Businesses will abuse you like this unless you know how 1.] to sue 2.] how to make a threat to sue sound credible 3.] be strong on #2 with articulation on punitive damages.
A well written letter can get things moving pretty quick.
There's not many businesses that'll take $80K of your money and refuse to give any explanation, though. Especially businesses that have a long history of similar incidents.
Heh. I wish it were so uncommon that it were unheard of. Ya gotta have a great legal team or else you'll get hosed. There are days I'd rather have spent coding rather than working with legal.
Punitive damages are not a thing in a large part of the world. In particular in the European countries where Paypal or some of its subsidiaries reside.
As I wrote on another thread: PayPal is exploiting the fact that they exist in several jurisdictions. So you don't just need to be able to sue. You need to be able to sue across borders, several borders – Good luck with that.
A well written letter can get things moving pretty quick.