Yep I have the same position based on what they did to me/my PayPal account for no reason whatsoever. That’s to say nothing of their outrageous fees vs service. I’m happy using USPS money orders or cash/checks.
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paypal is dead to me.
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I don't buy or sell too much. Unfortunately over the years, PayPal has come a convenience for the internet market place. I've come to a moment in time where I am also going to delete my PP account. I've heard Zelle is a better option. I will be checking it out.
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Cancelled my account as soon as this news came out.
Hell with convenience, you gotta stand for something.
Hell with convenience, you gotta stand for something.
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I’ll admit it’s not obvious to me how ditching an easily replaceable online payment service represents anything remotely comparable to permanently disfiguring one’s own face.
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Just a question for those who use PayPal for the “recourse” feature when purchasing airguns and related items. Given their fire arms policy, has anyone had good outcomes getting their money back when a transaction went bad?
Asking because if their fire arm policy makes recourse useless then there is no difference from using wires, eChecks or things like Zelle.
-Marty
Asking because if their fire arm policy makes recourse useless then there is no difference from using wires, eChecks or things like Zelle.
-Marty
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For those who think moves like this will only penalize your ideological enemies, and mock those who stand for basic humanitarian principles such as an censorship-free financial system, they need look no further than everyday life for the subjects of China's CCP.
Or maybe just look at how quickly the definition of "misinformation" changes, possibly never more quickly in history than in the last few years with the weaponized coronavirus situation. We also learned that a subset of the population not only tolerates abject and authoritarian control, but welcomes it (brainwashed into seeing the stronger set as dangerous & evil) and then take part in enforcing it.
To succumb to this system willingly is to give ones self over to a total lack of values and principles, because the end game is you being forced to say anything to remain in compliance. A purely Orwellian near future, if we allow it.
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Don’t forget the most always required friends and family option.
Lets just see if paypal issues 1099 tax forms for those transactions too
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I use Paypal weekly for any number of transactions, it is the only way I will buy goods online from a stranger these days. 3% for securing my transaction if the deal goes south is a small price to pay. For face to face deals I will accept cash app, or google pay but thats it.
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Will you sing the same tune when they lock your account and hold your money for 6 months after you pay or receive payment for something that is completely legal but they consider the bane of society?
Not trying to pick on you specifically, but many people are perfectly happy with a service until they get caught in the drag net of a firm’s ever changing policies on what is and isn’t ok to buy/sell.
We all take a risk when using PayPal. We are betting on the ease of use, flexibility, and hoping for protection. Yet, the unseen or unspoken danger is there. The only way to change it is to do business with services that align with our own values or have Congress pass a law that prevents payment processors from discriminating against legal transactions. I think the former is easier than the latter but I’d love to see the latter.
PS. This whole deal with classifying fire arm stores by credit card companies is part of the same trend.
-Marty
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Do we all realize that you can buy guns from Pyramyd using Pay Pal right ?
I fail to understand what you all paranoia train starts from.
I fail to understand what you all paranoia train starts from.
I used them for virtually all online transactions...up until last week. Got a money request from someone unbeknownst to me, then promptly bailed completely out. Last straw so-to-speak.
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Jeez I see where you guys are coming from now, paranoia tin foil hat all arount Where is the face palm emojy ?Upvote 0
Had a PayPal account for years. I deleted mine as well and will never do business with them again. Even though it will surely cause me inconvenience from time to time.......I don't care.
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I keep telling my younger friends (which is most of them!), the day will return when a buyer and seller come to an agreement on a transaction without the need for third-party gadgetry. I've never used any payment service, and I've never been screwed on a deal. I have walked away from a few, but that's the nature of the game. There are a lot of folks out there in the fee collection business, and they usually have no risk in the transaction. So, I'm always guided by the old risk-to-reward relationship. If they have no risk, they get no money from me.
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you must not know of this - "(j) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories, or (k) certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law." directly from PayPal's latest "policies" which has been part of their policy for a few months now.
i have spoke with a couple of airgun stores on their opinion of PayPal's policies as of late, one of them being Pyramid Air. Their response was that they haven't made a decision yet if they will continue using PayPal. So there is concern across the airgun and firearms industry about PayPal's "over reach".
And if "we the people" don't pay attention... and keep supporting these "woke" and "anti-gun" corporations and groups, we are the one who will suffer the most.
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