I used Gunbroker.com to sale a Desert Eagle in an auction. The buyer who won the auction decided to use Pay Pal as a method to pay for the auction of $850.00. I have no way to control how the buyers pays for this new pistol so he used Pay Pal. I went to withdraw my money and Pay Pal decided not to allow me to withdraw my money. They said "they do not allow firearms" to use pay pal. As the seller, I did not know the buyer would use this method to pay me. Needless to say, it has been 3 weeks and pay pal will not release my money and has placed a hold on my money due to the way the buyer paid for the item I had for sale.
The buyer who did not follow pay pal guide lines has my desert eagle in his or her possesion and pay pal has my money and will not allow me to withdraw it.
This is not fair. I have no control of buyers as a seller., but paypal has punished me by not allowing me to get funds paid to me because the buyer did not know their rules.
My question, would you be upset? I am.
Don't use pay pal for anything associated with firearms. Pay Pal should not list their services on a page that does not allow a purchase. I am very upset and would like my money. If you have ever went through this, let me know. I have contacted AZ. Attorney general and they would like to know more their practices and what is going on with other sellers like myself. I did not curse, did not say anything untrue, or streach the truth, so there is nothing in this email that is against the posting rules.