The reason given was "Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive payments for certain sexually oriented materials or services or for items that could be considered obscene". This is wrong/false on so many levels. We used PayPal only as a means to receive voluntary donations from people who wanted to support further development of Voat and to help pay for our hosting fees. This is beyond crazy.
According to PayPal User Agreement, our funds can be kept by PayPal for 180 days. I requested further clarification from PayPal, but I would like to advise everyone who planned to donate to Voat - to NOT do so via PayPal.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected when I trusted PayPal with our donation money. I apologize to everyone who donated to us through PayPal and I will badge everyone who did so even if the funds are never released by PayPal.
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happynessisawarmgun ago
Paypal did this to me. I purchased something from a scammer, it was a "prohibited item" and it was never received. I contacted PP and told them I got ripped off. They returned my money, but they froze my acct for 180 days, and I had over $15K in it. Yes over 15 grand.
I closed my account when I got my money back. I will never use Paypal again. Fuck them. They treated me like I was a fucking criminal.
You can use Chase Quickpay to send liquid money from your checking acct. It's alot like Paypal but there are no restrictions other than the recipient must be in the USA. It is also free.
I have used ClearXChange also and it works good if you are dealing with different banks. I believe it is also free.
You only need to use google wallet, paypal and apple pay if you are dealing with credit cards. There are other alternatives.