papal being dictatorial

[regy86]

My friend received a nasty message from paypal to desist from buying anything related to Sudan.  It was a cover depicting Pope John Paul's visit to Sudan.  Paypal told him; do it again and they will  terminate his account. He bought the cover via Delcampe auction not ebay.

[nudibranch4569]

was it really from paypal?

[pierrelebel]

PayPal is owned by eBay and eBay does not allow listings of "stuff" from Sudan at the request of the US Government.

[femmefan1946]

The fiat applies to all the countries on the US boycott/ embargo list. Even when the material predates the embargo, as in pre-Castro Cuban stamps.

DH got so annoyed by this, that he circulated a special flyer to his B&M store and auction customers with only material from those countries, but mentioning that the buyers would have to pay other than by Paypal.

And why.