That's fine - until someone opens a dispute. Once that happens, the guys with UPS or Fedex tracking numbers seem to have a much easier time resolving disputes than those without 3rd party confirmation of at least a parcel being sent. If all your customers are happy with your service (and not fraudulent themselves), and you don't grow your business (in terms of cash flow volume via Paypal) unexpectedly quickly, you'll almost certainly be fine...
But, I'd still _strongly_ recommend you don't keep any sizeable sort of float in your Paypal account. Sweep it into your bank account every day or two (for the seriously paranoid, sweep it into a connected bank account, then transfer it out of that one too - technically your agreement with Paypal (at least in .au) allows them to transfer money back out of a connected account "to correct errors"). And at least have a plan for what you'd do to keep accepting payment if Paypal did decide to freeze all you payments for 180 days.
Seriously - _lots_ of people get caught out with this. It doesn't mean Paypal is useless or evil, it just means you need to be aware of how much risk you're allowing yourself to be exposed to by Paypal, and if that risk is high enough to have plans in place to minimise them.
I'd suggest anyone who's likely to feel the need to write a blog post about how badly Paypal are treating them - was clearly allow themselves to be exposed to unacceptable risks without having risk minimisation plans in place. In mu opinion, anybody getting "caught" with Paypal withholding $45k in funds was being outrageously foolish in allowing Paypal to be in a position to do that. Anythng more than a few thousand dollars in a Paypal account needs sweeping into your bank account asap - even if that means doing it manually several times a day.
But, I'd still _strongly_ recommend you don't keep any sizeable sort of float in your Paypal account. Sweep it into your bank account every day or two (for the seriously paranoid, sweep it into a connected bank account, then transfer it out of that one too - technically your agreement with Paypal (at least in .au) allows them to transfer money back out of a connected account "to correct errors"). And at least have a plan for what you'd do to keep accepting payment if Paypal did decide to freeze all you payments for 180 days.
Seriously - _lots_ of people get caught out with this. It doesn't mean Paypal is useless or evil, it just means you need to be aware of how much risk you're allowing yourself to be exposed to by Paypal, and if that risk is high enough to have plans in place to minimise them.
I'd suggest anyone who's likely to feel the need to write a blog post about how badly Paypal are treating them - was clearly allow themselves to be exposed to unacceptable risks without having risk minimisation plans in place. In mu opinion, anybody getting "caught" with Paypal withholding $45k in funds was being outrageously foolish in allowing Paypal to be in a position to do that. Anythng more than a few thousand dollars in a Paypal account needs sweeping into your bank account asap - even if that means doing it manually several times a day.