Google refuses to shut down my adsense account, lies about the reasons.
April 10th, 2009 by ReinderThree times now, my request to close my AdSense account and pay out outstanding amounts has been met with a response saying (in Dutch) that they cannot comply because there is a hold on my payout. After the first time, I went into my account and went through all the reasons they cited for such a hold: was my tax information complete and up to date (no, but it is now), did I put a manual hold on the payments (of course not, and there was no indication that Google had any reason to think so), did I enter a PIN (Yes, I did, in 2005, and as near as I can tell I don't have to enter it again)?
As best I can tell, all should be clear to wind up my account like I want to because I do not want to put something as harmful as the new version of AdSense on my website. So I can't tell why Google is making it so difficult for me to do so. To be continued, I'm sure.
