if caught,funds wil be held for 6 months.
Paypal Help With Raffles- They are Inquiring About Payments Being Made
- Thread starter vinniebabarooch
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Nightmare is all your gonna get with running a raffle then getting caught. It took me forever to get money back to people that paid me through paypal. Also they will not allow me to have a paypal account EVER again. Trust me I tried everything and tried every loophole and it is a headache.
yes that is right..money held for 180 days..no paypal accounts for the rest of your life...the worst is money might not be given back to you after the 180days.
Paypal
This is exactly why I have not been participating in raffles. I did end up getting my account reinstated but now I am almost afraid to use it. The raffle was the second time paypal tried to screw me. They got me for $750.00 the first time and I never did get it back.
This is exactly why I have not been participating in raffles. I did end up getting my account reinstated but now I am almost afraid to use it. The raffle was the second time paypal tried to screw me. They got me for $750.00 the first time and I never did get it back.
Well at this point I am able to transfer the money to my bank account. I wouldn't think that they would take it back out of my account. Or am I wrong?
Someone outted me on my James White raffle. Someone here is very vindictive and a coward to boot.
They e-mailed me a link to the raffle and said it was gambling. You need to e-mail all the players individually when you're ready for payment and hope whomever this is isn't trying to get into your raffle.
JV
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Do you have an ATM card from paypal? I think $500 is the max on one day. Take out that much every day and unlink your bank account. Or get an account with little money in there you don't count on.
I have no problem giving pay pal their cut. They provide a good, convenient, easy to use service for a small fee. Until there is something available that does the same thing why not just compensate pay pal for the service.
How about including the 3% fee in the raffle disclaimer?
Steve H.
How about including the 3% fee in the raffle disclaimer?
Steve H.
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Troy,
Transfer the funds then delete your bank account from PayPal,Get a free checking account with say a 25.00 balance in it & link that account to PayPal.This way they can not go back to the account that has been deleted & pull the money back.
Tom
Troy,
Transfer the funds then delete your bank account from PayPal,Get a free checking account with say a 25.00 balance in it & link that account to PayPal.This way they can not go back to the account that has been deleted & pull the money back.
Tom
You all are using a company that is not a bank and not under the jusrisdiction of any federal banking laws and violating their terms of service as well as the laws of most states. So understand that this is a huge risk.
Now, morally I think raffles are fine as long as they are conducted fairly and above board.
But you really have no right to complain when PayPal shuts you down for violating their TOS.
Also be aware that even if you unlink your bank acount if PayPal decides to refund money and it puts a negative balance on your PP account then they will go after you for the money and it will put a mark on your credit as a bad debt.
The very best way to do this is to make sure that there are many degrees of separation between your auction listing and your paypal identity.
For example you can sell an ebook at $7 a pop and GIVE away a FREE raffle ticket for the first 42 people who buy the book. (maybe) I am not an attorney and the laws vary in each state.
For PayPal their main concern is that they aren't liable and that they aren't enabling fraud which is what most "internet raffles" are.
If I were going to hold a raffle on this site then I would do it under another username with absolutely NO CONNECTION to my real name or paypal account. I would set up a separate paypal account to handle the raffles and keep it away from my normal established PP account.
And I would certainly wrap it in whatever veneer of legality I could, such as the aforementioned ebook.
Otherwise you are playing with fire and as we have seen all it takes is one disgruntled person to complain to PP and accounts get shut down.
For me I depend on my PP account and it's too risky for me to jeopradize my ten year old PP account taking 40 payments to sell one case.
If paypal is asking then you probably want to be truthful because it's likely that they know already. Lie and you risk losing your current account forever.
Good luck with it.
Now, morally I think raffles are fine as long as they are conducted fairly and above board.
But you really have no right to complain when PayPal shuts you down for violating their TOS.
Also be aware that even if you unlink your bank acount if PayPal decides to refund money and it puts a negative balance on your PP account then they will go after you for the money and it will put a mark on your credit as a bad debt.
The very best way to do this is to make sure that there are many degrees of separation between your auction listing and your paypal identity.
For example you can sell an ebook at $7 a pop and GIVE away a FREE raffle ticket for the first 42 people who buy the book. (maybe) I am not an attorney and the laws vary in each state.
For PayPal their main concern is that they aren't liable and that they aren't enabling fraud which is what most "internet raffles" are.
If I were going to hold a raffle on this site then I would do it under another username with absolutely NO CONNECTION to my real name or paypal account. I would set up a separate paypal account to handle the raffles and keep it away from my normal established PP account.
And I would certainly wrap it in whatever veneer of legality I could, such as the aforementioned ebook.
Otherwise you are playing with fire and as we have seen all it takes is one disgruntled person to complain to PP and accounts get shut down.
For me I depend on my PP account and it's too risky for me to jeopradize my ten year old PP account taking 40 payments to sell one case.
If paypal is asking then you probably want to be truthful because it's likely that they know already. Lie and you risk losing your current account forever.
Good luck with it.
JB Cases has it right
I don't see what the problem is. When you hold a raffle just include the fee for each payee using Paypal. We're only talking about 3%. Big deal $3.60 on $120. Do it the right way and you don't have problems. IMO.
I don't see what the problem is. When you hold a raffle just include the fee for each payee using Paypal. We're only talking about 3%. Big deal $3.60 on $120. Do it the right way and you don't have problems. IMO.
JB Cases has it right
I don't see what the problem is. When you hold a raffle just include the fee for each payee using Paypal. We're only talking about 3%. Big deal $3.60 on $120. Do it the right way and you don't have problems. IMO.
I don't see what the problem is. When you hold a raffle just include the fee for each payee using Paypal. We're only talking about 3%. Big deal $3.60 on $120. Do it the right way and you don't have problems. IMO.
You can all use gunpal. but the seller has to accept credit cards.