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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by btrask on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:19AM (#24453131)
Is "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" a bad brand for margarine? Imagine it getting flagged by the butter police.
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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by CydeWeys on Sunday September 13, 2020 @11:46AM (#24461555)
The difference is that there are no butter police, while there are in fact Cuban embargo police that will cause much greater difficulties in selling anything with the word "Cuban" in it.

So, no, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" is not a bad brand for margarine, but saying "Cuban" something in a cigar which causes all manner of embargo difficulties is bad branding.

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Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ... by Kadin on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:49AM (#24453316)
Well, they have managed to generate a class-action lawsuit, although it's more over the zero-calorie claim:

https://dev.theclassactionguide.com/News/3029/I_Can%E2%80%99...

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