Dear buyer, I know this email is going to sound a little strange so let me start by explaining my situation. As you might be able to see by checking my ebay information I have had my ebay account since 2005, I have had my paypal account just as long. Well within the last week I sold about 4,000 dollars worth of bags including the one I sold to you. I decided to wait until Monday before withdrawing my paypal account but to my surprise Friday morning I received an email from paypal saying that my account had some restrictions, which basically meant I could still receive money but I couldnt take any out. It gave me a list of things I had to provide and update including faxing them some very personal information. Within 30minutes of receiving that email I had done everything they asked for including the fax. 24hours later they still had not received my fax, so I sent another one, 7 hours after the second fax they still had not supposedly received it either. So I called paypal again for the 5 time and had to get kind of rude with them, 20 minutes after that call I get an email stating they had received my fax but it could take up to 5 days for them to give me an answer, which means they could still ask for more stuff. I finally started doing my homework and research paypal to see if this happens often and I was shocked, my wife at this point is inconsolable saying were never going to get our money back. It seems paypal is notorious for freezing customers accounts and taking up to 180 days (HALF A YEAR) to finally release them. I also learned that because paypal is not really a bank Im not protected by any government rules. I found this website paypalsucks.com which was really helpful; it seems I can set up a merchant account from a real bank.
So you might wonder what does this have to do with you. Well at this point I dont know who else to ask for help and this is what Im considering doing. If paypal lets me, Im going to refund you your money Im asking, actually begging that once you receive your money you pay me back. If I can set up this merchant account I will give you the information you will need to pay me that way and if I cant do it then would you pay me back with a USPS MONEY ORDER.
I would really, really appreciate if you let me know if youre willing to help me out. THANK YOU, THAN YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
In case youre wondering if this email is even real, Im going to send you an email strait through ebay, but because ebay limits the amount of words an email can take this was too long and didnt fit.
Sincerely XXXXXX
