[Nitilism]

Decided to open FTP account for rakeback. Read through the FTP real money FAQ's, which said they do not accept VISA from US residents. I said, I wonder if that is PR crap, and tried anyways. FTP accepted it, my bank declined it. My card was actually frozen until I verified the transaction. Tried again, VISA declined. So I went to Epassporte.

Creating the account was simple. First connected to my bank account, did not see the micro credits. Wait two days, still don't see them. Connect to my VISA card. Microcredit was instant, tried to load $630 to get full bonus declined, $500 a day, and can't verify bank for select because no micro deposits. Oh well, two transactions and two days later, get enough to transfer $500 onto FTP. Even though it took a week, FTP still gives me the 100% bonus, I like.

Forget about Epassporte, grinding at FTP. Two weeks later, I see the micro-deposits for bank account linking are finally here, except they are dated like they got there a week ago. (They weren't there.)

Going to look into getting higher limits on Epassporte soon.

All in all, a real pain to get set up but:

1. VISA was instantaneous, which is good for players like Tuff Fish. Fees don't seem bad, I remember Neteller being 8%, but that was a while ago. I think the Bank account fees to Epassporte are even more reasonable, but this method seems slow. I give Epassporte good marks but not top marks.

2. I am keeping my money on sites and not in Epassporte. Thank god, I had almost all (but $100) on Stars before the Feds decided to get rowdy. In any event, until the climate gets settled (or until PPA gets its [censored] together) Epassporte is just an intermediary for me, I won't use it to store money.