Neteller accounts

[ewashingtons]

neteller's great... its basically the same as paypal and i would say its probably more trustworthy than most of the poker sites out there in that its definitely not going to bankrupt and steal your money any time soon. the only drawback would be the high commission rate, 8.9% vs. paypal's ~2% but that only hits you when you are depositing into neteller from your bank account. in other words, once you have money in the system, you can go from neteller to poker site and back for free (and transactions back to your original bank account are also free).

[ohnonotthat]

is for instacash. (See: funding for compulsive gamblers).

Plan a little in advance an there are no (as in ZERO) charges EVER.

BTW, if you must use instacash, PARTY is the only [gaming] site I've seen that does not absorb/refund the 8.9%, which leads to my next point.

Party may not be rigged but they do SUCK !

MJ,
I used Neteller for the first time about a month ago. I had the same feeling you describe. I called them to ask about some of the delays, etc. They gave me reasons that seemed a little lame at the time, but finally, all transactions were completed to my satisfaction.

I finally decided that they have security features in there protocol that might seem a little shady to you and me, but actually add to the quality of using their service.

Hope this helps.

All companies that take in dough hold on as long as they can. It is Business 101: Speed up payments in and delay payments out.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

The only thing that's sketchy about neteller is how scary those questions they ask you are.

1. Who's better: Batman or Superman?

Guy- Batman

Neteller: I know you like Superman better.

Guy- No I don't.

Neteller: Don't lie to me John. I know you wet the bed when you were 6 and lived in Mapleton.

Guy- How could you know that? I didn't tell anybody.

Neteller- I know all your secrets John, I'm always watching. Did you know you can use Neteller points to register in money giveaways?

[ohnonotthat]

Nice hand !

That one gets three [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] and one [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].

[Cerril]

I refused to use them until I absolutely had to. My roommate had the same aversion. The first time they opened then immediately closed my account and told me to call xxx-xxx-xxxx and give them my SSN and sort out problems. THat was creepy and I even looked up the number, and it turned out to be the US dept. of social security. Go figure.

Anyway, opening an account was a huge hassle but I'm pretty happy with them now. Having given PP, FirePay, and PayPal my bank information (not to mention ING, my job, and several of the companies I get bills from), I'm most confident (except for my job) in NT to not mess it up, from the way it's been handled.

but yeah, I'd never blame anyone from getting the willies and swearing off NETeller.

Had the same reservations that most here had. Just to be safe I keep just what need for bills in my checking, but besides the fee I've got no complaints about Neteller

[Fletch46]

I've been using them for a few months (I've just been playing at the casino until recently). I was very nervous about transfering money there so opened a separate bank account which someone else suggested too. Service has been great and very convenient.

[runout_mick]

Anyone have a Neteller bank card? Are they worth it?

By the way, I've had Neteller for 2 years and processed countless transactions without a single complaint.