Due to harassment by anti-gun PayPal, we’ve decided to discontinue using their payment plugin at this time. For decades, PayPal was viewed as the safest payment option available, and customers frequently chose that option. With other options gaining popularity, such as Gray,Apple Pay, and secure credit card checkout through companies like Woo Commerce, PayPal really isn’t necessary any longer. We offered it as an option, and because their plugin inserted a predominate looking button, many people chose that option, believing it was the primary payment method, rather than just being one of many options.
Removing PayPal accomplishes a few things for us. The first being we are no longer sending revenue to a company who has supported anti-gun legislation, and backed political candidates who have been very hostile toward the Second Amendment. For the past few decades, PayPal has been accepted with contempt on our part, but so many customers previously demanded the option, that we were forced to accept it. The second thing it does is simplify the checkout system, and eliminate PayPal plug-in related issues. For the past two years, the plug-in has resulted in many cases of product information fields not being carried over to use at checkout. We receive payment, but the product information is missing information needed to ensure customers receive the correct items. None of the other payment options yielded those plug-in issues. Another benefit to use as a business is that payPal cost us about one percent more in fees than other options, which means that we can reduce cots a little, and have the ability to pass that savings along to our customers.
We appreciate all of our customers, and apologize if this decision causes any issues to our customers. I know there are still some people who like to use PayPal, without even knowing it stands against the very industry they are shopping. For anyone interested in the security our other payment options, feel free to do a quick search about the security of GPay, Woo Payments, Apple Pay, or any of the others our website supports. We are confident that there’s an option for everyone. We also sell much of our catalog on Ebay and Amazon, where those platforms may offer other payment options unique to their platforms.
