Pay After Delivery - why not available???

[omesaara]

I have come to LOVE the Pay After Delivery option.  As a person who does NOT own or use credit cards, this was my way of being able to make purchases before the funds were available so that I was SURE they would arrive on time.  But I was HIGHLY dismayed to find this evening, when I went in and made a larger-than-usual purchase in the hopes of not having to pay for it until 2 weeks from now (well AFTER my next pay day!), it was not provided as an option...but it was too late to cancel the transaction, so I had to pay for it anyway!  I would NOT have purchased this item tonight if I had known I wouldn't have 2 weeks to pay for it.  Now I'm financially strapped for the next 2 weeks.  If this is not going to be consistently offered as an option, I WISH that information would be provided IN ADVANCE...before we commit to buy the item!  😞  Not cool.

[Chevyfan1978]

Hi! I have also had my pay after delivery stop working with ebay. All of my previous p.a.d. transactions went through and cleared with no issues, and I have been bidding on items with the impression of paying in 2 wks only to find that I was not able to do so. It wouldn't let me do an instant transfer either, only an echeck! I have not had any trouble w/ the instant transfer until now also. However, I purchased an online subscription (on the same day I wasn't able to use it on an ebay purchase) and p.a.d. was an option for that. PayPal hasn't responded to my email yet, so did anyone else find out what the deal is? Thanks!

[ftm2010]

The same thing just happened to me. I use PAD all the time. And now -- out of the blue-- it is no longer offerred. I don't know why because there was no problem with my other transactions. I emailed them too so I am waiting to hear back.

My guess is that they have some sort of risk model that flags certain transactions and that sometimes people that are not making risky transactions get lumped into the group with the miscreants! 

Well, I hope it works out for everyone--I'm confident it will because I usually have positive experiences with paypal.

[Werdna]

Found this in the help FAQs hope it answers some questions.

With Pay After Delivery, you don’t have to pay for your purchase until after you receive your item. Only certain purchases offer Pay After Delivery as a payment method. If it’s available, you’ll see the option on the Review Your Information page during checkout. There is no fee to schedule a payment using Pay After Delivery.

When you use Pay After Delivery, we pay the seller right away, so there's no delay in sending you the item. We withdraw the payment from your bank account 14 days later.

You still have full coverage on your payments. If you don’t receive your item or the item isn’t what you expected, just let us know by reporting a problem in the PayPal Resolution Center. If you report the problem within 14 days of making your purchase, we’ll put your payment on hold and you won’t pay until the dispute is resolved.

Note:

• You need a confirmed bank linked to your PayPal account to use Pay After Delivery.
• If there isn’t enough money in your bank account to complete your scheduled Pay After Delivery payment, we’ll use your backup payment method. We make two attempts to debit your bank account for a payment before we use your backup payment method.
• If the Pay After Delivery option doesn’t appear during checkout, it’s not available to you yet. We are in the process making this feature available to more customers in the near future.

[Houd1ni]

I've read that myself butit still doesn't mean I am not frustrated to not be able to have the option.  My PAD transactions have gone off flawlessly in the past and see no reason why I should not be able to use it now and as I wish in the future.  Like many of you I also enjoy using the PAD option on or right before a payday knowing that I can use my next pay period torwards the purchase as well.  This is going on about ten days now that I have not been able to do this.  Very frustrating.

[Murphee]

It is frustrating....just yesterday I bought two items PAD.....today, it's not giving me the option. I've had dozens go through since the option was made available to me.

What's going on? Some glitch or is it honestly not available with some sellers? Funny thing is, I see that with certain sellers I've bought PAD before are showing NOW that PAD isn't available. Hmmm?

[bmtompkins3]

I have not been able to use it for a month now very anoying

[marimarihi]

its a power trip from some one at paypal playing games by shutting pay after delivery on and off and really have no valid reason my account is sooo perfect and i cant get it and no straight answer as to why

[bmtompkins3]

How come I cant use PAD anymore is it not being offered

[karenlac]

I'd like to know why we can't get any answers from anyone regarding "Pay After Delivery" and why sometimes the option is available but most times, it's not.  Members have been asking and replying to this topic for months yet not one advisor has responded and no options have been suggested.  WTH Paypal?  I've even opened a ticket asking Paypal for CLEAR info. regarding PAD and I get the run-around!  I know that it's all based on the purchase and risk and blah, blah, blah... Why can't we get any answers?  I am totally frustrated with Paypal and the on again/off again payment option of PAD.  PLEASE... Can someone from Paypal or an advisor reply?

[lilblue10]

Same thing happened to me and I would like PAD back !