Originally Posted by DaveWC

When you sell an item and the buyer pays through PayPal, the funds may be pending in your PayPal account for a period of time before the funds become available. This may be as little as 3 days after the buyer receives the item, but can be up to 21 days. This can happen if you are a new vendor or if you sell high risk items like cameras, computers or other electronics. If you are an international shipper it is nearly impossible to prove proof of delivery as the Paypal system for determining POD is automated & cannot handle shipments outside of the domestic system. Therefore it's quite likely that you will be waiting the 21 days for payment.