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In all honesty, we request a close up of the ID, as well as a picture of the buyer holding the ID up to the camera with their face in the picture, while holding a piece of paper saying they are buying from our website. It sounds ridiculous, but I know other companies who do this as well.


Why? Is the govt forcing you to do all of that, or is there another reason for it?


I'd bet it's somehow related to losing thousands of dollars per month in fraudulent Paypal chargebacks...


I would never go so far to purchase anything. If this is the situation, just stop using PayPal for payment processing!




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