Skrill (Moneybookers) to stop processing gaming transactions for Canadians Jan. 2

moose

Pretty much the final nail in the coffin for me and online poker.

Skrill stopping transactions to gambling sites for Canadians Jan 2 - Poker News - News, Views and Gossip

wildbill7145

Haven't used it, but was planning to. Pretty sure a bunch of others on this forum do now. This can't be good news.

BlondeFish

Should I withdraw my entire balance just like I did from poker sites on Black Friday, or is it safe to leave it on Skrill?

trigs

fuck that.:bs:

BlondeFish;365053 wroteShould I withdraw my entire balance just like I did from poker sites on Black Friday, or is it safe to leave it on Skrill?

damn, yeah we might have to withdraw everything now just in case. that sucks too.

djgolfcan

Just do what I did and open a separate bank account for poker and do direct deposits and withdrawls to that account.

I would withdraw all your online money and skrill account before Jan. 2 just in case. Why take the chance ?

trigs

djgolfcan;365079 wroteJust do what I did and open a separate bank account for poker and do direct deposits and withdrawls to that account.

that's a good idea. i already have an old account that i don't really use anymore and was just too lazy to go close, so maybe i'll start using that one.

I would withdraw all your online money and skrill account before Jan. 2 just in case. Why take the chance ?

i figured i'd withdraw all my skrill money. should i be withdrawing funds already on stars and tilt too? i don't see that being a problem, but i've only ever used skrill/moneybookers to deposit in the past so maybe if i try to withdraw it'll default to skrill and cause problems maybe. idk.

Hobbes

if you want to avoid skrill make a deposit from a bank account then email PS and ask them to allow you to w/d via bank and not skrill.

D. Negreanu

BlondeFish;365053 wroteShould I withdraw my entire balance just like I did from poker sites on Black Friday, or is it safe to leave it on Skrill?

YES! Get it off of there, Don't know why people still trust skrill with all the issues over the years and even more when it's been like 2 years now that they were pulling from the Canadian market.

BlondeFish

I just tried to follow D. Negreanu's advice by withdrawing my entire Skrill balance via bank transfer to my TD U$account. After noticing a rip-off withdrawal fee just like PartyPoker, :rage: I tried entering TD's 8-digit Routing Number in the "Bank/sort code" field, but Skrill keeps saying "Invalid entry". Does anybody know what I should put for TD or how many digits that field should be?

D. Negreanu;365139 wroteYES! Get it off of there, Don't know why people still trust skrill with all the issues over the years and even more when it's been like 2 years now that they were pulling from the Canadian market.

compuease

BlondeFish;365143 wroteI just tried to follow D. Negreanu's advice by withdrawing my entire Skrill balance via bank transfer to my TD U$account. After noticing a rip-off withdrawal fee just like PartyPoker, :rage: I tried entering TD's 8-digit Routing Number in the "Bank/sort code" field, but Skrill keeps saying "Invalid entry". Does anybody know what I should put for TD or how many digits that field should be?

Pretty sure you have to have done a deposit via that method previously to now withdraw. How did you initially fund Skrill?

moose

no you don't.

and here are the swift codes.

Canada Banks Information | Routing Transit Numbers (MICR) - SWIFT Codes - Branch Locations - Bank Holidays

BlondeFish

compuease;365144 wroteHow did you initially fund Skrill?

It was through some forumer with > $100,000 in his balance! ;)

compuease;174363 wrote... How much you need 50K? 100K?

I think I went through the procedure of verifying my U$ bank account as Skrill gives me two options for withdrawing: bank transfer or cheque (takes up to 10 days, slightly higher fee). Has anybody ever had problems depositing a Skrill U$ cheque to their bank?

BlondeFish

Skrill doesn't have a problem with the SWIFT code I entered. I know that the 8-digit Bank Routing Number consists of the 3-digit institution number followed by 5-digit transit number, but Skrill keeps giving me the error message for whatever I enter for "Bank/sort code".

moose;365145 wroteno you don't.
and here are the swift codes.

compuease

we'll see, I know back in the moneybooker days, say 2008-9, I couldn't until I had. I had $3K. there I wanted to withdraw and ended up sending it back to Stars, playing with it for weeks, then getting stars to send me a check... Perhaps it changed when they became Skrill? Just way too tough/inconvenient/risky playing online these days for the few that are winners and want to withdraw. I sense another FT fiasco coming...

moose

BlondeFish;365146 wroteIt was through some forumer with > $100,000 in his balance! ;)
I think I went through the procedure of verifying my U$ bank account as Skrill gives me two options for withdrawing: bank transfer or cheque (takes up to 10 days, slightly higher fee). Has anybody ever had problems depositing a Skrill U$ cheque to their bank?

Skrill refused to send me a cheque, I had to use bank transfer. I can't remember what I used for all the codes.

BlondeFish

F*CK Skrill! They put so many roadblocks in withdrawing my entire balance. After I finally break their "Da Vinci Code," they ask for a credit card for which they will charge the already deducted fee from instead of my account, which means that I will be left with a balance! :mad:

Will the following work in unblocking Skrill's rip-offs?

1) Wait for a PokerStars reload bonus code.
2) Figure out the deposit amount that I will need to take maximum advantage of the bonus.
3) Withdraw from Mother-F***ing Skrill everything except the PokerStars amount.
4) Once I get my Skrill funds, transfer the balance to PokerStars before January 2, 2014.
5) I may try to go Supernova, but I hope Skrill plunges into a black hole!

moose;365178 wroteSkrill refused to send me a cheque, I had to use bank transfer.

windbreaker

Stars doesn't offer that many reloads. Usually just around scoops/wcoops, so I wouldn't count on it. If they do, the max bonus usually requires a $600 deposit.

If you actually play on Stars, I don't see why you don't just deposit your entire skrills account into Stars. They offer options that are convert usd/cdn at rates pretty much the same as xe.com and most deposit/withdraw options have no transaction fees.

actyper

That's what I'm doing. Most on stars/ft, some on party 888 and bet fair.

BlondeFish

windbreaker;365184 wroteIf they do, the max bonus usually requires a $600 deposit.

With the Skrill deadline coming up on January 2, I'm thinking of transferring my entire 4-digit Skrill balance to PokerStars. If the live casino tournaments continue to be too juicy to pass up and end up hardly playing at PokerStars, will I have problems to withdraw my money by US bank transfer or cheque since I have only used Skrill/Moneybookers before?

moose

Better stop thinking and start doing because you can only send $1000 per day. Just finished emptying my skrill account today. The cutoff on pstars is dec.31.