Getting Fucked by Stripe

Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by kentt on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @11:57AM (#9646715)

It's good of you to answer and work towards a resolution. However, it doesn't give me much hope that the same would be done when if I was in a similar situation. I've seen many people complain loudly and get PayPal to be reasonable with them, but since I don't have an audience like that, I just get screwed.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by Alupis on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:04PM (#9646763)

> I just get screwed.

Oh come on, own your own mistake.

You didn't just get screwed... you screwed yourself.

You screwed yourself the day you chose not to read Stripes ToS. You screwed yourself the day you chose to violate Stripe's ToS. You screwed yourself the day you chose to ignore Federal Law.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by juliangregorian on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:19PM (#9646906)

What, where is this coming from? Selling software for the marijuana industry doesn't appear to be explicitly covered by Stripe's prohibited business (it says "Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses", but how far does that extend?)

Stripe themselves further cloud the issue by claiming it as a high risk of customer disputes, which is demonstrably bogus and a black mark against them.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by astolarz on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @01:36PM (#9647506)

Software specifically designed for the marijuana industry sounds like a related business to me.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by biot on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:16PM (#9646890)

The post you replied to is not the author of the article. Rather, they are stating that when/if they should find themselves in a dispute with one of their providers, their lack of clout means they would be unlikely to get the same "CEO of provider will look into it" responses.

Accusing them of violating a ToS as well as federal law is uncharitable to say the least.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by Avenger42 on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:15PM (#9646883)

Note that kentt isn't the OP, just someone worried about being in a similar standoff with a payment processor.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by Asparagirl on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:13PM (#9646860)

Their business is not illegal under Federal law.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by lmm on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:18PM (#9646901)

Are you sure? The primary purpose of the software they're selling is to aid the violation of Federal law.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by juliangregorian on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:21PM (#9646928)

Too bad things don't work that way, otherwise we'd have to arrest all the state governments that have approved medical or recreational use.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by Alupis on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:26PM (#9646974)

> Too bad things don't work that way, otherwise we'd have to arrest all the state governments that have approved medical or recreational use

Actually they do work that way.

And yes, the Fed has had a standoff with many States, and yanked funding for things in some cases. Also the DEA has been known to raid long standing medical marijuana clinics in CA. The current administration is a little lax on Marijuana, but that doesn't somehow make the law not apply here (The next administration could come down with a whip).

At the end of the day, there is no other way to slice it. Supporting marijuana in any capacity is currently against federal law.

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by voxic11 on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @11:06PM (#9650319)

false http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-medical-pot-20141216-sto...

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Re:Getting Fucked by Stripe by thejrk on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @01:02PM (#9647224)

Geez. I bet you're fun at parties.

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