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Originally posted by shredder
Here's my epassport experience:
Cost me $5 to load $50. I was issued a 4 series BIN, exp date and CVV2. My first try was at Amazon to purchase a used DVD. The card was declined. The epassport customer service rep said the number was fine and the problem is with the web merchant. Amazon said they couldn't recognize the cc#. I then tried making a one time purchase on an adult site. Same problem as the Amazon purchase. I tried once more on Office Depot and was declined yet a third time. The epassport rep was very friendly, but offered no solution to my problem. When I asked who the sponsoring bank for epassport's virtual Visa was, the reply was a bank in The Netherlands and an offshore island, something like SKANB Bank. Correct me if I'm worng, but I thought it was illegal for a foriegn bank to issue a Visa to a US citizen?!
As a consumer, I can't find the value in spending $5 to use this card. It's not anonymous and it didn't work anywhere I tried using it.
I've since called my bank and charged back the purchase.
My $.02
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Fuck, I was almost ready to signup fot epassporte, thank man! Fuck epassporte
