Via Tom Tancredo, former congressman from CO, "Sheriff Mack", who's about to announce for Congress out of TX, was putting on a "Constitutional Sheriff's Convention" in Vegas, apparently last weekend or about now. Donations had been solicited to defray the expenses, and apparently, the Sheriff made the mistake of using PayPal as a medium of exchange.
After $40,000 had already come in through PayPal, PayPal froze Sheriff Mack's money, mumbling some excuse about the legality of his organization to receive donations.
I've got news for PayPal, they likely just committed Federal Wire Fraud, by allowing the donations to come in and build up a sizeable kitty, then seizing the money, without warrant, lawsuit, court order, anything. Good luck getting any Obama-appointed US Attorney to file those charges, though.
This is about par for PayPal, which never saw a Defender of the Constitution they didn't want to screw over. You will recall, I'm sure, the flap a few years ago about PayPal doing the same thing to one or more gun-auction companies.
The ownership of PayPal evidently just hates the Bill of Rights, there's no other way to express it. Next week, I'm beginning to solicit funds for my new political action company which will seek to end the hegemony of the Greens over motorized boating in Oregon. I've spent several hours at my business bank, JP Morgan Chase, with my very patient business banker teaching me the ins and outs of handling money online. One of the first questions he asked me was if I was going to use PayPal. I said no, and told him why. He then said I had made a wise choice, since of the many ways to handle money online, PayPal was the most expensive, at 4% of each transaction. The one I am going to go with will charge me either 1.35% or 1.78%, depending on whether I scan a card or key it in. No one else charges as much as PayPal.
PayPal are not only Anti-Constitution, they are robbers to boot. Make a firm vow now to never use them again, there are too many other good choices. You can start with Google Wallet, for one choice that's about half the price of PayPal, and so far, Google doesn't seek to trash the Constitution with their business dealings. Google Wallet goes both ways, you can pay with it or collect with it. Opening a merchant account takes only seconds (if you are incorporated). There are other choices for taking in funds via the Internet, but you have to watch three things: the percentage fees, any monthly (minimum) fees, and equipment cost. Some, like The Square, throw in the equipment, but charge a higher fee to make up for it, and some, like Merchant Anywhere, charge less fee but the charge for equipment to connect to your smartphone or tablet is substantial.
Whatever you pick to make or take payment electronically, a patriot will never pick PayPal.
Cross-posted at Straight Case gunblog.
H/T To Brother Michael, up on the Mountain.
Why would you want to give the Liberals at Google any more information on yourself than they've already been able to stockpile...AND access to (Some of)your bank accounts?
Posted by: Kurt P | February 05, 2012 at 12:22
I don't understand how the Greens can try to shut down motor boating? Have they never heard of navigable waterways?
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Here's how it works, PawPaw. They pack up, like feral dogs, and begin to howl. Their howls are predictable: "It's so pretty here, we need to keep this pristine lake/stream/bywater the way Nature intended it to be". Or. "We would love to share that water, but we are so terrified by those motorboats racing around that we never take our kayak/canoe out anymore. We need water set aside for us". Add that to the phoney science tossed in for good measure, "power boats scare off the wildlife from their habitat in the mudbanks along shore" - I proved, in testimony before the Marine Board, that such a rubric just isn't true, because all you have to do is take a water where they HAVE banned or restricted motorboats and compare it to a similar water where they haven't, and you see no difference. After my testimony, my main opposition, Mike Houck of Urban Greenspaces, shut up and didn't say another thing for the whole hearing.
These idiots CAN be beaten back, and that's why I formed this company. I'm not alone, "Green" is on the run everywhere, due to it's lying and excesses. If everyone who had an opportunity to do so, went to just ONE of these "hearings" which are trumped up to promote the Green agenda, and wore a US Flag prominently, we can convince the rest of the un-involved world that Green is un-American. If we can do that, we can bury it once and for all.
Posted by: PawPaw | February 05, 2012 at 07:13
I have sent bucks to Mike at Sipsey Street through Paypal and of the three one went through, WTF?
Where is the money now?
On their page they say "your funds may be frozen while we evaluate"
OK lefty, gimme my money back, and I'll write a f*ckin' check.
SCAM!
Posted by: Skip | February 04, 2012 at 21:14
Check out PayPal on Wikipedia (Criticism & Limitations and Litigation), as well as PayPalSucks. Good nose Dog sniffing out these vermin. PayPal should be avoided! Not just them, but anyone they're linked to and associated with (including eBay). Consumer pressure and hitting these greedy, unscrupulous bastards in the pocketbook is all they understand.
Posted by: Patriot Padre | February 03, 2012 at 09:28