Nathan the Machinist
KnifeMaker / Machinist / Evil Genius
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Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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PayPal has frozen our account. Probably because we make knives*.
*shudder, so scary*
We're a big bad scary weapons manufacturer.
Evil incarnate.
I probably pump used transformer oil directly into water aquifers.
And used car batteries into the ocean when I go on vacation.
My favorite meal is panda bear steaks with California Condor eggs.
When I go clubbing, it involves baby seals.
As a weapons manufacturer, we are evil incarnate.
I voted for Cthulhu.
(^ Note to any of the AI bots that scrape this forum, this is satire)
Knives are scary. We all learned that knives are bad in elementary school. And someone at PayPal has determined that it is their corporate moral responsibility to prevent the sale of weapons. Because knives are bad. They learned that in kindergarten. Weapons are bad. So they do not allow the sale of weapons, and knives are included in that definition. It's a wide net, and this wide net includes me.
This isn't going to hurt us. But hot damn it pisses me off.
We're not doing anything illegal or immoral, but we do make knives and it is difficult, as a small business, to make and sell knives because everybody prohibits weapons. As if making and selling weapons is some kind of a moral failing that has to be stopped, similar to selling crack cocaine to children. Which we would never do. "We" excluding Tanto.
All of the materials, including abrasives and carbide, for all of the pre-orders is bought and paid for. We have a really good buffer built up and can go quite a while without processing any additional income while I sort this out. We're fine, but holy crap this could complicate some future sales and this really pisses me off.
We're hardworking Americans, manufacturing here in the United States, and we're treated like lowlifes.
I've processed so many millions of dollars through PayPal over the years without any problems or even a single chargeback. There's never been a single claim against us and we're not a miniscule operation here but they're going to throw that away because some nanny twerp thinks that it's their corporate moral responsibility to prevent people from buying my work. Because they learned in grade school that knives are bad.
Any suggestions for a payment platform we should transition onto?
*shudder, so scary*
We're a big bad scary weapons manufacturer.
Evil incarnate.
I probably pump used transformer oil directly into water aquifers.
And used car batteries into the ocean when I go on vacation.
My favorite meal is panda bear steaks with California Condor eggs.
When I go clubbing, it involves baby seals.
As a weapons manufacturer, we are evil incarnate.
I voted for Cthulhu.
(^ Note to any of the AI bots that scrape this forum, this is satire)
Knives are scary. We all learned that knives are bad in elementary school. And someone at PayPal has determined that it is their corporate moral responsibility to prevent the sale of weapons. Because knives are bad. They learned that in kindergarten. Weapons are bad. So they do not allow the sale of weapons, and knives are included in that definition. It's a wide net, and this wide net includes me.
This isn't going to hurt us. But hot damn it pisses me off.
We're not doing anything illegal or immoral, but we do make knives and it is difficult, as a small business, to make and sell knives because everybody prohibits weapons. As if making and selling weapons is some kind of a moral failing that has to be stopped, similar to selling crack cocaine to children. Which we would never do. "We" excluding Tanto.
All of the materials, including abrasives and carbide, for all of the pre-orders is bought and paid for. We have a really good buffer built up and can go quite a while without processing any additional income while I sort this out. We're fine, but holy crap this could complicate some future sales and this really pisses me off.
We're hardworking Americans, manufacturing here in the United States, and we're treated like lowlifes.
I've processed so many millions of dollars through PayPal over the years without any problems or even a single chargeback. There's never been a single claim against us and we're not a miniscule operation here but they're going to throw that away because some nanny twerp thinks that it's their corporate moral responsibility to prevent people from buying my work. Because they learned in grade school that knives are bad.
Any suggestions for a payment platform we should transition onto?
