It's not a mistake. It's a feature, as they say. Paypals goal is to keep your money as long as possible preferably forever. Even if you do eventually get the mo

It's not a mistake. It's a feature, as they say. Paypals goal is to keep your money as long as possible preferably forever. Even if you do eventually get the money back, it is still a win for them since they gained interest on the deposits and were able to use those figures in financial disclosures etc. This is sort of why it is so hard to close your account - they would prefer their number of active users stay artificially high.