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Old 09-16-07, 10:15 AM
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It seems like ages since I posted... things have been pretty busy. I got my B. Ed. degree last year as planned, and got a job for the fall. Now that it has been a few weeks and things have settled down a bit, I'm thinking I might make a deposit and start playing again. Sometimes I need a break from lesson planning and marking!

What's the best deposit and withdrawal options these days for Canadians? I remember looking at Click2Pay and ePassporte back when Neteller started having their troubles, but didn't like the looks of either of them - don't remember why now.
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Old 09-16-07, 10:41 AM
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Well first, congrats on the degree and on the job!

I don't deposit much anymore, but when I do want to get money online, I use my credit card.

Just a few caveats before you do, if you use your card, there will be interest as it will act like a cash advance. As well, Canadian banks don't have dispute rights on gambling charges, so if you deposit and the company double charges or doesn't process it, your out of luck with your bank.

I've done it a few times since Neteller went down though and haven't had any problems. But it's only been Stars so far. Plus if you withdraw $100 or more there you can put that back on your credit card.
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Old 09-16-07, 11:02 AM
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Yes, I should really have titled my post "WITHDRAWAL methods for Canadians"! It's always easy to deposit - not so easy to withdraw. Knowing I can put Stars back on my credit card is useful.

Have any of you other Canucks played on Full Tilt or Cake at all?
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Old 09-16-07, 11:13 AM
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I have a TD US Advantage cc, with a negative balance so I never get hit with interest.
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I have an epassporte account for deposits on cake. I haven't had to deposit to FT since the death of neteller, but I use their instadebit for withdrawals.

Epassporte was pretty easy too - I had it set up and was playing live poker on cake in about 20 minutes.

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I'm USA obviously, but I'll still second this motion - ePassporte.

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Geoff - are you able to withdraw to your credit card?
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Old 09-23-07, 03:52 PM
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Have you withdrawn from ePassporte? I'm worried because it says you can withdraw to a US bank account, or pay a $50 fee for a wire transfer. Neither of those options sounds good to me.
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I haven't withdrawn from epassporte. My plan was always to use it as a way station for money as I move it around between poker sites. If I need to withdraw I would usually do it via FT or Empire as both of those will deposit direct to my Canadian bank account.

Worst case I have to transfer money from Cake to epassporte, deposit from epassporte to FT and then withdraw from FT to by bank account. I'd be surprised if epassporte didn't offer some kind of withdraw mechanism for Canadians though - do they not allow withdrawal back to your credit card? I thought they did.
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Nope, use to be able to but now I have to get a cheque, go to the bank and credit my card back.
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