What does "held" mean?

[GarrettStutzman]

Well i sold too many items and three people disputed the transaction. There money was in my PENDING BLANACE, and i could print shipping labels and such. Now there payment status is "Held" and the money is not in my pending balance. I dont see it anywhere in my account so my question is how can i refund them when i dont have there money because its not there and i didnt spend it?

[xapril07x]

your payments being "held" means that Paypal has taken hold of your money, and will try not to give it back to you until after 21 days. it is a new policy that Paypal has made for sellers, for whatever cunniving reasons. as for the situation of your money disappearing and not even being in the pending state, i dont know what to tell you except try calling Paypal and have one of their associates go over your account to figure out where the money went. good luck

[wvrocker]

Held, now means paypal held my funds as in "held me up at gun point" and won't give me MY money.

[xapril07x]

thats kind of a lousy answer. how about not giving the total inaccurate phrase of "held up at gun point" ...