FirePay pulls out for Canadians?

[numb3rs]

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Effective February 21, 2007, FirePay (www.firepay.com) will no longer allow Canadian consumer payments to online gambling merchants.

Effective February 28, 2007, FirePay (www.firepay.com) will no longer allow Canadian consumers to receive payments from online gambling merchants.

All Canadian FirePay account holders will continue to be able to make purchases and receive payments from non-gambling online merchants, as well as to "Deposit From" and "Withdraw To" their Canadian bank account.

Click here for a listing of non-gambling merchants that accept FirePay: http://www.firepay.com/_stores/default.asp

For any questions regarding these deadlines or this policy, please email info@firepay.com.

Sincerely,
FirePay
info@firepay.com


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Why?

[QuarterTon]

wtf, can anyone confirm? if true, anyone know why???

[mikeroddick]

It's true...have no idea why

[j00ky]

I got the same email.

[gaming_mouse]

Have there been any rumours of the Canadian gov't going the way of the US?

[Rainbow Warrior]

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Have there been any rumours of the Canadian gov't going the way of the US?

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-Our (Canada's)system doesn't allow 'piggybacking' unrelated laws
-hopefully we have the backbone to go our own way and not be intimidated into following our big neighbour's lead.
-we have an ineffective minority gov't incapable of passing much legislation

Rainbow
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[Leader]

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Have there been any rumours of the Canadian gov't going the way of the US?

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-Our (Canada's)system doesn't allow 'piggybacking' unrelated laws

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I wouldn't put your faith in that. The law would have passed if it had come up for a vote in the Senate, and of course, it passed overwhelmingly in the house. It was only "piggybacked" in the Senate because a minority of senators (probably one or two actually) were preventing a vote on the measure in the senate. Canadians shouldn't believe that there is something about their system that prevents this from passing.

[Mossberg]

Someone who has an account with firepay should email or phone them and try to get some answers.

[_Towelie_]

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Someone who has an account with firepay should email or phone them and try to get some answers.

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Here's my trip report. I didn't get any useful answers from CS, just thought i'd post the email thread for comic relief.


[ QUOTE ]
From: _towelie_
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 17:38:07
To: info@firepay.com
Subject: Re: Important policy change for Canadian FirePay account holders - Update

Could you please give some explanation for this decision please?

On 2/21/07, info@firepay.com < info@firepay.com> wrote:

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< http://www.firepay.com/_default.asp>


Hi Justin,

As previously stated on February 16, 2007, effective today, February 21,
2007, FirePay ( www.firepay.com) no longer allows Canadian consumer
payments to online gambling merchants.

Please remember that effective February 28, 2007, FirePay ( www.firepay.com)
will no longer allow Canadian consumers to receive payments from online
gambling merchants.

All Canadian FirePay account holders will continue to be able to make
purchases and receive payments from non-gambling online merchants, as well
as to "Deposit From" and "Withdraw To" their Canadian bank account.

Sincerely,
FirePay
info@firepay.com<br />
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[ QUOTE ]
From: info@firepay.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 19:18:31
To: _towelie_
Subject: Re: Important policy change for Canadian FirePay account holders - Update



FirePay no longer allows Canadian consumers to transact with online gambling merchants as a result in a change in our merchant acceptance policy for Canadian consumers.

Please contact us if you have any further inquiries.

Best regards,

Julie
FirePay Customer Service

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From: _towelie_
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 16:34:03
To: info@firepay.com
Subject: Re: Important policy change for Canadian FirePay account holders - Update

As helpful as this response was, could you please tell me what triggered the
change in your merchant acceptance policy for Canadian consumers?

Thanks

On 2/21/07, info@firepay.com &lt;info@firepay.com&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt; Hi Justin,
&gt;
&gt; FirePay no longer allows Canadian consumers to transact with online
&gt; gambling merchants as a result in a change in our merchant acceptance policy
&gt; for Canadian consumers.
&gt;
&gt; Please contact us if you have any further inquiries.
&gt;
&gt; Best regards,
&gt;
&gt; Julie
&gt; FirePay Customer Service

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From: _towelie_
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 18:10:12
To: info@firepay.com
Subject: Re: Important policy change for Canadian FirePay account holders - Update

I sent this almost a week ago and still haven't gotten a response. Could
someone answer my question please?

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[ QUOTE ]
From: info@firepay.com &lt;info@firepay.com&gt;
Date: Feb 27, 2007 7:42 PM
Subject: CASE1526749 - Re: Important policy change for Canadian FirePay account holders - Update
To: _towelie_
Hi Justin,

Thank you for your e-mail.

FirePay no longer allows Canadian consumers to transact with online gambling merchants as a result in a change in our merchant acceptance policy for Canadian consumers.


Best Regards,

Mila
Customer Service Agent
www.firepay.com
info@firepay.com<br />
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[Brad1970]

Looks like you're getting the runaround...