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You don't think that Paypal is also a bully as well?

Closing people's accounts (not just Wikileaks) when they see fit, having no real recourse to try and get your money once that's happened etc.

Paypal have a reputation for being a bunch of thieves. I can't say I feel bad for them.

I've never been burned by them, I'm just going from the amount of people here that post a regular "Paypal froze my account" story.

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I'm not saying they aren't but when has the tactic against a bully being to bully them? Regardless of what you think about Paypal themselves, there are an awful lot of people that rely on the service they provide that can now no longer use that service due to the tactics of Anonymous.

Maybe this raises a serious question. Why are so many people (including myself) reliant on one company for handling their payments? Maybe traders should start adding alternative forms of payment to their excepted payments. I know I will.

It's good to accept more than one kind of payment for flexibility, but is the dominance of one payment method really so awful? It always seemed like a natural monopoly to me. It's so closely tied to paper cash... (which you'll remember must be ubiquitous and the only currency to function- except in extreme cases)

Well, that's why we have courts to settle disputes in a civil manner.

Don't Paypal's terms of service deny you the right to settle disputes in court?

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