Quote History I sold a SWAN rail back in October or November time frame. The buyer put "swan rail" in the comments. I didn't think much of it and went about life.
Fast forward to the beginning of this month and I logged into my PayPal and an "error" message showed up that said you no longer have access to PayPal and we have cancelled your account and froze all of your PayPal balance for 180 days.
So I called them and asked why they did that. The lady on the phone said "Do you realize that a swan rail is used to make a deadly sniper rifle more accurate and lethal and that it can fire nuclear projectiles, large caliber rounds or other explosives". Seriously. That's exactly what she said. She then proceeded to tell me that at PayPal they are committed to making the community and neighborhoods a safer place.
She told me I could email them to try and explain and reinstate my account. She explained that they have a bunch of words that are in their database and that if any of them come up that they can and will most likely cancel that person's account.
I read the banner that is now on my account and it also states that they are making the community a safer place. I was told that my balance ($800) is frozen for 180 days and that after that time period they will send me an email with instructions of how to get my money.
After further investigation, after the fact, PayPal apparently supports and funds several large " gun control " lobbyists and other campaigns like the Brady campaign.
I found out last week that a friend of mine had the same thing happen and they are holding $2300 of his money for 180 days.
It's sad at how misinformed PayPal is. They also own Venmo so as a word of caution. I'll use cash app or Zelle now. Even if they reinstate my account, I can't use them in good conscious.
Reading through this thread, I have no clue how the FFL gets away with it other then PayPal still wants to make money at the end of the day so if "they get theirs " then they leave it alone. Does it make sense? Nope....