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I'm confused about how to get my funds faster in this scenario - currently it indicates the PayPal funds transferred to me on the sale of a TV today will not be available until March 4. Supposedly I could cut that time down by shipping quickly and providing a tracking number, but the problem is I "shipped" IMMEDIATELY - I threw the TV in my car and drove it to the buyer myself 40 miles away - thus, there IS no tracking number and no carrier. I marked it as shipped, but how can PayPal confirm that my buyer has already received the product? He payed me immediately, I delivered the item immediately and got positive feedback from him, he says it's working fine - and I have to wait until March 4 for funds to be released? ... View more

I did not know that some merchants (iTunes for example) will take PayPal as a method of payment, but not PayPal SmartConnect, so when I ran $12.98 worth of charges thru iTunes, it went straight to my bank account, which I was not expecting and cannot afford (thus the reason for having the SmartConnect credit line) - but when I had bought something at two other merchants onine prio to that, PayPal did charge it against my SmartConnect line of credit. That makes no sense at all to me - why would the merchant care about the arrangement between me and PayPal for a credit line?   So how do I know in advance if a PayPal merchant such as iTunes does not accept SmartConnect? ... View more