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TOS mean as much as the lawyer you have. PayPal can't get you to agree to things that are illegal, and improperly designating counterfeits would/should qualify. Especially when PayPal is a defacto monopoly.

tl;dr lawyer up.

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TOS mean as much as your small claims court judge decides it means.

They had a professional appraisal on the violin that said it was authentic. Paypal has its TOS saying they can call anything counterfeit and their TOS says they can't be held liable for it.

Sorry it's a judges job to say if you can or can't be held liable for your business terms and practices.

Seems like he would be holding the buyer liable in small claims, not paypal.

You can put that you own the customers soul in a tos or other ridiculous claims, but It will never upheld. This won't hold up in court.

caught -> court: oddest typo I've seen yet

For most Britons the two words are homophonous, which makes it a great deal less odd.

(Americans also make typos which look odd to Britons, for example "mute point".)

It does sound similar. I regularly catch myself making pronounciation-based typos even though I definitely know the correct spelling.

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