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sswiz 
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 Posted: 19 December 2004 at 6:08am |
Hello everyone. I'm new here (obviously) and I noticed you were discussing money transfers service. I'm also interested in this matter and I thought I'd join you.
Regarding what's been discussed here, one would be tempted to recommend paypal on the sot, but once you take into consideration the fat that it is not available for everyone and the bad press they keep getting related to frauds and all of that... you know what I mean.
Of course this is just me talking, I for one would go for something let's say less popular than them but which is more suitable for your personal needs.
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 7:51am |
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I think paypal gets bad press every now and then purely because it is
the largest service of its kind online, every service of this type will
have it's disputes every now and then. Fraudsters are bound to go
for the biggest service anyway.
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 8:00am |
You're right, but I think it's also because they tend to act like a bank when in fact they aren't and there has also been an investigation by the FBI regarding paypal, if I'm not mistaking (something about frauds or something like that).
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 10:25am |
ikobo, 2checkout, and all the rest have had problems in the past as well. In the past year or so, many have improved quite a bit.
Paypal and ikobo are amoing the group that have come a long way.
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 11:14am |
Thank you very much. I went on their homepage and their offer looks very interesting. I ahave another question for you, considering the fact that I really need to get my money fast and from any European location I might be in that moment. What is the iKard?
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 11:30am |
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I-Kard is a Visa debit card. It's good for up to the amount in your account. You can use up to that limit it like a credit card at any merchant that accepts Visa cards. You can also use it to withdraw money from your account from any bank ATM that supports Visa cards.
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 11:33am |
Wow. This means that I can use it from any local ATM machine ? Or do you mean worldwide ? 
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Posted: 19 December 2004 at 11:47am |
Any ATM anywhere that supports Visa Plus. If you see the Visa logo on the ATM, you can use it there.
One thing to note is that Visa has an active anti-fraud group that may question using the card in foreign countries. It saves time and trouble if you contact them ahead of time before traveling and/or give them a list of countries where you're likely to use the card.
I have a cousin who lives in Canada and went to visit Russia where she started to use her cards. They got blocked until Visa contacted someone at the home phone number who told them she was in Russia.
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