I don't know if this will help those of you who are banned and still have funds/gift cards tied to PP/Ebay, but I found a story from a person who said they were able to get their money right away + the money they had tied up in Ebay cards by emailing around until they got a response from Paypal's Office of Executive Escalations. Of course, this was Jan/Feb and that's still when Ebay GCs were tied to your PP account, so IDK how it would work now that cards are officially tied to your Ebay account.