I am very sorry to hear that because of this: https://www.jbschirtzinger.com/post/stripe/
I don't think Stripe deserves to be a major player since they are acting like the Gestapo.
I don't think Stripe deserves to be a major player since they are acting like the Gestapo.
From your first communication it's a very combative communication style and it continues that way to the end.
"By the way, lest you think Kelsey was being super considerate above, she made sure to time several of her messages so that they arrived at three and four AM to make it rather harder to reply. Sometimes timing can be a quasi-malicious act."
Business may need to determine if its worth doing business with a customer. For stripe, it may simply not have been worth trying to business with you. The good news - TONS of other providers in this space, including for very high charge back industries (adult, tatoo, strip clubs etc) so you should be able to get services if needed.
As to my communication style, you are entitled to your opinion. I won't cut your credit card off because you voiced it.
Given the absurdity of the situation, I was tactful.
It also looks like the site changed from the initial email to later emails but the author is confused as to why stripe is confused.
http://www.beitesheldonate.org/ was maybe first website? Then a books website?
What can happen is they look into things more closely and see they are doing donations perhaps without a clear exempt entity (ie, not setup as a charity) or any number of things.
Anyways, to say that stripe should be shut down and is the "Gestapo" seems a bit misplaced. The crimes and methods of the Gestapo were truly horrific if you pay attention to WWII history - I'm still having trouble connecting stripe's behavior to the Gestapo.
I am quite cognizant of what the Gestapo did. They discriminated slowly but surely on the basis of the religious identify of people who were Jewish. Our church was Messianic Jewish as was indicated on the site. Some of our members had, in fact, relatives in the Holocaust.
His description seems very clearly a bookstore. He even names a book.
The rejection is very vague. Maybe he got more detail later. It would be helpful if for example it’s a non exempt entity, they specifically told him that so he could decide to remedy or appeal if they were incorrect.
I fail to see how they might have gotten confused. They clearly allow fundraising or else they wouldn't be a partner with givebutter.