Ive never had this happen with a verified PayPal account other than when I first started out on ebay . I have had large payments held for a 24 hour review but that was only for amounts over 3 , 000 $ and they immediately release after the 24 hours is up . Im not saying it isn ' t possible because paypal changes stuff constantly . But honestly if someone told me that they were going to pay me but paypal was probably going to hold it for a while , id probably tell them they were wrong as long as they had a verified account and weren ' t paying by echeck . I will tell you this , if they have paid you it will show up in your account . Even if it is held or frozen by paypal . Its not like they can pay you and paypal will wait ten days to post the payment to your account . It would post in minutes from the time it ' s sent even if they are holding it .