Taelon,
What are you talking about? Obviously pay pal is aware that people are using these things, and buying them
through using their services. It's probably a substantial portion of business for them at this juncture. It's completely legit.
However, allow me to dissect your train of thought. Things can get lost in translation. For instance, one person might call and say I heard that Pay Pal said e-cigs are bad and that you aren't allowing them. Well now what you've done is put a bug in their ear. Next thing you know, the person who answered the phone goes to their manager and says e-cigs are bad and a customer complained and said Pay Pal shouldn't allow. NOW, the manager gets a few calls, but all he remembers is E-cigs and bad....NOW what you've created is a manager who doesn't want to deal with it anymore, so he goes to the policy makers and now you've accomplished what your statement insinuates what you apparently want to happen. Paypal then goes ahead and bans it. So much for your "underground business" think.
It's really simple oral tradition...whereas testimony and messages that are verbally transmitted change over time....and USUALLY not in favor of the truth but in favor of what is the most eye opening. (You can compare this to the media headlines and how they have twisted this small microcosm of a lab analysis and given broad stroke negative spin in the headlines to sell papers).
I have been in retail for over 20 years, I don't want to flat out dismiss your comment, but I don't think you know what you are talking about. Your comment has hippy like undertones, not really business savvy.
We are Liberty Stix.
BTW: How old are you?