Neteller vs. FirePay

[LazyRobot]

Nope. It has teken 5 business days for EFTs to get to my account (IIRC they all passed through a weekend). My sample size is small though. (3 transfer from a checking to Neteller.)

They compete as there are no fees from moving my money to and from sites or back into my checking account. I agree with Rich as they really want to encourage me to pay the fatty 8.9% to get it there quicker but I was never in a big rush so it was no biggie. I am not sure what fees Neteller had because I was really put off by a little ad they had on their site at the time. Something akin to steroids/fat burner or something. It really seemed odd to me at the time.

/shrug

[AngryCola]

Hmm.

I guess I'm either the exception or am suffering from a case of bad memory. That could be true, because the more I think about it, the more I realize that I haven't recently made many deposits to Neteller from my bank account.

My apologies if I've been incorrect about the avergage time Netller takes to credit your account using a standard EFT deposit.

[ebranig]

Just for clarification, have you used neteller?

[csuf_gambler]

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Just for clarification, have you used neteller?

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no and one of the main reasons i didn't sign up with them in the first place is because i think its absurd that they would need your social security number.

[Mobed]

I am not so happy with firepay....

The bad-
No phone support (e-mail only, to be fair they are quick)
Party skins do not allow you to cash out to a firepay account. Only deposit.

The Good-
They don't hate me becuse I'm from MD.
They are quick

My new plan is to use IMGPAY and Epassport only. Cash in with IMGPAY (to avoid fee's) use it at party skins, then if needed cash out to Epassport for use on non partyskins. Then back the way it came when I need to cash it out.

[LaW]

I made my first EFT into my confirmed NETeller account on 2/9 and it just cleared last night, 2/15. So I guess that is within the 4-5 business days but it sure seems like a long time.

I'm just hoping that this one took a little bit extra time because it was my first. But reading this thread it seems like NETeller always take their time.

[gila]

OK, Its very simple. You subscribe to firepay, you subscribe to neteller. If you need your money in a hurry, you go through firepay, get it instantly, and pay 3.99. If you are not in a hurry, you go through neteller and wait 4-5 days and pay nothing. It really depends on how badly you need the money.

[richrf]

Yep, that seems to be the way to go. It seems that FirePay provides equivalent expedited service at a more affordable price.

[Insp. Clue!So?]

Neteller is not actually a bank, and so it must go to third parties to do bank-like functions. Thus if it says a transaction will take 5 business days or whatever in my experience they actually does take the full time. For all other transactions they are very fast, but dependant upon the individual poker site for expediency naturally. I have no experience with firepay but have read a good number of complaints about it over the past couple of years, such that I don't feel the need to test its waters.

[bpb]

Re: Instacash.

If you initiate an instacash transaction through the Neteller website, you are charged 8.9%. If you initiate the instacash transaction through the poker room / casino, virtually all of them cover the instacash fee.

Party poker does not allow instacash transactions through their cashier. Paradise, UB, Pokerstars, Absolute, and Prima skins all do.