PayPal has decided to classify Velominati as a “Terrorist Organization” because we accepted contributions last week from community members to support the fight against cancer – without being an accredited non-profit organization. So much for trying to do the “right thing”.
While I’m sure they have their internal processes and reasons for this action given the current global climate, it nevertheless boggles the mind that they have such difficulty distinguishing between terrorism and terminal illness, despite the documentation I provided to the contrary. For those of you who donated to the Zoo Hill Climb for Cancer, please know that Velominati made the contribution in the full amount pledged by the community; unfortunately your donation has been refunded to you as demanded by PayPal in order to restore our account to good standing.
God Bless ‘Merca.
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I wanna order a v-kit very muchly, but being financially ... semi-responsible means that I'll have to put it off until next order batch. *sigh*
the terrorists ruined it for you by using fake charitable orgs to beg for funding for terror activities. I feel that turnabout is fair play, and y'all need to go on a deep cover assignment to infiltrate AQI and divert their terror funding to an alleycat race.
FFS... I've heard of some incredibly stupid bureaucratic decisions in my time, but that tops the lot. Bravo, Paypal, bravo.
Frank I always think of cyclists as subversives so I guess this makes it official?
Checks in the mail. Sorry you had the hassle.
What a bag of crap! Don't let the man get you down, though. Go on you, for your efforts, Frank.
@paypal chapeau, douches
@frank is there some sort of action or complaint that can be filed at paypal? I'm not one to typically do something like that, but seriously if this is possibly a trend or a regular action, how many honest, valuable efforts are squashed?
I wanna see Dick Cheney in a V-kit
An easy mistake to make. Terrorism is a terminal illness.
stupid dickheads, beancounters that have 17y/o hacks that cannot distinguish things that start with T, and 503b or whatever.
however, if you are a terroist, you have every damn right to go out and purchase wtf you want to, and to spew it wherever...go figure, that makes sense
If you donate to cancer , the terrorists have won. or somethin' ....
How much are you out, I'll gladly toss a cheque in the mail. Careful, it's Canadia dollars, the bank might flag you as a leftist and shut down your account and report you to paypal.
@Xyverz
In the same boat here, can't afford the militag wiggo jersey either!
Frank I don't want to see you out of pocket either, will find a few quid if you need it. Where do I send it?