Who knows. That's kinda the point. The issue is about PayPal determining someone's intention. 

 

What about the hobbyist collector who buys and sells items they collect, purchasing one that's intended for their own collection but they need to raise a claim and PayPal sees they frequently sell such items - will they be required to prove in some way that they never intended it for resale, and denied protection if because they can't.

 

 

I have.... questions. 

I suspect that one way in which PayPal may determine that items are being purchased for reselling is in the case of repeat purchases of multiples of items. Perhaps the collector of identical widgets would have to prove he/she is indeed a collector and that these widgets are on display with little labels next to the glass.

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@countessalmirena wrote:

I suspect that one way in which PayPal may determine that items are being purchased for reselling is in the case of repeat purchases of multiples of items. 

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I guess I better stop doing my grocery shopping online, then. Or at least, my cherry ripe purchases will have to become clandestine

 

 

 

 

Really, tell me how would they know what our intention is with an item purchased, how are they going to determine what you might want the item for, and why is it any of their business anyway? Refunds should be available to all.

 

Their ONLY role is to facilitate the flow of money from one transaction to another, not to stick their noses into what happens after.

 

Not the "Reselling Police"

What if you gave that item to someone else, and they sold it, do they intend to Police that too?

 

It is not up to them to determine how the item is going to be used/sold/given away/thrown out/split up. 

Over stepping their authority I think, in a big way. 

 

 

 

 

I think it's a strange decision, why would they deny protection to the type of purchases that ensure sellers keep money in their PayPal account and use it to pay for stock, which ultimately encourages the constant back and forth flow of money within PayPal (which they profit from), rather than encourage people to withdraw it and use alternatives? They would know these types of payments can't be subject to chargebacks, so the risk of that kind of issue and cost is minimised and leaves PayPal as the only source of protection if something goes wrong, except now those payments won't be protected at all.

 

Dodgy as, IMO. 

For sellers, we're damned if we do, damned if we don't, regardless of what their policies say. Both Ebay and paypal ignore their own policies anyway

I use my Paypal account mainly for my prepaid envelopes & satchels....so if they were to go 'missing', I would be stuffed!

Might have to consider constantly emptying PayPal and using the attached account (so that I may be able to do a chargeback)