Velominati: Terrahist

Terrorism at work against cancer.

PayPal has decided to classify Velominati as a “Terrorist Organization” because we accepted contributions last week from community members to support the fight against cancer – without being an accredited non-profit organization. So much for trying to do the “right thing”.

While I’m sure they have their internal processes and reasons for this action given the current global climate, it nevertheless boggles the mind that they have such difficulty distinguishing between terrorism and terminal illness, despite the documentation I provided to the contrary. For those of you who donated to the Zoo Hill Climb for Cancer, please know that Velominati made the contribution in the full amount pledged by the community; unfortunately your donation has been refunded to you as demanded by PayPal in order to restore our account to good standing.

God Bless ‘Merca.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Steampunk says:

Jul 27 2012 at 7:09 pm

I knew this was a shifty site! There goes my future in politics...
CanuckChuck says:

Jul 27 2012 at 7:11 pm

I'm sure you mean to say God Bless Meca, right?
meursault says:

Jul 27 2012 at 7:15 pm

The less anyone has to do with paypal is probably for the best.
RedRanger says:

Jul 27 2012 at 7:28 pm

total fail. How much was raised? Dont want to see you take a bath(as you say) on this. once things get settled Im sure we can restore your account to good standing.
mcsqueak says:

Jul 27 2012 at 8:14 pm

The nitwit who flagged the V-Account as a terrorist org was probably just some jealous jerk in a bad kit, who had clearly been dropped on a climb previously by one of you assholes...
Sauterelle says:

Jul 27 2012 at 8:31 pm

I frigging loathe PreyPal. Unfortunately I'm an eBay seller and I have to deal with those fucktards.
moondance says:

Jul 27 2012 at 8:38 pm

Will this affect ordering V-kit at all?
frank says:

Jul 27 2012 at 9:46 pm

@moondance

Will this affect ordering V-kit at all?

Don't be ridiculous. Being classified thusly doesn't impact our ability to collect money, on which PayPal takes a hefty fee. They only keep you from being able to then pay whomever you need to pay. That old chestnut.

But seriously, no - no impact - we refunded all the donations, so we're back in good standing- and the Climb4Cancer fund also still got its donation from the community which is what is important. We were always able to take orders; now that we're back in good standing we can also pay Castelli when the order closes, so everything is OK.
Buck Rogers says:

Jul 27 2012 at 9:48 pm

Check will be in the mail on Monday. Dumbasses paypal.
Adrian says:

Jul 27 2012 at 10:52 pm

The world has gone fucking crazy, what next poison taste testing for girl scouts selling cookies? Being classed a kidnapper for helping an old lady across the world?

Frank sorry to hear of all the hassle, like you don't have enough to do already.