Paypal Acceptable Use Policy Changes :/

"Suck it up buttercup."

PayPal

 

You will have to submit every webiste containing vapor products to PayPal for approval before you can pay on them. Meaning in Thailand we are screwed and won't be able to pay via PayPal. Simple as that.

Dark times indeed...

 

Papal sucks anyway and now that they are splitting from ebay they will hopefully die a horrible death and never be heard from again.

 

But you can continue toget your aroma theropy supplies from me using Paypal.

 

Totally agree

 

I'm not much in for PayPal, but it is convenient to use at many sites. But have to change back to credit card then.

 

Holy Sh*t!!
That's my buying gear online finished.
F**k!

 

I don't have a Thai Credit Card-suppose my UK card might work, but this new rule really sucks,when does/did it comes into force?

 

What is the justification? Since when did these companies give a toss about our health?

 

Looks like any online retailers which may be seriously affected will simply offer the purchase of "gift certificates" which a lot of us are familiar with I don't think PP as a business want to get out of one of the world's fastest growing markets, this is purely them covering their asses against any potential mass lawsuits if health issues can be directly linked to vaping years down the road.

 

Not sure about the gift certificates thingy @judas. Any purchase must be authorized meaning you have to send them the link and a brief description of what you intend to buy (or what the website is selling). If you don't comply you risk your account locked. Believe me it could be OK for a website with no mention of vape in the title but probably won't for others.

Many websites are already removing PayPal as payment options....

 

My understanding of the following is that only the seller must get pre-approval from PP with no such requirement on the buyer:
Service Requiring Pre-Approval

Contact Information

… selling … non-cigarette tobacco products, e-cigarettes or prescription drugs/devices.

Please send contact information, business website URL and brief business summary to aup@paypal.com

You are IMO spot on in regards to vendors whose entire business is vape related, they will certainly have problems. Companies such as FT and Gearbest will, IMO, have no problems going down the "gift cert' road as they offer a huge variety of non vaping items for sale. In fact there are a number of comments on this forum where non Thailand based PP accounts have had purchases from FT blocked for "Aspire" purchases and this was solved with buying a different item, cancelling it, receiving refund as gift cert, then using that to buy the original item.

Let's see how it plays out. I'm not too concerned ATM, perhaps that will change

 

It sounds like there will be work arounds, but they don't sound like they are going to be that simple. It's still a pain in the butt, IMHO.