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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by bryanrasmussen on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:42AM (#24452357)
evidently not given the downvotes, but then I don't understand, if their terms of service say we pay out unless the payment would be of type X and then they keep from paying out on payments of type Y they have violated their terms of service and thus would be open to being sued.
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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by URSpider94 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:23PM (#24453545)
PayPal can pretty much always refuse to process any given transaction. They are not keeping anyone’s money, they are just refusing to accept a transaction request. There’s no money to “pay out.”
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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by bryanrasmussen on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:46PM (#24453682)
Of course, that makes sense, reading the parent comment I thought it implied that they were letting some money in and not letting it back out. In fact I could swear I've read about PayPal doing that - letting money in, not letting it out.
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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by URSpider94 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:27PM (#24465709)
PayPal DOES do that frequently, mostly if you trigger some risk threshold on your account. But, then again, so do regular credit card processors.
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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by athms on Saturday September 12, 2020 @07:12PM (#24456715)
>They are not keeping anyone’s money, they are just refusing to accept a transaction request.

Wrong. Assets under U.S. jurisdiction that are owned by or being transferred to persons or organizations on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List must be frozen. Furthermore, the Department of Treasury has a right to seize these funds without due process.

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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by URSpider94 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:25PM (#24465695)
Please read the article. These are people trying to buy tardigrade-themed items from an online store. PayPal is not taking and then freezing their funds, they are just refusing to process the transaction.
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