Epassporte

Written by Nigel

With all the hassle that an avid online poker player has to go through to play for real money, people have been continuously looking for viable options to be able to do so.  One such option that has come up is Epassporte, a debit Visa account that can be obtained instantly online.  According to the company itself, their personal services include:

•    Shop online safely and securely where ePassporte Visa Cards are accepted
•    Send and receive funds between ePassporte Account Holders instantly
•    Make purchases at millions of retail locations where Visa is accepted
•    Withdraw funds at over 1 million ATM locations worldwide

It all sounds good to me.  However, reports have been coming in which undermine the feasibility of this system.  According to one user, “Since the 22th of January I have been trying to receive a ‘physical’ Visa card from Epassporte. I had already the Visa electron, but I paid the $40 dollar or so extra to get the real thing.

I’m not going to tell the whole story again, but I didn’t receive it. At the end of March I called Epassporte for the 3rd time or so and then got to speak to a lady, who told me that according to them I should have received the card, because it had been sent a couple of weeks ago already. Since I had not, they blocked the old card and sent me a new one.”

There are some good comments too, though.  I suppose this has not been tried and tested yet.  I will wait till it stabilizes, I think.