Why is everyone anti-PayPal/eBay?

[OgenRwot]

If I'm not mistaken PayPal just chooses not to allow firearms transactions via their service, which I totally understand in this lawsuit happy environment that we live in these days. They don't want to be held liable for anything. Even the gun shop that the kid from VT purchase his guns from got sued in civil court. They don't donate to any antis like Brady or anything, they just don't want to get sued. Sure they are owned by eBay but they aren't big donors either. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I came across this as well, they explain why they continue to use PayPal even though they are a gun organization:
New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense

[Hoosier]

If I'm not mistaken PayPal just chooses not to allow firearms transactions via their service, which I totally understand in this lawsuit happy environment that we live in these days. They don't want to be held liable for anything. Even the gun shop that the kid from VT purchase his guns from got sued in civil court. They don't donate to any antis like Brady or anything, they just don't want to get sued. Sure they are owned by eBay but they aren't big donors either. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I came across this as well, they explain why they continue to use PayPal even though they are a gun organization:
New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense

I still use Paypal to get paid for some of the work I do. It's OK, I suppose. I'm really waiting for some better competitors to come along.

H.

[Bailey Guns]

We use PayPal for online payments on our gun-training website. They aren't my favorite because of their choice to not accept payments for firearms and some firearm related items (ie: standard capacity magazines). But they are easy to use and reliable.

I started using GunPal (now GPal) earlier this year. But they ran into some of the same problems with processing cards online as other firearms vendors. Banks stopped processing their transactions. That left a lot of people unable to get their money from GPal or unable to get their money in a timely manner. GPal leadership then failed to notifiy their customers in a timely manner of the problem and it's turned into a total goatf**k for them. I think it's 50-50 whether they'll survive as a viable option to PayPal. Lots of former customers are really pissed at them.

[Byte Stryke]

Personal choice...

and as far as the article paypal limiting their liability by not accepting legal payments for firearms sales within compliance of BATFE rules and regs. Because "you might kill someone with it" is like me saying I wont sell you gas because you might drink and drive.

its bullshit, its a political statement, it is used as a defacto tool of oppression and I don't care what some ass-clown in New Jersey says to support it.
For every Article you can come up with to support it I can find one against it.

Yeah, lets go after disabled veterans because "because one of its projects offered a handgun as a prize in a fund-raising raffle."



Right or wrong, I am taking my stand and not moving.

[68Charger]

Their firearms policy aside, since ebay acquired them, and they started playing games with requiring all ebay transactions to use paypal, they really rubbed me the wrong way at that point

they want a monopoly, and will do whatever they can to try to establish one.

[Troublco]

Being a private company, they can choose to not allow transactions involving firearms or firearm parts if they choose. Same with their requiring the use of PayPal.

Being a private individual who's had issues with PayPal in the past, I won't deal with PayPal again for anything and now that eBay requires the use of PayPal I won't touch them either. When I used to use eBay (and still use Gunbroker) I preferred the use of postal money orders. If they want to control the whole thing and how you exchange money, fine, but count me out.

If eBay and PayPal went under tomorrow, as far as I'm concerned it wouldn't be soon enough. If others like using their services, that's certainly up to them. But I won't.

[Hoosier]

Speaking of banking, I was able to put a check into my account yesterday by snapping pictures of it with my iPhone. That's pretty cool. They cap the check size to like $3k though.

H.

[Byte Stryke]

Here ya go... keep using Ebay and Paypal.

They are "rounding up" on you
If I Were Ebay/Paypal, legal firearms, parts and Accessories transactions would be the least of my worries.

http://news.cnet.com/eBay-sellers-fi...3-5258259.html

Ittook me some time to find this one, I remember seeing it on AFN
http://apcmag.com//accc_swoops_on_pa...al_rollout.htm


as far as I am concerned they don't need to worry about the criminals, They ARE the criminals and their anti-gun policy is just more self-serving bullshit

[jake]

I think the last time I actually used Ebay was to buy two hi-cap Glock magazines, must have been in 2004.

[Byte Stryke]

I think the last time I actually used Ebay was to buy two hi-cap Glock magazines, must have been in 2004.

I have contacted Ebay and they are currently seizing all of your accounts, funds and property, real or imagined.