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I wonder if PayPal has misunderstood what Regretsy is doing. For example, suppose PayPal think that Regretsy is buying cheap toys at cost, marking them up for
by wbhart 15y ago
I wonder if PayPal has misunderstood what Regretsy is doing.
For example, suppose PayPal think that Regretsy is buying cheap toys at cost, marking them up for profit, adding the cost of shipping, then selling them to customers as part of their ordinary business model (perhaps not even paying sales tax on them), but of course agreeing to send them to poor kids instead of the people paying the money.
PayPal would have every right to block such transactions, and I'd expect it. It wouldn't be charitable on the part of Regretsy nor would it be donation to a worthy cause, but a partial "donation" to Regretsy, a for-profit company. It would be ordinary profit making on the part of Regretsy in the guise of charity work!
I think Regretsy should just clarify with PayPal what it is they are actually doing. If Regretsy are honestly doing this for needy kids and not for their own profit, then I cannot see how it would be a win for PayPal to not accommodate this in some way.
- scott_s 15y agoI think PayPal does understand what Regretsy claims to do, and the problem is that what they claim to do goes against their policies. PayPal does not allow that kind of transaction because it's too difficult to prove that it's not fraud. There are detailed explanations of this elsewhere in the thread.