Paypal Poll

[LacieLaPlante]

For $600 I'd do a lot more than sweat modifying the account or adding a card. You can also most likely go to the local courthouse and get a DBA for Lacie... When you have a 'doing business as' on file with your bank, you can simply endorse it as that with no ID problems.

The problem is even getting the check at all.. Since they won't send it to my current address and I dont have a card as "Lacie LaPlante" I can't add a card to the account to add an address to get the check. But I guess I could try and get them to send it through other means, harrassment through phone or email..

 

[CCRhyder]

I used paypal a couple of times when I starting camming. Biggest mistake I've ever made. Got scammed out of a lot of money, and eventually my account was reported and locked. I called them and they wouldn't release my funds, so uhh yeah live and learn? Also fell for the "i'll buy you gifts off your wishlist for a show" dealio a couple of times. Now I only accept giftcards, but thats usually if business is dead or its well worth mine and the customers time.

don't do it, ladies! just say no! :lol:

 

[jazzy242]

I don't understand this whole Paypal crusade against anything that might be adult related. Why are adult transactions that are acceptable to high street banks, banned by Paypal (who claim they are a bank)? When I buy MFC tokens with my bank card, my own bank and Visa/ Mastercard are clearly processing a payment for an adult transaction. If it's not an issue for the big banks, why is it an issue for Paypal? Is Paypal run by some religious organisation with a moral crusade against the adult industry?

But putting that on one side for a minute, why does Paypal enforce (with a sledgehammer) a rule which they make no effort to inform their customers about? I've had a Paypal account for about 10 years (since they were bought out by Ebay around 2002) and I've never been made aware of any such rule, and I don't see anything on their website about this. I've never used Paypal for adult, but the point is I might easily have done so had it not been for reading the accounts of others on forums such as this.

If the consequences of falling foul of this obscure rule are so severe, then it should be brought prominantly to the attention of all account holders. Unfortunately most users of Paypal don't have the means to challenge them in the courts. So Paypal think they can get away with freezing people's accounts and denying them access to their money, which I find quite shocking.

 

[LadyLuna]

Paypal Acceptable Use Policy

You are independently responsible for complying with all applicable laws in all of your actions related to your use of PayPal's services, regardless of the purpose of the use. In addition, you must adhere to the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy.

Prohibited Activities

You may not use the PayPal service for activities that:

violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.

relate to transactions involving (a) narcotics, steroids, certain controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety, (b) drug paraphernalia, (c) items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity, (d) stolen goods including digital and virtual goods (e) items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime, (f) items that are considered obscene, (g) items that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction, (h) certain sexually oriented materials or services, (i) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories, or (j) ,certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law.

relate to transactions that (a) show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law, (b) support pyramid or ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other "get rich quick" schemes or certain multi-level marketing programs, (c) are associated with purchases of annuities or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card, (d) are for the sale of certain items before the seller has control or possession of the item, (e) are by payment processors to collect payments on behalf of merchants, (f), are associated with the sale of traveler's checks or money orders, (h) involve currency exchanges or check cashing businesses, or (i) involve certain credit repair, debt settlement services, credit transactions or insurance activities.
involve the sales of products or services identified by government agencies to have a high likelihood of being fraudulent.
violate applicable laws or industry regulations regarding the sale of (a) tobacco products, or (b) prescription drugs and devices.

involve gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to casino games, sports betting, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes unless the operator has obtained prior approval from PayPal and the operator and customers are located exclusively in jurisdictions where such activities are permitted by law.

In the first paragraph of "things not allowed" is (h) certain sexually oriented materials or services

Even without a paypal account, you scroll all the way to the bottom of the main page to get "legal agreements"

It's not really hidden. They don't plaster it all over everything, because the original purpose of paypal was a money system for ebay. If you go to the user agreement and the restricted uses, you get a link to the acceptable uses.