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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Paypal=Sucks

Date: Sun 26/09/04 18:58:16 GMT

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I see your point. But would the bank proudly display it's logo on a porn site?

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Re: Re: Re: Paypal=Sucks

By art - art3380@yahoo.com Sun 26/09/04 18:40:02 GMT

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it really is none of paypal's business who or what their service is used for. A bank does not tell you who you can write a cheque to.

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By Wet Dude - Sun 26/09/04 17:05:27 GMT

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I think Pay Pal has a right to have it's services utilized in a way keeping with the image it wants/needs to project. So, while I find the imposition of fines a bit extreme, I don't have a problem with PayPal deciding not to allow it to be used for the payment of adult services, including the ones found here. PayPal wants to be main stream and adult content just doesn't fit that mold.

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By WetlookU - webmaster@wetlookuniversity.com Sun 26/09/04 14:21:08 GMT

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By Sean Traverse - seantraverse@mts.net Sun 26/09/04 11:34:35 GMT

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payments arm of eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Friday said it will soon fine people up to $500 for uses related to gambling, adult content or services, and buying or selling prescription drugs from noncertified sellers.

The new policy, which takes effect Sept. 24 and applies to both buyers and sellers, marks the first time PayPal has imposed fines for violations of its use policy, spokeswoman Amanda Pires said.

In addition to fines that could be applied to each violation, PayPal may take legal action to recover losses in excess of the fines, Pires said in an interview.

PayPal processes transactions on the Net and at one time had received almost 10 percent of its revenue from online gambling. But it halted the practice under regulatory pressure after its acquisition by eBay in 2002 and now prohibits the processing of gambling and adult transactions. Now it has decided to enforce that policy with fines.

"What you're seeing here is an evolution of our program. We're trying to deter people who would offer PayPal as a way to pay for anything in these categories," said Pires in an interview.

Under the new policy, prescription drug sellers who do not have Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites certification from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, and the people who buy from them, also face fines and possible legal action if they do business using PayPal.

Pires said the changes were not in response to any sort of pressure from regulators.

Eric Jackson, a former PayPal executive and author of the new book "The PayPal Wars," had a different view.

He called the new policy "draconian" and said it was likely a two-fold strategy to discourage certain behavior while heading off regulators.

"I can only surmise that PayPal is coming under increasing regulatory pressure and has no choice at this point but to take an aggressive posture," Jackson said.

"I think they're making an emphatic statement that they're making a clean break from gambling in particular," he said.

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