The $2,500 fine is real. It has always been against their Acceptable Use Policy to get around the fees, but now they are adding the fine to make people take it seriously.
Sending payment for a service/purchase as a ‘gift’ is fraud. Which is illegal. Which is against their AUP. Sure it might not a big enough fraud for them to report, but if they catch you, they can: Suspend your account, keep you from using paypal in the future, can take legal action against you, and fine you the $2,500.00 USD, among other things.
If you want to verify this for yourself, call their customer service number and ask to speak to an agent. They will confirm it. It literally only took me less than ten minutes to check this.
Ohhey, something in the Paypal TOS change that’s actually worth mentioning (cutting some stuff out to make it more to the point):
10.3h If you violate the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, … you will be liable to PayPal for
the amount of PayPal’s damages caused by your violation … You acknowledge and agree that $2,500.00 USD per
violation … is presently a reasonable minimum
estimate of PayPal’s actual damages … PayPal may
deduct such damages directly from any existing Balance in the offending
Account or any other Account you control.
So if you’re one of those commission artists that gets clients to send payment as a gift to avoid fees, good luck getting dinged $2500 for each transaction.
this is why you DONT FUCKING DO THIS BC IT’S ILLEGAL
please always remember to send commission payment as ‘goods and services’! you might save an artist a couple dollars sending it as a donation or ‘to family/friends’ but you’re also putting artists at serious risk. and if an artist asks you for fee-free payments…. maybe let them know about this.
Aries: Krios, Titan of Stars and Constellations
Taurus: Rhea, wife of Cronus and Queen of Heaven
Gemini: Mnemosyne, Titan of Language and Memory
Cancer: Phoebe, Titan of the Moon and Prophetic Wisdom
Leo: Hyperion, Titan of the Sun and Light
Virgo: Tethys, Titan of Fresh Water
Libra: Themis, Titan of Rules, Law, and Justice
Scorpio: Cronus, Titan of Time, the Cosmos, and Destruction
Sagittarius: Iapetus, Titan of Morality
Capricorn: Coeus, Titan of Intelligence and Rationality
Aquarius: Euryphaessa, Titan of the Sky
Pisces: Okeanos, Titan of the Oceans
tumblr has screwed up again and whatever update they made, it caused the site to glitch and delete YOUR ENTIRE ACCOUNT. it just happened to me, and i had to remake my entire account. please, please, please be careful guys
AllHailMephlis' Blog 