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05-19-2007, 09:28 PM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lake Orion, MI Age: 38
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| | | For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
PSA
For those swapping paypal $$$ for poker site $$$, please don't mention anything poker related in the paypal comments and such. I've swapped with a few folks but paypal has been checking these transactions and warned that I may be violating their TOS. I can only assume they are checking comments where folks mention pokerstars and other poker related sites and such. |
05-19-2007, 10:15 PM
|  | Mod & Postmeister General | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
Yes, be VERY sure not to mention anything about gambling, poker, casino, etc. in paypal.
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05-22-2007, 04:04 PM
| | On the Bubble | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 30
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
I had the word "chips" in one of my transactions and they actually called me the next day for more details on it..... |
05-22-2007, 05:18 PM
|  | Final Table | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, D.C.
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
Do you think this only affects transactions that are identified as "services" under PayPal's send money options? For example, I regularly pay for poker chips via PayPal and identify the transaction as "goods." So far I've never had a problem.
I don't know how people are marking these transfers, but it was just a thought... |
05-22-2007, 06:05 PM
|  | World Series Champ | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The People's Republic of California Age: 93
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
F* Paypal.
You can buy any poker related item off ebay needed to set up a gambling operation all of which is perfectly OK, but when you swap cash with someone which could be for an online [poker] site they rule with their mighty TOC?
Blow it out your arse Paypal. Take your hypocritical TOC and stick it where the sun don't shine. |
05-22-2007, 07:22 PM
| | On the Bubble | | Join Date: Jul 2006
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
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Originally Posted by Quads  F* Paypal.
You can buy any poker related item off ebay needed to set up a gambling operation all of which is perfectly OK, but when you swap cash with someone which could be for an online [poker] site they rule with their mighty TOC?
Blow it out your arse Paypal. Take your hypocritical TOC and stick it where the sun don't shine. |
i agree 1000%.they need to find something better to worry about than someone spending there OWN money on gambling.suck a duck paypal. |
05-22-2007, 11:05 PM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Orange County, CA (Stepford) Age: 34
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
First let me say that I can't stand Paypal, and I think they are slowly becoming the Evil Empire (tm)....
but at the same time you can't really blame Paypal for this kind of thing either. With the way the US government is violating foreign companies for no real reason other than to waive their "online gambling saber", I'm sure Paypal is just trying to protect themselves. After seeing they way our government treated Neteller, I'd be scared ****less about what they would do to me if I were Paypal.
The real culprit here is the BS legislation that was snuck into another bill and passed, and the US government's attempt to sidestep other larger, more important issues by making it a priority to enforce it. |
05-23-2007, 01:56 AM
| | World Series Champ | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The People's Republic of California Age: 93
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
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Originally Posted by MasterBrewer First let me say that I can't stand Paypal, and I think they are slowly becoming the Evil Empire (tm)....
but at the same time you can't really blame Paypal for this kind of thing either. With the way the US government is violating foreign companies for no real reason other than to waive their "online gambling saber", I'm sure Paypal is just trying to protect themselves. After seeing they way our government treated Neteller, I'd be scared ****less about what they would do to me if I were Paypal.
The real culprit here is the BS legislation that was snuck into another bill and passed, and the US government's attempt to sidestep other larger, more important issues by making it a priority to enforce it. | Paypal is in no way protecting themselves. They think they are, in thier girth of wisdom- but they are cutting off the hand that feeds them. (well done ebay)
First off, they are invading the privacy of your transaction by reading or monitoring the notes section of your transaction. Secondly, they are acting on something, of which they know nothing about, nor do they have the authority to do so.
If I put "poker money" in the notes section, and pp rejects it, they are doing so without reason, cause or purpose. They have no idea what "poker money" is. They simply make the assumption that it is for an online site. And on that assumption, they bounce the transaction. Wrong in so many ways.
If I write you a check, and in the memo section of the check, I write "crack and hookers", mail it to you, you take it to the bank and deposit it. The bank doesn't read that memo, and base a decision to validate or invalidate the transaction based on the memos contents. They not only have no right to do so, but have no grounds in doing so. They know nothing about it, therefore can not act on it. For all you know, Crack and Hookers" could be the names of your two dogs, and I'm repaying you for the couch my dogs ate at your house.
F* PP
Just because they are the biggest, doesn't mean they are right, correct, or the best. Burn the TOC. It's useless.  |
05-23-2007, 02:20 AM
|  | Faux Clay Nation | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gotham Age: 25
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
If somebody would give me his pp email, I'd send him $1 for "Crack and hookers" just for testing purposes!
For the record, I play at Bwin at you can cash in and out with pp without any problem. Maybe because it's for sport bets and not evil poker. |
05-23-2007, 08:06 AM
| | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lake Orion, MI Age: 38
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| | | Re: For those swapping Paypal for pokersite money
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Originally Posted by Vince If somebody would give me his pp email, I'd send him $1 for "Crack and hookers" just for testing purposes!
For the record, I play at Bwin at you can cash in and out with pp without any problem. Maybe because it's for sport bets and not evil poker. | Its only an issue for us Americans but here online sports betting is much eviler than poker but only slightly. |
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