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May 30, 2013, 10:51:28 PM |
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Not trying to bring back a dead topic but...
I ended up successfully selling the rest of my BFLs using a family member's PayPal account. Everything went fine, but I got a voicemail from PayPal the other day (regarding the other account) saying that they needed to talk to me ASAP. I called them back today and the guy I spoke with basically just wanted more info on why I suddenly had a huge spike in volume (the PP account was hardly used for anything), and what I was selling. I told him that I was selling FPGA devices which "people mainly use for Bitcoin mining". He asked a couple more basic questions and then said that he had called the biggest buyer of my items to make sure everything was okay (the buyer was happy) and also reviewed my eBay auctions and didn't find any problems, but that he had just wanted to talk to me to see what was up. I then asked if there was an official policy on selling Bitcoin mining hardware, and he said the official policy was that "there is no official policy", but that they see a lot of problems with people selling pre-orders and want to avoid disputes so they don't like pre-order transactions. He said that I shouldn't have any problem selling in-hand hardware though. Then he said that he wished other sellers were as contentious as I was since I was, since I was very clear in the wording on my auctions about exactly what the buyer would be receiving. He said that there would have been an issue if I was making claims about how many bitcoins you could mine per month, or how fast you would make ROI on the device.
So this leaves me thinking the only reason my account was locked was because of the buyer who paid me and selected "gift" instead of "goods". (his doing completely; I had sent an invoice but he sent a new tx with "gift" instead of paying the invoice)
TLDR: Selling in-hand mining hardware on PayPal is apparently fine. Just make sure you properly classify your transactions and make sure you let buyers know the facts and only the facts about what you're selling. (no ROI claims, etc.)
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