06/21 - The Price is Right on Tuesday!

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Here's the official bit from Amazon Payments Terms of Service (bold is mine):

6.2 - Suspension or Termination by Us. We may suspend this Agreement or terminate this Agreement and close your Payment Account for any reason at any time upon notice to you.
6.3 - Effect of Termination. We will not be liable to you for compensation, reimbursement, or damages of any kind in connection with any termination or suspension of the Service.

MTurk's TOS also has a relevant bit:

4b - We reserve the right to cancel your Payment Account for any reason.
4d - Restrictions and Limitations. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend any Payment Account, or to delay the availability of any Prepaid HITs, transfer or disbursement of any amounts, in each case for any reason in our sole discretion, including, without limitation, if we believe that a Requester or Provider is in violation of this Agreement. We reserve the right to restrict the transfer to Providers of any amounts held in a Requester's Prepaid HIT account for such time as we reasonable deem necessary to protect us or others: (a) if we are subject to financial risk, (b) if Provider has violated any term of this Agreement or the Policies, (c) if any dispute exists involving Provider's Payment Account or involving the Services provided by Provider, or (d) in connection with fraudulent, abusive or unlawful activities as determined by us.
 
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Please share! Seriously, I haven't seen or read any threads about this stuff. I haven't personally had any issues with PayPal but I know they're a crummy organization to use -- I wanted to ask to make sure the threat wasn't the same with Amazon Payments.
There was someone on this forum, I can't remember his handle but he was a pretty prominent member. His account got suspended and he had to go really high up the ladder and even got a lawyer before getting his account reinstated. But all his quals were still gone. I think Tribune helped him. Sorry don't know all the details, but I know it sure must have sucked.
 
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There was someone on this forum, I can't remember his handle but he was a pretty prominent member. His account got blocked and he had to go really high up the ladder and even got a lawyer before getting his account reinstated. But all his quals were still gone. I think Tribune helped him get it back. Sorry don't know all the details, but I know it sure must have sucked.
Wow. I wasn't around to see that going on, but that's crazy. Thank you for sharing!
 
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There was someone on this forum, I can't remember his handle but he was a pretty prominent member. His account got blocked and he had to go really high up the ladder and even got a lawyer before getting his account reinstated. But all his quals were still gone. I think Tribune helped him get it back. Sorry don't know all the details, but I know it sure must have sucked.
wasn't mordea @mordea was it?
 

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I transfer from Mturk to payments every night, and into my bank every $100, which about 2x/week.
 
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I don't remember, but I think this had a decent bonus.
 

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Yeah, I just meant that I hadn't run into any problems before. But if quite a few have, I think you and others are definitely doing it the smart way. Time for me to start.
Yeah, I think this is good advice. This place is such a great resource, but I had not run into that question anywhere yet so figured I'd see what sort of response I get. Answer is pretty obvious...
 

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There was someone on this forum, I can't remember his handle but he was a pretty prominent member. His account got blocked and he had to go really high up the ladder and even got a lawyer before getting his account reinstated. But all his quals were still gone. I think Tribune helped him. Sorry don't know all the details, but I know it sure must have sucked.
My story was similar to that but instead of getting a lawyer I just bitched at theirs thanks to tribunes help. Annoying the living fuck out of them does the trick.
 

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My story was similar to that but instead of getting a lawyer I just bitched at theirs thanks to tribunes help. Annoying the living fuck out of them does the trick.
Ah got it. Yep yours was the story that got me transferring everyday.
 
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Please share! Seriously, I haven't seen or read any threads about this stuff. I haven't personally had any issues with PayPal but I know they're a crummy organization to use -- I wanted to ask to make sure the threat wasn't the same with Amazon Payments.
Please share! Seriously, I haven't seen or read any threads about this stuff. I haven't personally had any issues with PayPal but I know they're a crummy organization to use -- I wanted to ask to make sure the threat wasn't the same with Amazon Payments.
I've never had a problem with PayPal.. What are you referring to?
 

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