The official EPASSPORTE thread. (#3 of 3.)

[R*R]

So what is the story with epassporte. Neteller, Firepay and
many others are gone due to DOJ pressure. What is epassporte's story. Are they non-US based? What jurisdiction are they in? Are they privately owned? They are handling huge gambling dollars yet they are almost ghost-like. Google turns up nothing?

[stevematador]

Please forgive me if this has been covered, I read about 38 pages from original thread and didn't find it. I'm trying to fund epassporte from my bank account, and I just verified the two deposits from epassporte to my bank etc.

I understand the fee schedule on their site stating $5 for every $100 is incorrect and it is really only $5 for any amount up to $500 limit when using checking account. But my question is this, is a $5 per $100 fee when loading the money into FTP?? Is there any fee moving the money from epassporte to FTP or any poker room for that matter, or are the only fees the ones from loading the epassporte account?

My other question is, how do I get $600 in to deposit with FTP? I know there is a $500 a day limit, so do I have to deposit $500 and wait 7 business days etc. till it goes through, or can I do a second deposit the next day with other one still pending?

Sorry if this has been covered!!

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[waq]

The fee to load epassporte from a bank account is $2 per transaction, but it might be $5 for the first one. There is no fee charged to you, only charged to the poker site, to transfer between epassporte and a poker site. I believe you can start another load the following day but I am not positive. Doesn't hurt to try.
Also getting the physical card makes it much quicker to cashout. 1 day vs 1 to 2 weeks. It is $35 and I received mine 2 weeks after requesting it. But with ePassporte you never know............

[justaPlayer]

So I just registered for an eP acct. the other day, went through the registration charge verification n stuff, used a Bank of America Visa credit card to load it ($25 trial deposit in case of a "snafu") put $10 of that onto Stars just to feel out the whole process, it was easy and I thought all was well.

Well, a couple days later I go into my online banking, and there is a fraud alert under my credit card, saying I have to verify some recent transactions, which I know has to be the ePass initial deposit and that I can't access the credit card online until the alert is lifted. Can anybody comment on how big a deal this is going to be to get this bullsht straightened out? What about if I just use it directly from my checking account, anybody had any problems with that? Can I still do that at all once I have made a deposit using credit card? Anybody?

[steel108]

Anyone know if withdrawing to checking is working?

[Viscant]

I just tried a withdrawl to checking and it said there was an error communicating with bank, could not be processed at this time, blah blah, standard error message, usually just try again in 3-4 minutes and it'll go through.

However in a new twist, the money actually left the account. Question to anyone, what's my next move?

[SNGplayer24]

so epassporte is still working fine? i just want to withdraw a couple grand through the atm. My only problem with it was a -200.00 charge on my statement during my last deposit. They still havent gotten back to me regarding it

[Viscant]

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I just tried a withdrawl to checking and it said there was an error communicating with bank, could not be processed at this time, blah blah, standard error message, usually just try again in 3-4 minutes and it'll go through.

However in a new twist, the money actually left the account. Question to anyone, what's my next move?

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Update about a day later. Money was returned to my account. Email to their customer service was never returned however. Oh well, I'll call it a draw.

[ktulu22]

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So I just registered for an eP acct. the other day, went through the registration charge verification n stuff, used a Bank of America Visa credit card to load it ($25 trial deposit in case of a "snafu") put $10 of that onto Stars just to feel out the whole process, it was easy and I thought all was well.

Well, a couple days later I go into my online banking, and there is a fraud alert under my credit card, saying I have to verify some recent transactions, which I know has to be the ePass initial deposit and that I can't access the credit card online until the alert is lifted. Can anybody comment on how big a deal this is going to be to get this bullsht straightened out? What about if I just use it directly from my checking account, anybody had any problems with that? Can I still do that at all once I have made a deposit using credit card? Anybody?

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Just call the credit card company and tell them you bought something online - don't mention gambling. If they press you tell them it is porn or some dvds or whatever (it is none of their business and they most likely won't press the issue). They will then clear the payment. They are trying to sniff out gambling transactions so again, don't mention gambling

[justaPlayer]

I appreciate the comeback Ktulu. I just called the number today and verified the transaction and they released the hold no questions asked. Checked my ePass acct. and no problems there either, so all looks well.

Can anybody comment on deposits and, particularly, withdrawals from ePass directly into bank account? Is that also likely to be flagged as suspicious, or what? Unreal people aren't just able to do as they please with their own mf'ing money... Thx again