Hacker News Reader

Comment by 3np | Hacker News Reader

I registered my PayPal account myself at 17, no sharing. Had it permanently blocked and prohibited from ever opening a new one 10 years later. Completely out of the blue and registering as underage was the stated reason.

View on HN

I sold a gun on Gunbroker, they have a PayPal button as an option for some inexplicable reason. I wasn’t thinking about terms of service and clicked it. Buyer clicks it on his end, but there was an issue with his dealer and I refunded him, sale fell through. PayPal bans me three months later without saying why.

I explain it was an accident to click the PayPal button and it didn’t go through.

Banned for life :D PayPal can join the rest of the former tech giants anytime.

I work in "online payments for guns" and it's amazing how many innocent people get banned by PayPal over guns. I talk to at least one per week. In almost every case, these people simply weren't aware that PayPal prohibits firearm transactions. Although PayPal doesn't provide much warning, it is actually following an industry-wide practice. All the payment platforms prohibit guns [1].

[1] https://www.guntab.com/payment-platform-firearm-policies

I had someone walk away from a sale because he would only accept guntab after getting screwed on a PayPal transfer. I hadn’t heard of it then.

I know nothing about the industry you are in so far as payments go, but get the fees closer to 2% and you’ll own the market.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com