Buyer Beware

Is there any info on using ApplePay or GooglePay?

Sam

 

PayPal's acceptable use policy forbids transactions for firearms. Discovery of policy violation results in immediate account termination.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/acceptableuse-full?locale.x=en_US

 

For me, No buying firearms online ever. I like to handle the merchandise before I pay.

 

I’ve used PP since it’s inception. I’ve made several private purchases of non regulated types of firearms, never an FFL required purchase. Have no idea if PP’s policy applies to those non regulated items or not. Don’t really care either. I don’t keep monies there in an account, nor do I use their credit card, so what’s the worse they can do beyond suspending the account. It’s a convenience and works for me so I use it when every it’s available. It all comes out of several credit cards on file with them.

 

eBay allows the sale of firearm parts, magazines, etc. eBay requires sellers to accept PayPal. Does PayPal specially prohibit only firearms themselves or does it extend to accessories as well? That’s quite a catch 22 if it does.

 

Paypal had 2019 revenues of $17.7 billion. I'm sure that not one red cent went toward any effort to erode our rights though. I don't use them or any known anti if at all possible. YMMV.

 

Even considered that PayPal is antigun company, I never had any issue buying or selling using PayPal. Faster than money order or certified check. Sold several rifles and handguns via GunBroker with no issue. Bought guns and ammo and had no issue.

 

Beware, I've had negative experiences with PayPal. I was warned too about them years ago and didn't listen. Sure enough, PP without explanation suddenly decided to freeze a $600 transaction. It was a funds transfer from me to my mother. Multiple calls to PP customer service, they refused to release or tell me why the funds were being held up. Finally after about a month and a half and threatening legal action and a letter writing campaign to every major news outlet about how they were screwing over a disabled vet and his mother, they relented. Once the transaction cleared and my mother had cash in hand, I dumped PP. In that process, while waiting for the last transaction to an ebay seller to clear, PP tried to withdraw funds from a bank account I had removed from my PP account, resulting in over $100.00 in insufficient funds fees from my bank. After again wrestling with PP, they promised to put through the transaction again to the proper bank account and AGAIN they attempted to withdraw from the same bank account that I had previously removed. $100+ more in fees to my bank. AGAIN I went 10 rounds with PP customer service. Finally they got it right and I demanded that my PP account be closed. Never again. Oh yeah, PP outright refused to reimburse me for the insufficient funds charges. Out of respect for the High Road Forum I will not disclose the words I would very much like to use to describe PP. For that, you can use your imagination.

 

I sold something on Ebay and I'm still waiting for Paypal to send me my money. That was three months and many emails ago. So . . .

 

Yes, it does, though the language is quite general with regard to exactly what, giving them wide latitude for assigning terms of use violations. Quote from PayPal "Acceptable Use" agreement list of prohibited transactions (linked in my post above):