Paypal "pre-approval" rules - on ecigs!

[davetherayon]

In the latest update to their terms ... DISGRACEFUL!

[Deleted]

crazy times ahead for vapers bet thats big T gave paypal a large some of cash

[charliehorse]

Pre-approval ? from who ?

[Pepperty]

So basically there's NO paypal cover if you buy egicarette related items?

[OneDay]

The pre-approval is needed to be able to SELL e-cigs, not to buy them. This is surely a good thing, preventing rouge vendors selling us rubbish or dangerous items?

[VapingBad]

I thought e-cigs had been on the PP prohibited list for ages, so if IIRC OneDay is right and this sounds like a relaxation of the rules.

[Pepperty]

Ohh, that's another way of viewing it would be good if that's how its meant? We obviously need some clarification

[markm]

Notice what else is in the category, I read this as
They are going to allow medical ecigs, if they are approved (by MHRA I presume)

[Ripshod]

Just had an email:

Soon, PayPal and eBay will no longer be part of the same group of companies and will operate as unrelated organisations. So we're updating PayPal’s User Agreement, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy to continue providing the same great services you’re used to. We’re also making other changes to our business practices and policies that aren’t related to the separation. We’ve put details of the changes on our Policy Update page.

Ctrl+F and search for 'e-cigarettes'. The relevant section is at the bottom.

They're rewriting the guts of it all. I think just about everything is affected, not just our vapes.

[clairea]

I had an email today saying that PayPal and eBay will soon be two seperate companies looks like they are parting ways so maybe it's why the change of heart

[*-SARIN-*]

TBH a lot of the stuff that i buy doesn't really state anything that might cause PP to think that it's e-cig related. I paid for a tank the other day that was listed as parts and paid to a laptop repair company. Plus i paid with a credit card via PP so i could still get the cash back if i got ripped off. Never fear fellow vapers, China will sort this issue out it it starts to affect their £££'s.

NB.  I know that the guy that runs M-Vapes had torrid time with PP and their terms of usage.

[piratesvapeuk]

I don't think most vendors would unduly mourn not having to use paypal and pay their fees/put up with random account freezing/automatic refunds to the customer pretty much whatever the circumstances etc etc if it was to happen. Everyone offers it at the moment because customers find it easy and given a choice probably 9 out of 10 would use it rather than something else so there isn't much point offering a choice. There are however plenty of other reputable services available to process payments on-line.........

[*-SARIN-*]

Apr 21, 2015 19:49:51 GMT piratesvapeuk said:

I don't think most vendors would unduly mourn not having to use paypal and pay their fees/put up with random account freezing/automatic refunds to the customer pretty much whatever the circumstances etc etc if it was to happen. Everyone offers it at the moment because customers find it easy and given a choice probably 9 out of 10 would use it rather than something else so there isn't much point offering a choice. There are however plenty of other reputable services available to process payments on-line.........

I completely agree as lots of vendors i know have had issues with them at some point or another.  Other similar services that i've used are good if not better but are just well less known.

[geordie_vaper]

lad on a a fb group i am on tried to place a vape relatec order where the company only used paypal, and they put the blockers on it

[robby]

Paypal/Ebay are such hypocrits, hundreds of listings for vape related products, Paypal Payments