Got it. Thanks. We always used the GIFT option because we were under the impression it saved or eliminated some of the fees associated with the transaction.

 

well it does remove the fees.. but that is because you are not buying something.. you are giving money away.. LOL

well it does remove the fees.. but that is because you are not buying something.. you are giving money away.. LOL

 

 

Yep, it brings it full circle, doesn't it ? All that time doing it like that, damn. Glad I never got screwed on the deals.

Yep, it brings it full circle, doesn't it ? All that time doing it like that, damn. Glad I never got screwed on the deals.

 

I don't want to jinx myself.. but established members of firearms forums a generally pretty honest.. I have yet to be burnt in any way..

I don't want to jinx myself.. but established members of firearms forums a generally pretty honest.. I have yet to be burnt in any way..

 

That's cause in general people don't tend to burn people that they know are armed

 

"An armed society is a polite society."

I was reading this thread http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/30351-negative-experience-with-marketplace-transactionmember/page__fromsearch__1 where someone said that he “wanted to send to money to him using Paypal being this is the safest way to do a transaction". This really surprised me for two reasons.

 

First is that I have seen countless people scammed with Paypal (such as the empty box trick), so that I don't consider Paypal safe at all.

 

However, more importantly as this is a gun board, is that Paypal is ANTI GUN. This seemed to be common knowledge a few years ago on all of the gun boards, but in recent times it seems to have been forgotten. Maybe some of you newer guys don't know but Paypal used to (and may still, but I no longer use them so I have not kept up) lock accounts for buying or selling anything firearm related. In fact what the gentleman quoted above wanted to do is expressly prohibited by Paypal’s own posted rules (see #2 near the end): https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=ua/AcceptableUse_full

 

I would urge everyone to consider this when choosing to use/not use Paypal. I can not understand why any gun owner would choose to financially support a business who is anti-gun. I would also hope that any paypal users understand that Paypal may lock your account for buying/selling anything firearm related, and you will have a hell of a time getting a refund.

 

It doesn't bother me and I don't consider it anti-gun. They simply have no way to keep track as to what is legal or illegal when it comes to firearms, knives or weapons. It is similar to certain sporting goods websites that refuse to ship "Cutlery" to NJ. They do not want transactions of illegal items being conducted through their systems and have no way to prevent it.

I have to say your logic on this is flawed. They have no way of stopping illegal gun sales using paypal. Anyone could easily gift the money to someone and then have them ship them a firearm. Not allowing legal sales does nothing to stop criminals. Only if there was something I could compare it to, something that we have to deal with o a regular basis, what ever could that be.......oh right the stupid gun laws here and how they don't stop jack ****! Prohibition does not work PERIOD.