Maybe it's me

Taken from Facebook status : Mimi is currently pissed off with paypal.

Why???

*no mood to write properly. will only write in point form*

Monday

a friend asked for help to buy something from the internet that requires paypal as method of payment

Tuesday

tried to pay using paypal, paypal keep displaying the card that was already removed from the list with no other option

keep trying for almost half-day, only found out in the evening that the current card hasn't been linked & confirmed by paypal yet and had already exceed the [paypal] spending limit.

Wednesday

look for ppl who wants to sell paypal fund [yeah... and i did asked from some of you]

finally found one, bought USD 225, made the payment via maybank2u and sent an email to the paypal seller in the morning

worry the whole morning coz didn't hear anything from the paypal seller until afternoon

finally saw him online, go and chat with him but i think he has mistaken me for somebody else, keep saying something about some form that needs to be scanned and sent to [supposedly] me - which kinda a pissed me off also, but said nothing

at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, send me an email saying he couldn't transfer the paypal fund coz his paypal account is frozen

at about 4.30, feel worried so asked my cousin for help to transfer fund from his paypal account by credit card. he agreed but before he sent it, i thought i should asked the paypal seller to refund my money.

he's still online so i went to chat with him and the conversation went like this:

me : hi, regarding the paypal fund... [i'm not finished yet, he immediately answered]

paypal seller : i send now

me : eh? they unfreeze your account already?

paypal seller : got another account

me : owh... *dumbfounded*

thanked my cousin for wanting to help but i said no need to transfer coz prob solved.

the seller transferred USD220 only, USD5 short. told him, he said will send the balance soon. after half an hour, checked paypal account, funds were already available.

immediately paid for the something and felt utter bliss for finally completing pending transaction.

had quite a good nite sleep. [thought the nightmare is over]

Today

out of office until afternoon.

came back, checked email. surprised and totally upset for receiving 4 emails from paypal saying that my account has been frozen, they are currently investigating (2 emails about this) and transaction was put on hold [the buying of my friend's something]. OWH MANNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

luckily already informed the seller about the problems i had with paypal earlier, so she told me that she'll wait. Bless her for being so understanding and so patient.

for investigation purposes, paypal asked for a copy of my ic and a copy of recent utility bill bearing the address that i registered with them. sent. only hope they understand that BGN is the short form of BANGUNAN.

i do understand that it is their security measures, but i couldn't help being all pissed off because i know i'm the only one handling my accounts right now and i'm 100% sure there are no frauds or what so ever. ok, maybe there are some 'suspicious activities' for the past few days, but rest assured all those 'suspicious activities' are done by me!

OMG! This is by far my worst online shopping experience ever! And it's not even for me!

But may be it's me bah.. if i had confirmed all my cards with paypal before, none of this would have happened, kan?

Like the seller said ONCE YOU GET IT SORTED OUT, PAYPAL IS WONDERFUL'

and i do hope so