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ilnjscb · 03-13-2017, 02:43 PM

When people have told me horror stories about Paypal in the past, I have usually gone to their defense, based on my 10 year quiet relationship with them.

That ended today. I got a letter purporting to be an analysis of transactions which required audit and review, including production of a significant amount of documentation, for avoidance of doubt.

I told them I already deal with the IRS, which has the unfortunate mandate to enforce tax law in the US, and for whom my accountant is retained, and I don't need another eye watching over my shoulder. Further, the transactions they had an issue with were in no way illegal.

They would not tell me what I had "done" (though, ironically, the IRS would), but they would tell me that any decision they make is "final".

They seem to have come to believe that they are a governmental organization, or the men in black, or the illuminati.

They gave me a period of two months to satisfy their shadowy compliance department, at which point they will limit my account by not allowing me to close it.

I have now decided to remove all my business, insofar as I am able, from them. I don't mind fees, I don't mind audits, I do mind the constant spying but I can live with it. What can't live with is a business imagining that they have the right to fuck with their customer's income.

They won't give a shit in the short term. It's that long term that counts.

03-13-2017, 02:43 PM
ilnjscb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8,861	Well, Paypal as jumped the shark When people have told me horror stories about Paypal in the past, I have usually gone to their defense, based on my 10 year quiet relationship with them. That ended today. I got a letter purporting to be an analysis of transactions which required audit and review, including production of a significant amount of documentation, for avoidance of doubt. I told them I already deal with the IRS, which has the unfortunate mandate to enforce tax law in the US, and for whom my accountant is retained, and I don't need another eye watching over my shoulder. Further, the transactions they had an issue with were in no way illegal. They would not tell me what I had "done" (though, ironically, the IRS would), but they would tell me that any decision they make is "final". They seem to have come to believe that they are a governmental organization, or the men in black, or the illuminati. They gave me a period of two months to satisfy their shadowy compliance department, at which point they will limit my account by not allowing me to close it. I have now decided to remove all my business, insofar as I am able, from them. I don't mind fees, I don't mind audits, I do mind the constant spying but I can live with it. What can't live with is a business imagining that they have the right to fuck with their customer's income. They won't give a shit in the short term. It's that long term that counts.