I like it! GPal or Gun Pal is an alternative online payment system that you can use to purchase anything ‘legal’. So if you want to buy a firearm from someone using GPal, you can do that and your account will not be frozen. With the other online payment groups, they are not at all gun or ammo friendly, so GPal is definitely a gun friendly alternative. (for US folks)
The other important tidbit to mention here, is that you don’t have to use it for firearms or ammunition. You can use it just like you use Paypal, to buy all types of things or services ‘that are legal’. As you can see with the name change, they had to make it less specific of a title to symbolize it’s utility. Customers might get the impression that it is purely for gun or ammo purchases, and that is not the case.
Good move and I hope it takes off. I would be curious if any of the readers have signed up for GPal and what their thoughts were about the service? –Matt
Facebook for GPal here.
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HEALDSBURG, CA – May 13, 2010 (For Immediate Release)
GUNPAL, the leader in transaction-neutral online payment processing, is now operating as GPal, Inc. at the website https://www.gpal.net/
In order to appeal to a broader market and offer superior products and services, we are reorganizing under GPal, Inc. Our users will find familiar functionality and feel, secured by our Verisign EV SSL Certificate, the strongest in the world.
Only the name is evolving to better serve our user base and provide a growth path for expansion. All buttons, links and banners will continue to work but will be redirected to gpal.net. Thank you for your support thus far in providing a transaction-neutral payment service.
Sincerely, Ben Cannon
Chairman/CEO
GPal, Inc.
About GPal:
GPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money to anyone with an email address in a transaction-neutral environment. GPal has revolutionized the transfer of money in heavily regulated industries and deals with fraud in a unique and very successful way. Accounts at GPal are FDIC insured. The company is expected to expand its offerings internationally in the near future. For more information please visit https://www.gpal.net/ or contact pr@gpal.net
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HEALDSBURG, CA – October 29, 2009 (For Immediate Release)
“GUNPAL, Inc. is a transaction-neutral online payments platform with a philanthropic spirit,” announces Founder/CEO Ben Cannon. “It is also the first serious competitor for PayPal Inc.”
A percentage of each transaction is donated to a selected charity at no additional cost to the user. The initial list of organizations includes the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, and the Supercomputing Disease Research Center. Users can also suggest charities for consideration.
An avid supporter of constitutional rights, Cannon created a discrimination-free online payments application, starting with the recognition of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Prohibited by PayPal’s “Acceptable Use Policy”, the $3 billion firearms and accessories industry has adopted GUNPAL as the payments platform of choice. “Firearms can only be sold by licensed dealers. GUNPAL is more convenient than other forms of payment as its comprehensive transaction tracking system is secure and reliable for our audits,” says Mitchel Chapman of WBtactical.com, a licensed firearms dealer.
An estimated one hundred million firearm owners nationwide now have a platform with which they can trade ammunition, scopes, and other accessories securely and hassle-free. As a socially responsible company, GUNPAL directs its firearm buyers to government documentation on current firearm laws and regulations and will provide licensed dealer listings by buyers’ zip codes in a future release. Having dominated the firearms niche, GUNPAL is already targeting other under-served markets with several new projects under way.
With every line of code written in-house, most of the engineering effort has been dedicated to fraud prevention. GUNPAL’s unique anti-fraud and anti-phishing systems take a finer-toothed comb through customer data for maximum privacy and security. Reduced fraud cuts operating costs resulting in lower fees for most common transactions as compared to PAYPAL. Cannon’s first company, GeoVario, LLC, was the natural choice for web-hosting services.
Founded in 2004, GUNPAL is a transaction-neutral online payment system that allows easy transfer of funds to anyone with an email address. Privately funded, GUNPAL has revolutionized the transfer of money with its pro-constitutional voice, unique anti-fraud approach, and philanthropic spirit. The company is expected to expand its services internationally in the near future.
You can get all the info you need on GPal at the following forum:
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/forumdisplay.p…
Spoiler alert! It's not pretty. I don't think GPal will be around by the time you're ready to give them a try.
Comment by Johnny — Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:43 AM
Our History with GPal
My name is Lisa Wolf & I am the wife of Jay Wolf of Elite Ammunition.
Up until May of this year we did not have issues with getting our funds into our company checking account. It wasn’t until May 14th when the name went from GunPal To GPal we started having all the issues with getting our funds from them.
When the issues began both Chad & Jeff were pretty good about responding and getting things resolved. Now it is a different story. I have emailed them and emailed them & Jay has left voice mails and they have all gone unanswered. While I know there are MANY people ticked off they have yet to receive their funds we are a company who depends on our customer sales not only for our company to function and survive but as a family to survive as well. I would love someone to explain to my 8, 5 & 4 year old why we can’t buy food or why mommy & daddy could possibly lose the only house they have ever known.
Below are EVERY Support Ticket Number we have had open with them. Have most been resolved? Yes, but they took at least 2 to 3 weeks to get resolved. But to say that we have not had many tickets opened with them is False.
These are posted Oldest to Newest
Support Ticket Opened [#962263]
Support Ticket Opened [#543718]
Support Ticket Opened [#925655]
Support Ticket Opened [#882860]
Support Ticket Opened [#145044]
Support Ticket Opened [#911900]
Support Ticket Opened [#733341]
Support Ticket Opened [#471926]
Support Ticket Opened [#941003]
Support Ticket Opened [#112108]
Support Ticket Opened [#142715]
Support Ticket Opened [#277901]
Support Ticket Opened [#246847]
Support Ticket Opened [#654443]
I am not trying to start trouble here but now when it affects my children and our personal finances I tend to get very angry. And I honestly don’t think anyone here could blame me.
All we want is our money, that’s all. Is that too much to ask for? It is our money not theirs to keep.
Lisa Wolf
Elite Ammunition
Comment by Elite Ammunition — Monday, September 13, 2010 @ 7:12 AM
Thanks Lisa. Hopefully the company can come forward and answer to these issues?
Comment by headjundi — Monday, September 13, 2010 @ 12:06 PM
Ben Cannon just called my husband on his cell phone and threatened out right that if we didn’t not stop talking about him and GPal that he is going to withhold the funds that we are currently waiting on for the Next 6 Months.
So now he has stooped to the level of calling customers and threatening to hold their own money for 6 months.
All I wanted was the money I processed through GPal. Nothing more and nothing less. Customers can be pushed only so far when they decide to take action through the proper authorities and I will continue to go up the chain of Command in California and further if needed to get what is rightfully ours.
Comment by Elite Ammunition — Monday, September 13, 2010 @ 9:19 PM
Well giving an update:
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=341885
Well
GPalVP posted 09-23-2010, 5:37 PM
“All of your withdrawals have already been sent to your checking account ending in 2649.”
I posted 09-24-2010, 9:02 AM
Well I checked this morning and no funds yet
So I emailed the President of our Bank a few minutes ago.
Gotta love small town USA where everyone knows everyone, not to mention the fact his wife is my son’s kindergarten teacher.
Me
“So this was a response from them at 5:37 P.M. 9/23/10
All of your withdrawals have already been sent to your checking account ending in 2649.
Do you know long this will take to get deposited into our account? And can you see anything on your end to support GPal’s claim of this?”
Bank President’s Response
“Lisa,
I show no deposits from GPal on 9/23/10. It is a direct deposit, which means it would be done immediately. And since you received this message after 2pm (our cut-off), I would have expected to see it come in this morning’s processing. Maybe check online later today, after 2 to see if it has dropped, otherwise, I’m not sure where the deposit is at.”
So I will check back again after 2 and give an update to this.
Lisa
Comment by Elite Ammunition — Friday, September 24, 2010 @ 10:23 AM
Well it’s 2:10 here and the cut off time has come and gone for my bank. And unfortunately no funds in our bank account. Saturday marks 30 days and counting
Comment by Elite Ammunition — Friday, September 24, 2010 @ 12:12 PM
I have not only gotten 1 but 2 emails for charge backs from GPal today. Here is the first one. I will not post others as the only difference in the emails is the amount of money
From:
Date: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Subject: GPal Chargeback Notification (Transaction ID: BA5F7ED0E4C680)
To: orders@eliteammunition.com
GPal Logo
Greetings Elite Ammunition,
You are receiving this email because your buyer for Transaction ID: BA5F7ED0E4C680 for $91.15 has filed a chargeback with their credit card company.
Once a chargeback occurs, the money involved in the chargeback is debited from GPal right away by the credit card company. At the same time, we place a temporary hold on the same amount in your GPal account balance. A chargeback will cause the following chain reaction; The buyer’s bank will pull funds from GPal’s merchant bank, GPal’s merchant bank will then pull the funds from GPal, finally GPal will pull the funds from the seller and assess a chargeback fee (The assessed chargeback fee is temporary until the matter has been fully resolved). Please note that if the dispute is found in favor of the seller, the disputed funds and assessed chargeback fee will be credited back to the sellers account.
So that we can respond to the chargeback notification we need you to provide us with some information regarding this transaction, including but not limited to a tracking number, the Signature Confirmation of Delivery to a confirmed GPal address and any communication between the involved parties. We require this information immediately as the majority of chargebacks are irrevocable if we cannot respond in time. Please provide all requested information within 5 business days by replying to this email.
If GPal and the seller win the dispute, the credit card company will reimburse GPal for the chargeback, and GPal will release funds held from the seller. Depending on the credit card company involved, this process can take up to 75 days.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please visit your GPal account by clicking HERE or by copying “https://www.gpal.net/gp” (without the quotes) into your web browser.
Kind Regards,
The GPal Team
GPal is an online payment processing alternative that donates a portion of the proceeds from every transaction to a Non-Profit Organization or Charity
GPal does not discriminate based on the nature of your transaction, requiring only that the merchandise or services you buy and sell be legal. See our User Agreement for more information.
I tried to retrace the GPal charge via their website there is no name attached to the trans #. But so conveniently I have been LOCKED OUT of my GPal account.
But lucky for me I keep every piece of paper and every email and was able to track the customer. I have sent an email to the customer and am waiting for a response.
I am waiting on responses from both of these customers.
Ben Cannon you created this mess and YOU NEED TO FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa Wolf
Elite Ammunition
Comment by Elite Ammunition — Saturday, September 25, 2010 @ 1:25 PM