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PayPal Strikes again?
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Barbie D0ll
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2011-12-07 03:00:25 UTC
http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/

TL;DR person tries to use paypal to collect donations to pay for toys for poor children, paypal decides to shut it down during the middle of the operations and told the person he had to refund all the donations and pockets the transaction fees. when the person asks why, paypal rep told them to fk off

details here
http://thegreengeeks.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/why-paypal-is-wrong-regarding-regretsy-according-to-their-own-policies/

I've heard of paypal's supposed policies on being an ******* whenever possible and I thought they were just isolated cases

bringing up wikipedia brings up more cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal#Criticism_and_limitations

apparently the Goons from SomethingAwful Forums had a run in with Paypal http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/09/68788

more digging (not bothering to link)
http://blog.apparentsoft.com/business/124/is-paypal-good-for-your-microisv-business-a-short-paypal-horror-story/
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1096322756/working-on-a-friday-update-crying-over-paypal

and various other places, just be warned that a few of the top "paypal sucks" web sites don't appear to be safe for your computer

also forum tried to eat my post
Tobias Sjodin
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-12-07 06:24:15 UTC
Meh, I use paypal to pay for stuff, and that works. v0v

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