Paypal is anti-gun

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Yeah, you have to watch Paypal. They can get pretty Draconian which borders on theft when it comes to firearms transactions.
 
I have one card that I would use for PayPal. That # got stolen twice. :cuss:
 
When I pay a gun on paypal, I just put "cocaine", "heroine", or "stolen car" in the field of description..

Interestingly, never had such a problem as the blogger had...
 
I don't get it. Ebay now allows gun parts on their website. Stuff like stocks, scopes, small parts, can be sold, (and pay pal paid) but they draw a line at receivers and whole firearms. It's just stupid.

Scott
 
I'm somewhat baffled by this statement: "Looking at the Terms of Use, we couldn’t understand where we’d gone wrong"

If you read PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy it clearly says:
You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:

1. relate to sales of ... (h) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories ...

6. involve gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, ... unless the operator has obtained prior approval from PayPal and the operator and customers are located exclusively in jurisdictions where such activities are permitted by law.
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While PayPal is no friend to those who wish use their services for firearms related transactions, it's pretty obvious that trying to raffle a firearm using their service is a clear violation of their policies.
 
Yes, and their policies are anti-gun.

This is nothing new. I dropped my account 6 or 7 years ago. Ebay ownership is a bunch of hypocrites. They're all morons and idiots. Greedy, money grubbing agenda pushing dolts.

C'mon SP, tell us how you REALLY feel.
 
I don't get it. Ebay now allows gun parts on their website. Stuff like stocks, scopes, small parts, can be sold, (and pay pal paid) but they draw a line at receivers and whole firearms. It's just stupid.
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Ebay has always allowed certain gun parts, but not gun parts that are considered firearms or have anything to do with movement of projectiles. (Don't even let any brass appear in an auction photo of reloading dies for sale -Dies, OK. Brass, Nope. - been there on that) and since ebay owns paypal gun parts sold in ebay are OK but gun parts bought anywhere else are NOT OK.

It's very simple, really. Think ebay would give up all that money?
 
Guys, the guy just discovered the fact and wanted to share with us. Let's not be donkeys about it. We are all on the same team, here, remember.

Ash
 
This is no secret, they have frozen accounts indefinitely, accounts with large sums of money in them.

Ebay and Paypal choose not to do business regarding most firearm related items so I choose not to do business with either of them.

Their policies are based on ignorance and prejudice. They are anti-gun, anti-second amendment and anti-American. They are ****!!!!
 
Ash is correct. Even though we've had countless posts and threads about PayPal and its relationship to eBay, it may be news to both the OP and to those who have just joined the fraternity and haven't yet searched through every nook and cranny on this (or other) gun forums. Nothing wrong with that.
 
The problem with not doing business with ebay and paypal when one lives away from a big city is access to some merchandise. I try to buy locally whenever possible but if the item is not available or so over priced, I do have to buy through them.

I did, however, make a call to paypal's CS to let them know I will limit my transactions through them until their policy changes. That may never happen but if enough people call the number on the link the OP posted maybe something can happen.
 
I've made two gun purchases using my Paypal card, but spreading the cost out over two cards each time. One of them was at a sporting goods store, so it could have been any kind of merchandise, and that purchase (about $500 of which went to Paypal) would have probably gotten through. The second was at a gun store with the words "Guns & Ammo" in the name, and the amount on the Paypal card was about $250, with the balance on a BofA card. That one went through too.

I'm not saying that Paypal isn't messed up. I know they are. All I'm saying is that this particular phenomenon has not affected me at all... ...yet.
 
I have bought tickets for the raffle for this gun. I transacted the business through Paypal. I contacted Soldiers Angels and yes they have my money and my tickets are entered. I did not know about Paypal's policies. The original blogger asked people to spread the word about this. I went to a place that I knew had a hopefully sympathetic audience. If people get riled up because I posted something already known, well, they'll get over it. Now I know what Paypal's current policy regarding firearms is. If that changes, I'll happily post the update. Thanks.
 
I've made two gun purchases using my Paypal card,
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I think you can spend the money in your Paypal account any way you want, that's not the issue.

The discussion is about small time sellers receiving payment through the Paypal system, just like you would if you were selling your old laptop or whatever on eBay. That they prohibit - and they will freeze those payments if they figure out that is what you received payment for.
 
Maybe so, maybe not...I dont know. But, I have sold a few weapons via PayPal transfers...even making the mistake of mentioning "gun" during the transaction. All went smoothly. You just need to be careful in how you word things during such a transaction. No problem as far as I have seen.

Sure, their "policy" seems to be against the sale/purchase of weapons, but I dont think such a policy is enforced by anything approaching strict means.
 
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While PayPal is no friend to those who wish use their services for firearms related transactions, it's pretty obvious that trying to raffle a firearm using their service is a clear violation of their policies.
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So you have to wonder why people complain when they break the rules they agreed to abide by. It boggles the mind.
 
So you have to wonder why people complain when they break the rules they agreed to abide by. It boggles the mind.
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Agreed. However, this "rule" of theirs is probably more "obligatory" than anything else. I mean, Ive rarely heard of an instance where this "rule" was enforced to any significant degree (at least on this end).

Heck, my local range states "no head shots" and "allow at least 2 seconds in between the firing of each round," for instance. Yet, I see this "rule" broken time and time again. You know how often Ive seen it enforced? Never.

Regardless, if Im wrong so be it. If so, then you can count me among those who will contact PayPal regarding such policy and thus, request that they broaden/ammend their outlook on the transfer of funds as pertaining to guns.
 
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At some point, the feds are going to start hardcore regulating money transfer sites. I've heard too many stories of sites like Paypal doing foul things. At some time, they're going to piss off the wrong shark lawyer.
 
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