Recent content by blaine

Oh, paypal... don't get me started on paypal. The Internet is practically filled with reports about losing money with paypal (mostly because of phising) as well as loads of fake "account validation" e-mail, resulting in the theft of the user's personal information and so on and so forth. I think...

Yeah, I think you're exposed to even more risks with paypal since it's targeted by hackers more often than the other services. Bottom line is that you aren't safe anywhere, you're just going to have to take some chances on this. In my case ikobo seemed and seems to be working, for you it wasn't...

I don't know what his reasons are, but you are right about one thing, problems are everywhere with every service. There's no need to extend them to the entire service. Since I haven't had problems, others haven't had them, I suppose Genetic Wolf's are somewhat isolated problems, of course that...

Hmm, that sounds pretty bad indeed. I suppose I should be more careful from now on... but so far I've never experienced any problems with my account being blocked or anything. I hope ikobo won't decide to freeze my account as well!

Anyway, has anyone processed any transactions through ikobo lately? I mean apart from p2p transfers which obviously work. There have been some rumors that ikobo is having difficulties with visa or something. Any news on that? Apparently, as far as I know, VISA/MC's policy is causing a lot of...

OK. I got it... no problems with ikobo, poor marketing. I suppose this makes me feel better, what do you know, it actually does. Glad to know ikobo works for you!

I'm glad you do. Maybe there are some folks who don't, that's why I was explaining it. So you're saying ikobo is ok for you as a MAP? Then how come you've had problems with your shop?

Hello again people, sorry for not posting recently, but apparently something happened to my e-mail notifications. So, how is everybody doing lately? I mean have you had any problems using ikobo or something like that? Are your shops up and running and customers pouring in like there's no...

Well, in my case it took one week to arrive so I guess I've nothing to complain. You could chose to have it delivered express, but you'll pay extra for that, but hey, if you're really in a hurry it's a solution. Good luck Martin, I think you'll find ikobo to be much better at transferring money...

Hmm, so I'm the resident ikard guru or something. :D Apparently not since Martin seems to have it all covered. Anyway, the good news is the I finally got mine just today and was also able to withdraw the money without problems and as far as I could calculate without any other fees except from...

What I mean by additional fee, is the fact that the bank which owns the specific ATM you're withdrawing from may have an additional fee besides ikobo's. As I've said, there's now way I can tell you anything for free since I don't have an ikard yet, but others I've spoken to said they were never...

Yes, you can use without an account (as I've said), the card is free but you pay the delivery - about $5. Withdrawal fees are $1.99 regardless of the amount you withdraw but the ATM may charge an additional fee - or so the other users say... I'll know more once I get mine.

Yeah, it works without a bank account. As for withdrawing the money, apparently ikobo will send each user a visa card which can be used at any ATM to withdraw the money from the account. Sounds good, huh? I signed up a couple of days ago and now I'm waiting for this card to arrive. If it's any...

Yeah, that's an idea, although I've ran into a couple of online services that will do pretty much the same thing. I personally would prefer the online part since I wouldn't have to go to a bank or anything. So, there, of course paypal, which I'm a little reluctant to use, and may prove too...

Hi everyone. Nice to be here! I'm currently working for an US Company (in the US of course) and I need a cheap effective way to transfer part of my paycheck back to my folks in Canada. I was thinking about some sort of online method, since they appear to be cheaper than the rest. Paypal is out...