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PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by goatforce5 »

Right at the top of:

https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&c...

you have:

"You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:"

"relate to sales of [...] (e) items that are considered obscene [...] (g) certain sexually oriented materials or services"

I work on (amongst other things) a gay online discussion group/social network. A lot of what's discussed on there would probably be considered obscene by the population at large, and is certainly sexually orientated in many cases.

I suspect your site is similar. Care to post a link to it?

eg, Someone saying "Gay phone sex is great!" is probably ok. Someone saying "I just had a gay phone sex call where they said they'd do [x] to my [y] while swinging from the [z]" may not be.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by Andys »

nowarninglabel wrote: post #13

All this Paypal "we had to use it for business reasons" stuff reminds me of a family friend who was a Mcdonald's franchisee and got screwed over by Mcdonald's corporate and vowed to never eat at Mcdonald's again after being able to exit the business. Sure enough, 3 months later, there he was going to Mcdonald's. Excuse? "Well it was the only decent place to stop at this exit." If you chose to use Paypal for business…

Ebay is the sole reason I still use paypal as a consumer. It seems very hard or impossible to buy things on ebay without having a paypal account.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by axod »

tjarratt wrote: post #6
steve19 wrote: post #3

Say what you want about PayPal but they don't discriminate. They screw everyone regardless of race, religion, sex or sexuality. To the OP: Like so many people, I lost money when PrayPal[0] locked me out of my account. No amount of faxing documents, emails or phone calls would convince them that it was my account and my money. I ended up just walking away. A suggestion might be to go talk to a gay rights group and try…

I agree, attacking this from a gay rights angle will probably be the best approach. If he can get a major publication to run with this, PayPal will have to respond.

Really sad to see this idea, and even more to see it upvoted.

It's obvious the account wasn't shutdown due to 'gay rights'.

This is like an incompetent woman who was sacked suing for sexual discrimination.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

#24

Post by WillyDmz »

goatforce5 wrote: post #21

Right at the top of: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&c... you have: "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:" "relate to sales of [...] (e) items that are considered obscene [...] (g) certain sexually oriented materials or services" I work on (amongst other things) a gay online discussion group/social network. A lot of what's discussed on there would probably be considered obsce…

Thanks, but I would prefer to remain a bit anonymous until I can get this sorted out.

My goal with this thread is to try and get some connection to somebody at PayPal that can help me.

There was nothing obscene on the site, and in our FAQ, it was made clear that this wasn't a gay phone sex service. Regardless, the PayPal employee I spoke to agreed that it wasn't some obscene porno or sex service.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by Sevki »

goatforce5 wrote: post #21

Right at the top of: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&c... you have: "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:" "relate to sales of [...] (e) items that are considered obscene [...] (g) certain sexually oriented materials or services" I work on (amongst other things) a gay online discussion group/social network. A lot of what's discussed on there would probably be considered obsce…

+1 for "while swinging from the [z]"

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by boredguy8 »

kapitalx wrote: post #16
steve19 wrote: post #3

Say what you want about PayPal but they don't discriminate. They screw everyone regardless of race, religion, sex or sexuality. To the OP: Like so many people, I lost money when PrayPal[0] locked me out of my account. No amount of faxing documents, emails or phone calls would convince them that it was my account and my money. I ended up just walking away. A suggestion might be to go talk to a gay rights group and try…

Definitely. My account was recently frozen under a 'random check' to very my phone number. They didn't like the fact that I didn't have a land line phone number, cell phones are not accepted! It took 3 weeks to get it verified through their customer service.

That's an issue, since I haven't had a land line since 2002 or so. I don't even know my direct cell line any more: every 5 or 6 months I have to look it up in Google Voice.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

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Post by boredguy8 »

WillyDmz wrote: post #24
goatforce5 wrote: post #21

Right at the top of: https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&c... you have: "You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:" "relate to sales of [...] (e) items that are considered obscene [...] (g) certain sexually oriented materials or services" I work on (amongst other things) a gay online discussion group/social network. A lot of what's discussed on there would probably be considered obsce…

Thanks, but I would prefer to remain a bit anonymous until I can get this sorted out. My goal with this thread is to try and get some connection to somebody at PayPal that can help me. There was nothing obscene on the site, and in our FAQ, it was made clear that this wasn't a gay phone sex service. Regardless, the PayPal employee I spoke to agreed that it wasn't some obscene porno or sex service.

It's hard to build grassroots support for a site nobody knows about.

Re: PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story

#29

Post by rewind »

It's an aside, but wanting anonymity while asking for help/connections probably isn't going to get you very far. If you're willing to provide more information to someone who can help before that person puts his/her reputation on the line by trying to make a connection for you, that might help you to be taken more seriously.
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