PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
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Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
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Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#3Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit.
Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT hApPen tO yOu", etc they gave no reason and locked their funds without any explanation and went silent. PayPal doesn't care about who it is [1] and will do it to whoever and whenever they like, with little to no reason given.
[0] https://twitter.com/flipper_zero/status/1567194641610465281
[1] https://twitter.com/llsceptics/status/1567658400573448192
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#4Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit. Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT h…
What alternative solution do you propose, bud?
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#5Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit. Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT h…
What alternative solution do you propose, bud?
I'll tell you. Any service that gives an explanation of ToS violations and doesn't arbitrarily lock and ransom your money and fall silent; such as AlignPay [0]. The last resort is to accept and use crypto or stablecoins.
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
What alternative solution do you propose, bud?
I'll tell you. Any service that gives an explanation of ToS violations and doesn't arbitrarily lock and ransom your money and fall silent; such as AlignPay [0]. The last resort is to accept and use crypto or stablecoins. [0] https://alignpay.com
Sounds good to me. Cheers and thank you.
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#7Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit. Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT h…
Isn't the problem that Flipper is a russian company? Considering the sanctions I would think the problem lies somewhere there.
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#8Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit. Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT h…
This is why I stopped using paypal over a decade ago. Their ability to unilaterally shut down your account and seize the contents was just too much for me.
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#9In the Netherlands, the teachers unions campaigned to keep schools open for kids during Covid. Honorable, IMO.
We need a postmortem of the whole Covid event.
Re: PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open
#10Given that Flipper [0] encountered the same problems of PayPal seizing $1.3M that they earned without any explanation and are holding it for months, it only tells you why it makes zero sense to keep using PayPal as they WILL do it to anyone for no reason and essentially kill you business or suffocate your non-profit. Before you scream: "PaYpAL iS a pRiVAtE cOmPAny aNd cAn dO THiS", "iF yOu folLoW tHEiR TOS, iT wOnT h…
Paypal has this problem from at least 10 years. Yet some people never check or never learn.