• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Do NOT leave that amount of cash on your PayPal if you draw porn, they might shut down your account and you can lose it with zero recourse.

    • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
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      Yeah. Thinkst Canary started their business without investors or anyone that would tell them to not use PayPal. Their product was a fucking hit and since that happened they were getting a lot of cash in their paypal account. The ceo was on Risky Business and said that years after PayPal closed their account, they were still out the few hundred thousand dollars that were in the account. Do not use PayPal, and if you must transfer whatever money you get to a traditional bank account asap.

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      FR. For anybody that doesn’t know Paypal’s customer support is abysmal and they can freeze your account for petty reasons without warning. There are many cases of people fighting with Paypal for months before being able to cash out, you should never use it to hold money.

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        They’re making interest of those funds just setting around. Of course they don’t want to help you move the funds away from them.

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    i wish I had 1% of that this week, lol. i’ll draw furries for 1%. may include crayon INSIDE the lines!

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      The furry artist was responding to someone saying his “hobby” was embarrassing. He posted the balance to show that his “hobby” is actually a very profitable business.

      It’s a brag, but a provoked one.

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        Except that something being profitable doesn’t make it any more or less embarrasing. e.g. Landlords make lots of money yet we all hate them.

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    Story time: I have a side business selling web optimization services. UX, AB testing, etc.

    I got busy and didn’t take my money immediately after completing a few projects and one of my clients complained to Paypal about my service. My account was immediately locked and it took me at least 3 months to get access back to my account.

    They basically had 15k of my money, interest free for them to play with even tho the contested amount was $500. I ended up just eating the 500 just to get access to my account, even tho the client is still using the improvements I made to their site.

    So ya, fuck Paypal. Fffuuuucccckkk PayPal.

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    Having that much money as a paypal balance and not at least in a bank account or invested is insane