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by randallsquared 4739 days ago
> I can't think of a single thing that is legal to buy that is blanket revoked by some company like this.

Firearms.

https://www.paypal.com/webapps/helpcenter/article/?solutionI...

https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/about?nodeId=6023

https://squareup.com/legal/seller-agreement

Also, at least two of those have prohibitions on "occult materials". I'm not quite sure what that means, but it doesn't sound illegal.

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A year back, eBay had to ban spells and potions, "as transactions in these categories can be difficult to verify and resolve."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/08/17/ebay_bans_mag...

I checked with Simplify (the MC Stripe clone), and they're cool with firearms and accessories sold online, and firearms sold in-person with card swiped. They're going to get back to me on whether an FFL could sell online MOTO -- I'm pushing them to allow it IFF the FFL ships to another FFL, which is federal law anyway.)