I am a custom knifemaker and everyday carry maker. My account has been suspended because I sell collectable knives like you do on eBay in which PayPal is a service integrated with eBay. My account has been frozen for 180 days. I can understand that you might consider collectable knives, camping knives and custom knives to fall under "or (k) certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law.” My knives meet California and Federal Laws. This is what confuses me. Automatic, Camping, Kitchen and other knives are sold on eBay with payments and funding through PayPal. As I understand it PayPal was Established in 1998 as Confinity, PayPal had its initial public offering in 2002, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay later that year. eBay spun off PayPal in 2015. All knife transactions are done through PayPal in eBay. This is a total disconnect.
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