I have been aware of eBay's policy of not allowing the sale of firearms and certain parts of guns for some time. Their business, their policy, that's mostly OK with me.
This situation, however, really pisses me off. PayPal, owned by eBay, is now forced to comply with that policy (paragraph 2). Even if the sale of a raffle ticket for a pistol is going to help a disabled veteran! The Soldiers' Angels charity was using PayPal to sell raffle tickets. They lost use of their account for a while.
Note that the transfer of funds was for a raffle ticket. Not a gun. Not a gun part. The winner would have to comply to the federal and state laws that apply. Nothing illegal here. Just folks trying to help disabled veterans. Just as a reminder, those veterans put their lives on the line protecting and serving the owners and employees of PayPal and eBay.
PayPal and eBay should be ashamed.
They should be, but they won't be ashamed. When companies are no longer able to show common sense it's time to find/create other options.
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