Quote from: erikalui on March 05, 2015, 09:18:20 PM

Quote from: shorena on March 05, 2015, 08:58:37 PM

Im not sure what you want to tell me here. I dont care if you tell paypal their ToS are utter nonsense. Their employees probably agree after a few beer.

I assume you are saying: I have a house and let to a criminal. They signed a proper contract and all paperwork is correct.

What? Where do you live? If I go and start burning down cars in my hood tomorrow, why would my landlord be to blame?

@Bold: LOL! What I'm trying to say either you are not able to understand or don't wish to understand. PayPal has created their ToS taking into account the law & regulations. They have not imposed certain rules that are illogical. Whether a person follows those rules or not, that's the person's mistake but PayPal's rules are right by not letting money laundering.

There is no such thing as "the law". There are so many laws and regulations on this planet PayPal has a ToS that is compliant with a fraction of them.
Example: German (and european) privacy rights allow me to enforce a complete deletion of all personal information about my person with any company that is doing business in germany (and/or europe). I also have the right to know which personal information is stored on their system, where they got it, what they do with it etc. I did not personally try it with Paypal, but I as DER SPIEGEL[1] writes they do not comply. Paypal has created their ToS in order to suit Paypal, they dont give a shit about laws unless they have to.

But lets get back to your money laundering example and that it is the only legit reason someone would ever want to buy a verified paypal account. Say someone is not an adult yet, but does online trades for various (legal!) digital items, after a while they understand that there is more profit in paypal trades and more and more "customers" ask whether they could pay with paypal. Their parents would not find the power button on a computer and would never transfer any data online, let alone credit card information or bank account details. Why not buy an account?

I know this is far fetched, but just because I cant come up with a good reason to buy a paypal account and you think it can only be used for money laundering does not make these trades banworthy. There might be a multitude of reasons. You sound like those people claiming the "deep web" can only be used for illegal activities while completly forgetting that in some countries it is illegal to think differently than your lord and master the dictator.

Besides that, how many Paypal Account deals are here anyway?

Quote from: erikalui on March 05, 2015, 09:18:20 PM

@Green: People sometimes don't go through the paper work to save money just as some who sell their account don't bother to check who their buyer is.

I honestly do not understand what you are trying to say here. Explain to me what check I should conduct in order to make sure the buyer is legit(?). Request an ID?

Quote from: erikalui on March 05, 2015, 09:18:20 PM

@Red: I hope you don't do that Cheesy

I'm just trying to say that if my PayPal or any account in that case which verifies my identity as a person is sold to a fraud or criminal, I will be interrogated if not arrested no matter which country I belong to.

Selling your identity is not a good idea, sure. There might be questions, probably years later when you have no idea what they are about. I doubt someone will come, kick your door in and arrest you on the spot no matter who you sold your paypal account to. Besides that a phone number must not be linked to your person, a mail address and also a bitcointalk.org account must neither. Yet you want to ban all of them.

Quote from: NotLambchop on March 05, 2015, 10:44:00 PM

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You mean, how can a mod delete a thread advertising to sell accounts? And how could a mod ban users advertising such a service?
Are you sure you don't want to try to tackle this riddle yourself? I'll help if you get stuck

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How indeed would an bitcointalk.org mod ban the sale of an account that is done on another board?

[1] http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/paypal-kuendigung-unmoeglich-a-851542.html