Pay Pal has suspended my account for some reason. They say it has to do with tobacco. I don't even smoke. What happened is I sold a link exchange and he put in the notes "thanks for the smoking deal" They think that I sent him some cigarettes or something. Unbelievable. Now my business is suspended and I can't even do transactions. I sent them an email an hour ago explaining this and we will see what happens. Wow, I am still in shock. Anyone have suggestions?
Lol that seems almost like a joke!! I'm sure you'll be able to change that. I never thought paypal would read all the transaction comments.
Now, a new general surgeon warning should be issued that smoking is dangerous to one's paypal account's health.
now that would be really funny i don't really understand why PayPal would be against smoking and tabacco.
paypal are using a stupid system you could get your money stuck at any moment expect it like every day believe me especially those who are living in poor countries
What? PayPal have seriously lost it, lol. ..and anyway, even if you DID trade cigars, how is it illegal?
This is totally ridiculous.I strongly believe an strong alternative of paypal should come.We are already sick of Paypal.
Perhaps you could paste here exactly what they put as I doubt it is the reason. They do not read all transactions and certainly wont auto shut down an account for that. Unless your account was being watched for another reason, or the person you dealt with is under investigation.
so this to all smokers out there smoking is injurious to your paypal really weried.mail them and you will probably get your account back.post here what happens
I am not lying here, I have been waiting for 5 hours for them to phone me or contact me. I spoke to their regular help desk but they don't have a phone number for the "Acceptable Use Policy" where they have 10 employees the guy told me on the phone. This is what the email said. The PayPal User Agreement states that PayPal, at its sole discretion,reserves the right to limit an account for any violation of the UserAgreement, including the Acceptable Use Policy. Under the Acceptable Use Policy, you may not use PayPal to sell orfacilitate the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars andsmokeless tobacco due to legal requirements and industry regulations foronline tobacco sales. I told the guy that my account got suspended because of his payment to me. I am still waiting to hear from him also. They are like "Big Daddy" I don't even smoke either. I have spent over $2000 this month on paypal for website building transactions. My business has come to a hault because of this. Be very careful people of what kind of acct people send you money from. I will update you as to what happens. I am going to phone them again now.
They put me on hold. They said it was a payment I accepted. There is nobody in the Acceptable Use Policy Department today because of the holiday.
I would really recommend going against them, even if you are required to take further actions. Don't let them get away with it -- I am not satisfied with the level of support PayPal provides, they have gone in a weird behaviour lately. Meti