$50 is not a big amount. better you should pay to avoid any lawsuit. lame company such as paypal can do anything. but there is a technical point clicks my mind. since you are a minor so with minor no contract can be made..in case someone make a contract with minor.. according to my business law as I have studied. but @ internet I dont know what system is.. as you have told that you used fake information about your age.. so I would suggest you to give away $50.
Inked, Four things can happen here (i) You pay up the $50 (ii) You declare yourself as a minor, and the amount will either be written off by Paypal, or they will pursue it with your guardians (iii) You do not pay. Nothing happens other than you'll be blacklisted by Paypal (iv) You pack your things and run away from home, join a travelling circus and eventually be eaten by a hungry pack of orang utans. If i were you, I'll pay the $50 and get everything sorted out. It may not seem important now, but you may need Paypal again in the future. It's doesn't have to be in a lump sump. Split into two or three payments. Talk to them.
Thank you ^-^; You're quite the Orangutan yourself. (I'm talking brains compared to others of our species, not looks )
First time for to hear about negative balance in Paypal. But it gives me fear cause i do have an inactive Paypal Account. What if they too charge me? What causes having negative balance?
Providing false information is in most circumstances a crime (read the TOS and Policy of most sites) and not only is it a crime to provide false identification, any court case that may ensue, normally takes place in a territory where the site is located. This makes defending an action very difficult and costly. Certainly more than $50. However in most cases the fact you are a minor could be seen to be a "security lapse" on the part of Paypal and the Gamin site. Much like a hacker can hack into a banks records, it proves they are not doing enough to stop hackers. In most cases I have come across though, the hacker is still prosecuted. At the end of the day I don't think that Paypal are going to worry too much about $50.00 - they will just close your account, blacklist your details, and you will find it difficult to open a new account in the future.
Really? My dog speaks French and I am a 68 year old woman named Julia. I guess I'll wait for the police to knock on my door now. Who cares what the TOS and policy of most sites say, that has nothing to do with making it a crime to say you are 18 when you are 16. Whether or not it is a crime depends on the law where you live. Where I live not only is it not a crime but the minor can get out of the contract as his option.
You're right, all children should be allowed to say they aren't minors so they can get fake ID's, drink at the age of 14, buy cigarettes, get into adult clubs, do everything unsupervised, get into an agreement to pay for a house (oh and, when they can't afford it say "They are a minor so they exempt from actually paying), and all the other wonderful things you are allowed to do as an ADULT.
The person before you DID say in MOST circumstances, and who cares about the TOS!? The TOS is there so they can protect themselves, so that when you go to court and say "Oh I didn't know" they can say "We provide you with a TOS that you are suppose to abide by and you have to AGREE to it before partaking in our services." and you say "Who cares about the TOS" the judge will tell you that you are screwed. Doesn't matter where you live, if they set up terms of service and you violate them you can get in trouble. You may not get thrown in jail but action will be taken against you in one way or another, by banning your information, by charging you, whatever. If paypal "Didn't care" about every little "fifty dollar mishap" then they would get scammed a LOT more (also wouldn't call his house). It's not the minor's "option" to just "opt out of a contract" because they feel like it. That's ludicrous.
You are wrong about just about everything. It may be ludicrous but it is most certainly true and the law in many jurisdictions. California Family Code Sections 6710-6713 There are additional sections which state if you are selling things like food or shelter to a minor they can't void those contracts. Here is more on wiki if you are curious about the subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voidable_contract The concept behind laws like these are that the minor does not have the capacity to enter the contract, so what they say is irrelevant. Just like a minor can't consent to sex even though they literally can say "yes" the law does not accept their word. And it is still rape even when the 15 year old says she is 18. P.S. Where is PayPal based?
Within a reasonable time afterwords --- after being in DEBT to them is not a reasonable time afterwords, and to top it off -- he's obviously not dead. I could understand it if it was before any damage was done, but being in the negative -- just like a bank -- you need to pay it back. And, ironically, paypal is based i Cali.
Oh wow there are some funny people on this planet after all. Do your best to remember though that "sarcasm" is the "lowest" form of wit Oh and Julia, maybe take a moment in your theatrical life to consider the fact that although you are correct in saying that a minor basically controls the contract in "normal" contractual circumstances, this and other cases like it are not that straightforward. This person (although nothing is likely to com of it) has misrepresented himself for personal gain. That is fraud! If Paypal could prove that they have suffered financially or otherwise due to the fraud committed, they would have a case to take to court. Like so many other countries now, minors may not be able to be held to a contract, but they CAN be charged and convicted of crimes, and so they should! For your information take a peek (that is if as a 68 year old you can still see) at this extract from a "felonies lawyer" in California. "Fraudulent misrepresentation is a situation in which an individual or entity has taken deliberate steps to intentionally deceive one or more other parties. The deception may involve issuing statements that are known to be untrue, or to deliberately omit relevant facts or information that ultimately lead to some type of loss. In many jurisdictions, this type of negligent misrepresentation is punishable by fines, prison, or a combination of the two. Often, the party found guilty of the misrepresentation is ordered to make some type of recompense to the injured party." and there is also a "Tort Claim" potential for "Fraudulent Inducement" where an agreement is formed on good faith that each party to the agreement is telling the truth, and it turns out that one of the parties deliberately misled the other" And as Rukiara stated above, Paypal is located in San Jose, California, the same place these legal notes came from. So bottom line is this: Paypal probably won't do anything more than they have already, except maybe close the account and ban the user. BUT legally they have a right to pursue other action.
I am quite sure the law does NOT give the OP permission to commit any crime they feel like just because they are a Minor, Which is what seems to be being implied here. If the Op did not know that they have to be 18 to sign up then they would have put their real age. However, the Op knowingly and deliberatly lied when they filled in the information on the form. This proves that they knew there was a minimum age of 18 requierment. There IS an illegal act hear although as I am not a lawyer I can not catagorise it. But In my opinion the OP set out to delberatly hid the fact the were not entitled use PayPal and by using PayPal they were at least out to make financial gain through deception which I think comes under fraude does it not?