If you sell rifles as an auction you do have to be registered as an RFD you know....
http://www.horners.co.uk/registered-firearms-dealers/
If you sell rifles as an auction you do have to be registered as an RFD you know....
http://www.horners.co.uk/registered-firearms-dealers/
'Opinions' on this subject are ten a penny. Companies can and do restrict the uses to which their service may be used and that can most definitely cover 'legal' matters with certain important exceptions such as racism, sexism etc.
Not wanting to stray too far on this, paypal as a business intrigues me. It is true that its terms and conditions exclude shooting related matters- as does its former owner the auction site that dare not speak its name. And yet shooting related items are freely offered on there for auction and buy it now. In addition paypal is an approved (almost a 'compulsory' certainly a 'default') method of payment for these items. Also paypal is used regularly by businesses that are quite clearly shooting related and who make no effort at all to disguise the true nature of their trade. Are they completely mad??
I'm genuinely confused here. Does anyone on here have PERSONAL experience of account closure? By personal I mean to THEM not to a mate or as a result of a story. I'd really like to know.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.
Can't see how Paypal have leg to stand on to refuse to pay compensation when they offer themselves as a payment option to sellers on Freeads....
It isn't always the case that if you express a dislike for accepting PayPal as a payment option, that you are a 'scammer'.
I've had an e**y account for over 14 years now and always refused offering PayPal as an option for buyers until e**y made it a condition if you wanted to continue to sell anything. Even now, I refuse to have PayPal linked to my bank account, so if I sell anything on e**y and the buyer pays with PayPal, I'm limited to those funds 'resting' in my PayPal account. Doesn't bother me that much for smaller amounts as I'll just utilise them for e**y purchases, but for anything over £50 or so that isn't an e**y transaction, I'll always ask that the buyer pays me either via bank transfer or cash-on-collection. It's nothing to do with trying to con anyone or deprive them of their rights.
Mind you, in PayPal's defence, I've never had a problem with them and they've always been quick to refund anything that's gone awry.
If there's no compo you may as well use PayPal friends and family then there is no charge
I have bought airgun related parts on friends and family from well known RFD by PM.
NB this guy didnt express a preference not to use Paypal he said "my Paypal is broken please use funds transfer." which is classic scam language.
Then frankly you must be a bit dim they offer the service to the site not personally to each individual transaction
ANY private company can set any legal terms they wish, it is the users responsibility to ensure that they comply with those terms, and if the user breaches those terms tough !
same as you can refuse to accept a particular method of payment if you wish to, or if selling something you can chose who you sell to.
It's called freedom of choice and if you chose to use it, then by doing so, you agree to abide by their terms.
In my case, I don't have a Pay Pal account, so if I buy or sell anything, it's either going to be bank transfer, cash on collection, or an old fashioned cheque - does this make me a scammer?
Why be insulting to put your point across? Does it help?
I think it's not so clear cut for companies to weasel out of headline commitments about protecting you AFTER taking your money and then hiding behind buried terms and conditions.
Recent court-rulings would seem to back this up and some people's claims on here about PayPal paying out might support that PayPal themselves aren't 100% sure of their ground either.
I think if I was left considerably out of pocket I'd be very much testing the water here.