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This exclusion significantly limits the types of damages a user can recover from PayPal, removing the most financially significant categories of harm.
If you suffer lost profits or special, incidental, or consequential damages connected to PayPal's websites, software, systems, or the user agreement, you cannot recover those damages from PayPal.
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This exclusion significantly limits the types of damages a user can recover from PayPal, removing the most financially significant categories of harm.
If you suffer lost profits or special, incidental, or consequential damages connected to PayPal's websites, software, systems, or the user agreement, you cannot recover those damages from PayPal.
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