Originally Posted by
derekt
We used paypal a few years ago to sell on EBay. Sales were hopping! One day, we got a chargeback for a $6.00 total order. Paypal found out about it, hung onto a lot of money (eventually releasing it after nearly 9 months of holding it.)
Our shopping cart system (through a third party) has the ability to integrate with Paypal.
An application was put in to accept Paypal back when we were having problems with the bank. Paypal refused it. Paypal one day sent us a letter that they are now accepting adult transactions.
A friend of mine was in a similar situation. 2 years ago he tried selling their DVDs through paypal. Same situation, they were caught. Paypal called them up on the phone out of the clear and said, "We'll allow adult transactions now."
This is all that I know. I don't know if you have to be established with Paypal. I don't know if you have to have a relationship with them or what the case may be.
We accept everything but American Express. We don't accept American Express because it has the "Customer Protection Plan." Meaning, if your not happy with the purchase within 90 days, you call Amex, and they will refund you the money and you can keep the product. Nobody ever told us that Amex pulls the money back from the Merchant. Little did we know a customer purchased $380.00 worth of product and he decided to do that. We dropped American Express REALLY QUICK. That sucks because on the forms it said the customer did receive the product, the customer was happy with his product, however HE lost the DVDs when he was moving.
We accept all 3 of the major credit cards, checks over the phone, mail in orders. We don't have a need for Paypal.
And we don't really process internationally anymore.
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