PayPal Tightens Transaction Reins

from the can't-sell-that dept

eBay continues to clamp down on the usefulness of PayPal. Their latest move is to put in place a list of restricted items that you can't use PayPal for - including any sort of "adult item". Of course, there is a loophole. You can use PayPal to pay for such items only if you're selling it on eBay - which, of course, is angering plenty of people who see it as a way for eBay to force people to use their service. Considering the whole point of PayPal is that people can use it to easily pay other people for anything, these seem like pointless restrictions. I also wonder how they enforce these restrictions. If I remember correctly, when you PayPal someone you can say whatever you want in describing what it's being used for.
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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2003 @ 11:03am

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    dump paypal -- start using BrightPay (www.brightpay.com).

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2003 @ 3:47pm

    Pay Pal

    Don't trust Pay Pal! It's the rip off artist's dream.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. identicon
    Pseudonymous Coward, 27 Mar 2003 @ 6:05am

    Damn

    There goes my next nakkidnerds.com subscription. (My credit card is on a blacklist for some reason, so I have to use PayPal.)

    link to this | view in thread ]


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