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Whoa. I can't believe anybody would do this. Both PayPal demanding it, and the buyer following through.
by kennywinker 15y ago
Whoa. I can't believe anybody would do this. Both PayPal demanding it, and the buyer following through.
- tfe 15y agoThe official policy is probably to have buyers destroy counterfeit products to prevent their circulation (possibly at the request of manufacturers?), and that's the reason this happened.
- nerfhammer 15y agopretty stupid policy when applied to antique violins. The manufacturer for that matter has probably been out of business for 70 years.
- kennywinker 15y agoYeah, that seems like what happened. A company like paypal that deals with literally every type of transaction imaginable ought to have a little bit more flexibility in their policies.
- corroded 15y agoWhile I do get their point of preventing counterfeit circulation, who's to say that it is counterfeit? Paypal? The buyer? Unless they have a violin expert on board their team which handled the product physically, I don't think anyone should have the "right" to destroy something that's not proven as counterfeit.
- shasta 15y agoNext week: counterfeit kitten claims lead to international PR disaster for Paypal.
- tibbon 15y agoFrodo should have just sold the ring via eBay as a counterfeit 'ring of dancing +1', had Paypal deem it fraudulent and then had Paypal use its magical powers to destroy it.
- gwern 15y ago'The Eye of San Jose is on us, Samwise Tibbon!'
- stcredzero 15y agoPaypal has a "Crack of Doom?" Actually, I'm more amused than surprised.