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PayPal's Donation Tools Stiff Some Charities, New Class Action Lawsuit Alleges (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the sounds-fishy dept.

Charitable donations made through PayPal's Giving Fund platform may never reach their intended recipients, a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Chicago has alleged. From a report on CNBC: When charitable accounts are not set up correctly, PayPal continues to accept donations on their behalf, the suit alleges. Instead of notifying donors and nonprofits of the error, PayPal takes the money after six months and redirects it to another charity "without regard to the intention, beliefs, or desires of the donor," the lawsuit claims. The class action status of the suit still needs to be certified by a judge.

5 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Re: eBay by hackwrench · · Score: 2

    eBay and PayPal have been separate companies again for quite awhile now.

  2. I'm shocked, I tell you! by jenningsthecat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    PayPal is evil? Who knew?

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  3. Nothing new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    PayPal has been robbing people and charities since it's existed.

  4. Paypal is not a bank and we don't have to follow t by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 2

    Paypal is not a bank and we don't have to follow the bank rules!

  5. Oh please by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 2

    Paypal has been ripping people since they day they opened their doors. This is just one more method they're dreamed up to fuck people over.

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