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Paypal warning!!!
Some of you may know, but for those that don't, Paypal prohibits using their service to sell firearms, parts for firearms, and ammunition. If they detect you've done this, they'll freeze your account, after they transfer the money.
Isn't convenient for them to complete the transfer first? To find out what you're doing, they scan the "Message to recipient" box. For some reason I thought this was a private message, but my use of "receiver" prompted their actions.
Reading their user agreement on "acceptable use", they state "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that: 2. relate to sales of (h) certain firearms, firearm parts or accessories, ammunition, weapons or knives". I interpreted "certain" to mean items that may be illegal if you don't have a license, or might be illegal where you live. Of course I though I had a right to use my own money legally (fool).
Digging deeper on Paypal's website, I found this: What types of firearms related items does PayPal prohibit?
PayPal prohibits all account holders from buying or selling any type of firearm and certain firearm parts and ammunition. PayPal may allow certain U.S. merchants to sell items addressed by this policy if they have been approved by PayPal and can ensure transactions and shipments comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Firearms – Include all rifles, shotguns, and handguns, whether they are intended for use in sporting, as collectibles, or as curio and relic firearms. These items are prohibited regardless of their present working order.
Firearm parts - Include, but are not limited to, receivers and frames, silencers, kits designed to convert a firearm to automatic firing capability, high capacity magazines, multi-burst trigger activators, and camouflaging firearm containers.
Ammunition - Includes ammunition with propellant, such as gunpowder or blank ammunition. Ammunition is defined as ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder designed for any firearm.
Stun guns - For U.S. residents, PayPal allows transactions for stun guns only if the transaction is permitted by law in both the buyer's and seller's jurisdictions. U.S. sellers must ensure that each transaction is legal in both locations before completing the sale. Transactions for stun guns involving account holders outside the U.S. are prohibited.
Isn't it funny how you can sell stun guns if they're legal, but legal firearms and parts are verbotten? Just a word to the wise from a hard-learned lesson, be careful what you say!
Isn't convenient for them to complete the transfer first? To find out what you're doing, they scan the "Message to recipient" box. For some reason I thought this was a private message, but my use of "receiver" prompted their actions.
Reading their user agreement on "acceptable use", they state "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that: 2. relate to sales of (h) certain firearms, firearm parts or accessories, ammunition, weapons or knives". I interpreted "certain" to mean items that may be illegal if you don't have a license, or might be illegal where you live. Of course I though I had a right to use my own money legally (fool).
Digging deeper on Paypal's website, I found this: What types of firearms related items does PayPal prohibit?
PayPal prohibits all account holders from buying or selling any type of firearm and certain firearm parts and ammunition. PayPal may allow certain U.S. merchants to sell items addressed by this policy if they have been approved by PayPal and can ensure transactions and shipments comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Firearms – Include all rifles, shotguns, and handguns, whether they are intended for use in sporting, as collectibles, or as curio and relic firearms. These items are prohibited regardless of their present working order.
Firearm parts - Include, but are not limited to, receivers and frames, silencers, kits designed to convert a firearm to automatic firing capability, high capacity magazines, multi-burst trigger activators, and camouflaging firearm containers.
Ammunition - Includes ammunition with propellant, such as gunpowder or blank ammunition. Ammunition is defined as ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder designed for any firearm.
Stun guns - For U.S. residents, PayPal allows transactions for stun guns only if the transaction is permitted by law in both the buyer's and seller's jurisdictions. U.S. sellers must ensure that each transaction is legal in both locations before completing the sale. Transactions for stun guns involving account holders outside the U.S. are prohibited.
Isn't it funny how you can sell stun guns if they're legal, but legal firearms and parts are verbotten? Just a word to the wise from a hard-learned lesson, be careful what you say!
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