Did You Know That PayPal Sucks?

We will no longer be accepting PayPal payments. Why? PayPal has a whole mess of restrictions that most bookstores would not be able to follow.

I always wondered why hardly anyone used PayPal and now I know.

This is a list of what is not acceptable to sell if you accept payments through PayPal. And while some of these are perfectly reasonable I'm pretty shocked at what is not acceptable:

# Academic Software
# Aggregators
# Alcoholic Beverages
# Animal and Wildlife Products
# Artifacts, Grave-Related, and Native American Crafts
# Authenticity Disclaimers
# Autographed Items
# Automobiles
# Batteries
# Bootleg Recordings
# Contracts and Tickets
# Counterfeit Currency and Stamps
# Counterfeit Items
# Credit Cards
# Electronics Equipment
# Embargoed Goods, Prohibited Countries
# Event Tickets
# Faces, Names, and Signatures
# Firearms, Weapons, and Knives Policy
# Fireworks
# Food
# Freon and Other Refrigerants
# Gambling
# Games Software: Sony, Sega, and Nintendo
# Government Identification, Uniforms, and Police-Related Items Policy
# Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Items
# Human Parts and Remains
# Illegal Drugs & Paraphernalia Policy
# Importation of Goods Into the United States
# Industrial Solvents
# International Trading - Buyers
# International Trading - Sellers
# Lock-Picking Devices
# Lottery Tickets
# Mailing Lists and Personal Information
# Malls
# Mature Audiences
# Medical Devices
# Mod Chips
# Money Service Businesses
# Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid and Matrix Programs
# OEM Software
# Offensive Material
# Pesticides
# Plants and Seeds
# Postage Meters
# Precious Metals
# Pre-Selling Products
# Prescription Drugs and Devices
# Promotional Items
# Real Estate
# Recalled Items
# Satellite and Cable TV Descramblers
# Slot Machines
# Stocks, Bonds, Securities, and Related Certificates
# Stolen Property
# Stored Value Cards
# Surveillance Equipment
# Tobacco
# Travel
# Unauthorized Copies
# Used Airbags
# Warranties

Comments

Rachel said…
Yeah, and no one sells signed copies of books on ebay either. That never happens.

And like Bettie Page stuff. Or Pin Ups or old Playboys or...

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