Win for booming mask business locked out from PayPal

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PayPal locked these Australian business owners out from accessing $35,000, made from selling facemasks while business was down due to coronavirus. 9News

They specialise in colourful smart casual wear but in a pandemic many people are either not going out or they don't have the spare cash to buy snazzy clothes.They had the material, the sewing machines and the spare staff sitting around because no one was buying shirts anymore.So the couple thought: why not make face masks? And so they did.READ MORE:The money started flowing in to Ms Brown's eBay account where the masks were sold.

But when it came time for them to withdraw the $35,000 they'd made, which would save their business, the account was locked.PayPal suspected fraud because there had been little activity on the site and suddenly it exploded with the sale of their colourful masks. Despite Ms Brown having a 99 per cent approval rating on eBay and sending all the documents, PayPal asked her to prove they were legitimate.And neither could their lawyer.That's when Mr Grenenger and Ms Brown got in touch withand after filming with the couple, eBay and PayPal were contacted to see what gives.Mr Grenenger and Ms Brown were just caught up in the secure protocols of the system that protects customers from fraudsters.has chalked another win up for the little guys.

Our teams have worked closely with Ms. Brown to alleviate account issues and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this situation may have caused. We value Ms. Brown as a PayPal merchant and we will work hard to regain her trust.

 

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These people took advantage of vulnerable people with charging high prices for mask. They don't deserve the win. Good on PayPal for at least trying to deter others from doing same

Its amazing how many jerks suddenly do the right thing once ACA get involved & do a story on their wrong doing of innocent people doing the right thing. Good on you ACurrentAffair9 for getting the job done & getting yet another big company to do the right thing.👍👍

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