Paying with PayPal on eBay?

Paying for ebay items on paypal?

• So I just payed for some stuff on ebay using my paypal account by drawing funds directly from my bank account and not the paypal account. On ebay it says the items have been payed for already, but on paypal the status on the transactions are "uncleared" and wont be "cleared" for another few days. Does this mean the seller got my payment or he/she is still waiting for it, and will be until the transaction is cleared??

• Answer:

  Your Paypal account isn't an account per se....it sounds like you had a zero balance in your Paypal account and therefore it went to your bank account for an eCheck rather than for direct funds transfer. If it was a direct funds transfer, it would have cleared immediately. The only time I would have seen "uncleared" (as a seller) is when a buyer sends me an eCheck. It takes a few days to clear. As the buyer, I do not ship until that eCheck does clear. Yes, and as the buyer, my Paypal account does show me that it is not cleared and I do not consider it paid for until it clears.