heard of this before?

I hope this gets sorted out for you....I use Paypal quite often and this would be a deal breaker for me to leave

This is a strange one, I have never had this happen to my money with PayPal.

They usually have a reason, sometimes they hold account action when a buyer has logged a claim/complaint against you.  You might want to check this out in your PayPal 'Resolution Centre'

This situation occurred for me about 8 months ago.  I have been a ebay/paypal member over ten years with perfect feedback almost at 600.  Was informed because in past year I have not had enough USA and INTL sales ( think part of requirement is a total of 20 intl. sales which over the past many years I fell short of by a few).  They kept my money until the buyer posted a positive feedback then I had my money in 2-3 days.  They have made the seller at mercy of buyer.  In fact personally I find eBay policy in past 2 years has changed to point that the seller is a hostage to the buyer.  They can lie and take advantage of seller with it very hard to prove otherwise buy seller.   You have to do so many things to protect yourself anymore.   I take a video of item working with a newspaper showing DATE same day as shipment proving working condition when shipped.    Even though I have had nearly a hundred sales over ten years the number of intl sales left me below Paypals quota to be paid immediately as it used to be.  A buyer paid and funds could be withdrawn right away buy seller.  

can the following have anything to do with the problem?

http://www.dailydot.com/news/t...ning-hogan-35m-scam/

I have the same crap with Ebay. I just started selling and understand they want to see if I am reliable as a seller to wait until the item has reached it's destination, but to not even release the amount it costs to ship to the buyer. I went nuts when I had a buyer want me to ship to his address Germany, when I clearly noted on ebay that I ship within the United States Only. To ship to Germany would have cost me out of MY pocket 250.00 to 300.00 USD.  Lucky enough the buyer had a residence in Florida that he was alright with me shipping to. Ebay says it's pay Pal policy to withhold money and Pay Pal says it's Ebay policy. Whatever. I explained to them that I am on a fixed income right now and can NOT afford to pay the shipping out of my own pocket and wait until they're ready to give me the money I earned and to ship with. They say it can take up to 21 days for them to release it to my account. BULL SHIT! I want my money right away. not when they're finished taking their 2 % and Ebay taking their 10 % of what I made in my sale and screw me around. 

    Then Pay Pal said I had money pending in my account, Sure you can still spend it on Ebay! It's yours sir!     . So that was just what I did. I spent 40.00 USD of my pending amount. My bank said I went overdraft because they didn't know there was the money in Pay Pal and charged me 30.00 Each time overdraft for the item I bought and to pay ebay their percentage and Pay Pal their percentage. 30 x 3 = 90 $ overdraft _ 40 I spent. Ridiculous Shit. It's not worth all the fucking shit. 

As a non-business/ocassional seller on ebay I find it's not worth the bother anymore. I only use ebay to purchase items now. I recently sold a high end video camera for a little over €900 and by the time I finished paying fees and exchange rates I had little over €750 left. I stick to local (Irish) auction sites now when I want to move second hand gear. I feel for guys trying to make a living out of ebay/paypal.

They normally don't if you sell high volume. They do if you are a new seller, or haven't listed in a while, or listing in a high risk category that you haven't listed in before, or in a while, or if you have cases open. If they did put a hold normally it gets release one positive is receive for that item that was sold, or three days after item shows it been deliver.

amongst the common reasons listed to hold funds:

1. new account

2. low sales

3. increase in resolution center cases filed

for more info :

http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay...unavailable.html#new

..........and I for one would have no problem paying sellers by direct fund transfer provided their feedback was in order. There's no need to rely on Paypal, it's just convenient. TBH the whole chargeback scam issue on ebay is another reason to avoid them as a selling tool. Paypal have been finding in favour of the buyer on this issue far too often from what I see. 

Damn paypal... I had that on my second purchase (Japanese PS-f9). Luckily it never happened ever since.