This practice, while unethical, uncaring, and down right mean, is legal because it is written in detail in PayPal's terms and condition. As a PayPal user, you agree to these terms and conditions each time you use PayPal to send or receive money. And since PayPal is not a financial institution but a electronic service available only on the Internet, there are no laws in place to govern this kind of activity. The attorney generals of all the states are well aware of PayPal's practices because this has been going on for some time now and these offices cannot find a way to pursue and bring a case against PayPal or eBay. So the practice will continue until PayPal or eBay has woke up and smelled the coffee. But until then, they will continue to rape their users and get as much money as then can while the getting is good. This is a company for profit and they owe it to their shareholders to make as much profit as possible and, since they are now use to the gravy, the gluttony will continue. The only way to stop PayPal and eBay is to stop using their services and send a message to them that you are not going to put up with it anymore. But as long as there are users that continue to patronize these sleazy, shady businesses, nothing will be done. Even the U.S. Attorney General doesn't know what to do about this problem. Maybe he is one of the shareholders? We were taught in our ethics class I recently attended that the personality and culture of an organization is demonstrated through how they treat the community and their customers. The people who operate PayPal and eBay know the difference between right and wrong. SO as long as they continue to knowingly abuse their customers, they are some really questionable characters with no ethics whatsoever. Do you really want to do business with an organization that treats its customers this way? As long as you use their services and agree to those terms and conditions each time you have a PayPal transaction, you are saying that it is okay for them to bend you over and, well you know the rest. I have moved all of my inventory over to Bonanza.com but have only made 6 sales in the past 8 months because Bonanza does not receive the traffic that eBay does.. Bonanza will allow its users to use other forms of payment from your customers like money orders and Google check out but they also accept PayPal payments and those 6 sales transactions have all chose to send the payment through PayPal. The only way to boycott PayPal is to refuse payments from them. And since eBay will only accept PayPal payments, you will need to boycott eBay as well. Its the only way to get this madness to cease and desist. It is all up to you whether or not they continue to do business in this fashion. You have to send a message to them where it really hurts. Gotta go, Dancing with the Stars is on. Good luck everyone in your decision. i hope you make the right choice that best suits your needs.
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