Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:49 pm
Really! Someone's irritated at PayPal. Hahahah!
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:18 pm
I rest my case, just glad someone else thinks the same as I do
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:23 pm
I paid for my ctac via paypal before I dumped my account.Diode wrote:I thought I paid for my holster at Crossbreed via paypal... Hmmm!nitrogen wrote:I had paypal shut down my account.
I bought a GLOCK T-shirt from someone, and apparently that tripped paypal's word filters.
Never again.
I guess what they don't know doesn't hurt them?
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:50 pm
I sent them a couple of really nice e-mails asking why they choose not to be used for firearms and supplies and all I got was them quoting the rules to me. Weird people. I cancelled my account. I'll send money orders
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:25 pm
Diode wrote: Weird people. I cancelled my account. I'll send money orders
Thats what I've been doing for a couple of years now. Its a bit inconvenient, but worth it to me to make a stand.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:57 pm
A stand? I'll ask again, do you know the "stances" of all of the companies you do business with?flintknapper wrote:Diode wrote: Weird people. I cancelled my account. I'll send money orders
Thats what I've been doing for a couple of years now. Its a bit inconvenient, but worth it to me to make a stand.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:14 pm
txinvestigator wrote:A stand? I'll ask again, do you know the "stances" of all of the companies you do business with?flintknapper wrote:Diode wrote: Weird people. I cancelled my account. I'll send money orders
Thats what I've been doing for a couple of years now. Its a bit inconvenient, but worth it to me to make a stand.
I'm well aware that you cannot avoid doing business with every company that supports gun control. I have no problem with a company/corporation spending their profited money anyway they please, this is America after all.
I simply choose NOT to support certain of those companies where ever I see fit. I am not proposing a total boycott of ALL who hold views different from mine, (it isn't feasible). Just the same, when ever it makes sense for me to do so, I do. Thats a lot more than some others are doing.
No one is "taking you to task" for spending your hard earned money with whomever you wish. I expect the same consideration from you, even if you think it misguided and fruitless.
Just my .02 on it.
Flint
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:54 pm
No but I can't stand someone or some company trying to tell me what I can and can't purchase. If I want to use Paypal to buy Horse "Poo" why would or should they care? There business is to transfer funds not decide what I am allowed to purchase. It's not a "Stand" TX it's the prinicple of the matter. I got nothing but canned answers when I asked them why they refuse to let people buy gun supplies.txinvestigator wrote:A stand? I'll ask again, do you know the "stances" of all of the companies you do business with?flintknapper wrote:Diode wrote: Weird people. I cancelled my account. I'll send money orders
Thats what I've been doing for a couple of years now. Its a bit inconvenient, but worth it to me to make a stand.
Now don't get me wrong, I respect their right to spend their money on what ever they please. Heck, they can fund Hillary's campaign for all I care but how dare they decide what I spend my money on. Now I have to go to Wal-Mart and buy ammo just to spite them!
jim
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:12 am
+1 for Diode
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:23 pm
Yep. PayPal's policy would be like your bank bouncing your check if you bought a gun or ammunition. Or a credit card company refusing to allow gun related purchases.progun47 wrote:+1 for Diode
PayPal doesn't sell the merchandise; they're a financial services company. They should transfer the money and collect their fees, and not worry about what gets bought and sold. But since they do want to make it their business, I choose to do business elsewhere.
Kevin
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:00 pm
Between their anti gun policies and the number of scam emails I got pretending to be paypal phishing for info, and paypal's complete lack of action to take any step to counter these phishers. I closed my account a long time ago. From now on it will be Postal Money Order, or nothing, that is of course IF I ever need to get something from eBay, Gun Broker, etc.
Besides with the PMO I have a little more recourse should an online dealer fail to deliver.
Besides with the PMO I have a little more recourse should an online dealer fail to deliver.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:23 pm
Exactly..............dpatterson wrote:Just dont tell paypal what the money is purchasing....Daniel
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:29 am
It really isn't any of Paypal's business...Glockdude1 wrote:Exactly..............dpatterson wrote:Just dont tell paypal what the money is purchasing....Daniel
Any more than it's your bank's business, or your credit card company's business. Paypal plays like they want to be a financial services company, but they've got a way to go, and may never get out of ebay's shadow.
I suspect paypal's rules re a mirror of ebay's and a hold-over of ebay's policy on firearms, since paypal is owned by ebay. Ebay is totally unable to insure there transactions are legitimate and items for sale are not stolen merchandise to begin with. Gun transactions they must believe are the third rail for them attracting lawsuits that they can't/don't want to handle, they've probably got enough litigation on what they do already.