Did I Miss the PayPal Thread about Disinformation?

[avoiding injuries 1,514]

PayPal puts it into their policy that they can withdraw $2500 if someone is caught sharing “disinformation”. 

Then, after the backlash, they come out and say it was an error. 

Another company trying to commit suicide. 

[Mike Honcho 5,121]

FFTMike could make a fortune if he put that policy into effect.  

[craftsman 1,045]

3 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

PayPal puts it into their policy that they can withdraw $2500 if someone is caught sharing “disinformation”. 

Then, after the backlash, they come out and say it was an error. 

Another company trying to commit suicide. 

I think they just did. I think I've only used paypal once, and that was a long time ago.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

3 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

FFTMike could make a fortune if he put that policy into effect.  

Yeah. The Russia hoax would have cost you and a few others a fortune. 

[Mike Honcho 5,121]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah. The Russia hoax would have cost you and a few others a fortune. 

You owe Mike $2500.  

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

3 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

You owe Mike $2500.  

Pee pee. 

[Mike Honcho 5,121]

2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Pee pee. 

Don't tell me, call your nurse and have her change your diaper.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

6 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Don't tell me, call your nurse and have her change your diaper.

Not yet. Some day I hope. But at least I won’t have fell for that nonsense. Lol 

[Cdub100 3,845]

This is MAGA Country!

[Mike Honcho 5,121]

13 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Not yet. Some day I hope. But at least I won’t have fell for that nonsense. Lol 

Credit where credit is due, that was pretty good. 

[Hawkeye21 2,382]

This was a terrible idea for PayPal. What did they think would happen?

[IGotWorms 4,057]

15 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

This was a terrible idea for PayPal. What did they think would happen?

Probably they just want the publicity to remind people they still exist 

[Hawkeye21 2,382]

1 minute ago, IGotWorms said:

Probably they just want the publicity to remind people they still exist 

I use them for online purchases often. 

[craftsman 1,045]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I use them for online purchases often. 

Why paypal over a credit card? Is there something better about it?

[easilyscan 869]

I'm skeptical. Even a woke company wouldn't come up with something this stupid. 

Why use PayPal ?

Because I have a large balance from selling football cards on eBay in 2020.

[Hawkeye21 2,382]

15 minutes ago, craftsman said:

Why paypal over a credit card? Is there something better about it?

It’s faster and still puts it on my credit card. Just click the PayPal link, login and it puts in all my info automatically. Emails me a receipt too.  Adds another level of security too. 

[JustinCharge 2,397]

gonna need a law that prevents private compaies from acting like a pseudo-government.

[jerryskids 6,576]

37 minutes ago, craftsman said:

Why paypal over a credit card? Is there something better about it?

They already have your address and card info, so you don't have to re-enter it, particularly you don't have to give put your card info out there to every website you do business with.

Looks like I'll be going through the extra pain though.  Buy bye Paypal unless I need to use it. 

[lickin_starfish 1,893]

This seems like an awfully specific thing to be written into the user agreement for it to be a "mistake".

[vuduchile 1,945]

1 hour ago, easilyscan said:

I'm skeptical. Even a woke company wouldn't come up with something this stupid. 

Why use PayPal ?

Because I have a large balance from selling football cards on eBay in 2020.

We use it every single day to make and accept payments for our Sports Card biz.  

[jerryskids 6,576]

 

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

So PayPal is now giving customers 15.00 to not cancel their account. Woke=Broke. 

[DonS 3,292]

5 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So PayPal is now giving customers 15.00 to not cancel their account. Woke=Broke. 

What kind of statement did they put out to go with the $15 offer? 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

5 minutes ago, DonS said:

What kind of statement did they put out to go with the $15 offer? 

They said if you’re cancelling because of the 2500 fine issue that it went out in error and they would credit your account 15 if you stayed. 

[Shooter McGavin 618]

13 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

They said if you’re cancelling because of the 2500 fine issue that it went out in error and they would credit your account 15 if you stayed. 

link?

[Shooter McGavin 618]

I just tried to close my paypal account and they didn't offer me $15.

[easilyscan 869]

I find it hard to believe that a corporation could be that stupid. Anyone in the company with an IQ higher than their shoe size would have to know there would be tremendous backlash.

But then again, in 2022 America, I'm beyond surprises. 
What I am sure of is this. I just visited the homepage. This is a company worth $97 billion. If it was my company, I'd sure as hell have a giant header telling shareholders & users alike, that it was nothing more than an unfortunate error and never would've been implemented. Instead, no mention of it. 

I'd love to close my account as well, but I still sell quite a few sports cards on eBay & you pretty much have to have a PayPal Account because that's what everyone uses for payment.

[WhiteWonder 2,681]

On 10/9/2022 at 10:58 AM, craftsman said:

I think they just did. I think I've only used paypal once, and that was a long time ago.

do you use venmo?

[Shooter McGavin 618]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So PayPal is now giving customers 15.00 to not cancel their account. Woke=Broke. 

Good thing I got your $25 before you close your account.

[WhiteWonder 2,681]

On 10/9/2022 at 2:08 PM, IGotWorms said:

Probably they just want the publicity to remind people they still exist 

 

On 10/9/2022 at 2:12 PM, craftsman said:

Why paypal over a credit card? Is there something better about it?

 

PayPal very much exists. I do think they got hurt significantly when Ebay cut them out as a middle man for sellers.

PayPal works pretty seamlessly in a lot of areas though, like funding sports gambling accounts that some banks / CCs won't fund directly even with it being legal. When you initiate a deposit using PayPal, your bank doesn't care because the transaction simply comes through as $500 to PayPal, etc. You can link bank accounts and/or CC's. I don't use it as often as I used to but it's nice to have an extra layer of security in tandem with your bank or CC provider when making online payments. 

It's no different than using Zelle or Venmo... which i'm sure you all know is owned by PayPal... but because PayPal has been around so much longer, it's viewed as the dinosaur. 

 

PayPal also came in handy for me numerous times when I used to get Amex Giftcard bonuses through work. Didn't want to have to use those things at stores so I set up a second PayPal under a different e-mail, linked the Amex card and then used to to send the funds to my main account. It was a very small % fee to do it this way. 

[IGotWorms 4,057]

2 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

 

 

PayPal also came in handy for me numerous times when I used to get Amex Giftcard bonuses through work. Didn't want to have to use those things at stores so I set up a second PayPal under a different e-mail, linked the Amex card and then used to to send the funds to my main account. It was a very small % fee to do it this way. 

Sounds fishy  

[DonS 3,292]

Dammit.  I should've held off on closing my account.  I only set it up so that a buddy could pay me his FF dues.

Could've used the $15 for beer money.

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

3 hours ago, Shooter McGavin said:

Good thing I got your $25 before you close your account.

That was Venmo. You lying POS. Everyday.  

[Shooter McGavin 618]

16 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

That was Venmo. You lying POS. Everyday.  

PayPal owns Venmo you retarded dipsh1t monkey.

Now pay me another $25, b1tch

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

2 minutes ago, Shooter McGavin said:

PayPal owns Venmo you retarded dipsh1t monkey.

Now pay me another $25, b1tch

There’s no boycott Venmo thing going down. Lying POS. You can’t help yourself. 

[Shooter McGavin 618]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

There’s no boycott Venmo thing going down. Lying POS. You can’t help yourself. 

It's the same company. Jfc.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

Just now, Shooter McGavin said:

It's the same company. Jfc.

So? You can’t have one and not the other? 

[Bill E. 703]

12 minutes ago, Shooter McGavin said:

PayPal owns Venmo you retarded dipsh1t monkey.

Now pay me another $25, b1tch

 

28 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

That was Venmo. You lying POS. Everyday.  

Lotta disinformation here.  Both of you please send me $2500 through my Paypal account. 

[Shooter McGavin 618]

6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

So? You can’t have one and not the other? 

Ok, PayPal is woke, so close your PayPal account, but keep your Venmo account.  Go woke go broke. That'll show em.

You boycott Disney+ but you probably love ESPN+ right?

[Hardcore troubadour 14,964]

3 minutes ago, Shooter McGavin said:

Ok, PayPal is woke, so close your PayPal account, but keep your Venmo account.  Go woke go broke. That'll show em.

You boycott Disney+ but you probably love ESPN+ right?

I don’t have any of that shite. I’m a man!