Durham Concealed Technology

[jcj]

I'm not sure if anyone here is familiar with DCT's Comfort Carry Holsters (made by Rob Durham) or not, but I thought I'd pass some info along regarding Rob's business since it could impact other holster makers.

All customers that placed an order recently have been refunded their money via Paypal. According to the email I received from Rob, Paypal used their anti-gun policies to shut down his account. He has refunded everyone with pending orders and is looking to set up a merchant account elsewhere. In the meantime he is accepting checks/money orders.

The reason I'm passing this along is in case this is the beginning of a PayPal crackdown on holster makers who accept Paypal as a form of Payment. Maybe, maybe not..but I thought it was worth mentioning.

A Google search revealed no complaints regarding his business practices, so I tend to believe it is Paypal bullying at work here.

[Oh Shoot]

I'm not sure if anyone here is familiar with DCT's Comfort Carry Holsters (made by Rob Durham) or not, but I thought I'd pass some info along regarding Rob's business since it could impact other holster makers.

All customers that placed an order recently have been refunded their money via Paypal. According to the email I received from Rob, Paypal used their anti-gun policies to shut down his account. He has refunded everyone with pending orders and is looking to set up a merchant account elsewhere. In the meantime he is accepting checks/money orders.

The reason I'm passing this along is in case this is the beginning of a PayPal crackdown on holster makers who accept Paypal as a form of Payment. Maybe, maybe not..but I thought it was worth mentioning.

A Google search revealed no complaints regarding his business practices, so I tend to believe it is Paypal bullying at work here.

There are dozens of long time holster sellers on eBay, all of course using PayPal.

Some other big ones not on eBay also use PayPal, like D.M.Bullard

Must've been something else about his biz dealings with PP that got him nuked.

edit: he still has PayPal shopping cart active on his site, so ??

- OS

Edited August 6, 2010 by OhShoot

[jcj]

I just received his email about an hour ago. I imagine he hasn't had a chance to update (or have someone update) his site.

It may have been something else that got him in trouble with PP, I don't know. I was just echoing the reasoning supplied with his email regarding the refund I was issued.

I know it is common practice for many holster makers to accept Paypal. I've bought a few that way in the past. There could be more to it than what I was told, but I suppose the details are none of my dang business either. :-)

[Oh Shoot]

I just received his email about an hour ago. I imagine he hasn't had a chance to update (or have someone update) his site.

It may have been something else that got him in trouble with PP, I don't know. I was just echoing the reasoning supplied with his email regarding the refund I was issued.

I know it is common practice for many holster makers to accept Paypal. I've bought a few that way in the past. There could be more to it than what I was told, but I suppose the details are none of my dang business either. :-)

Who knows?

I generally keep up with the PayPal policy updates, as I do some selling on eBay, and have been um...careful with using it off eBay, but haven't seen anything about any more firearm related products than the already fairly stringent ones in place.

Keep us posted if you find out more.

- OS

[daddyo]

Auction Arms no longer uses PayPal because of its anti-gun policy. So they set up their own secure payment system, GunPal.

[dralarms]

Auction Arms no longer uses PayPal because of its anti-gun policy. So they set up their own secure payment system, GunPal.

Which is apparently in the crapper.

[Oh Shoot]

Which is apparently in the crapper.

Is it really?

It's no longer "gunpal" by the way, but simply "gpal".

https://www.gpal.net/

- OS

[Guest Seraph]

There must be something else to the story. I have a PayPal shopping cart store on which I sell very decidedly firearms related accessories (but no guns), and have had ZERO problems. I don't like eating the fees, but that's my only complaint so far.

[Oh Shoot]

Auction Arms no longer uses PayPal because of its anti-gun policy. So they set up their own secure payment system, GunPal.

Auction Arms, or rather, the sellers using the site, had no choice in the matter.

- OS