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or the girlfriend of a manufacturing company employee found
selling items from her boyfriend’s factory that had not yet been
placed on sale to the public). While eBay’s AUP does not allow
illicit sales, it has powerful legal and security staffs who help law
enforcement deal with persistent sales of stolen, contraband, and
improperly offered merchandise, and sellers who take money
without providing products. PayPal has grown to offer commer-
cial and credit card as well as small-scale personal payments.
Most PayPal accounts link to a user’s credit card or bank account
as their foundational funding source. PayPal members can “bill”
each other or outsiders with an ema ...