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In re PayPal and firearms. PayPal Acceptable Use Policy 2. (i) demands a boycott.

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Herr Heckler Koch

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https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?...ntent_ID=ua/AcceptableUse_full&locale.x=en_US
PayPal Acceptable Use Policy Last Update: Oct 24, 2011

You are independently responsible for complying with all applicable laws in all of your actions related to your use of PayPal's services, regardless of the purpose of the use. In addition, you must adhere to the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy.
Prohibited Activities

You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:

1. violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.

2. relate to transactions involving (a) narcotics, steroids, certain controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety, (b) drug paraphernalia, (c) items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity, (d) stolen goods including digital and virtual goods (e) items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime, (f) items that are considered obscene, (g) items that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction, (h) certain sexually oriented materials or services, (i) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories, or (j) ,certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law.

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gunns

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Is Paypal not allowing firearms purchasing because they are antigun or because the don't want any online fraud that may lead to illegal firearms sales? If you can find a company policy stating they are antigun then I am in, otherwise I am out. I like paypal
 

Stanley

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2A aside. PayPal has a horrendous track record. One of the major complaints being that they will hold customers money for 6 months for nothing other than "it seems suspicious."

They've been sued multiple times. I avoid them. Though of someone else trusts them enough to hold their money I don't mind paying the person through the service...
 

gunns

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2A aside. PayPal has a horrendous track record. One of the major complaints being that they will hold customers money for 6 months for nothing other than "it seems suspicious."

They've been sued multiple times. I avoid them. Though of someone else trusts them enough to hold their money I don't mind paying the person through the service...

I don't give them any money to hold, just use my credit card through their service to buy things. The credit card is limited to how much can be charged too.
 
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