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Originally Posted by Yngwie
I love epassporte. It comes in very handy, but what I'm wondering is why do we have to pay for the electron card? Take paypal for instances. You get a card to use to take your $ out from ATM's and it's free. Why is it that with epassporte it costs us money? It's like your bank charging you $35 to get an ATM card for YOUR account with YOUR money. I know it costs $ to produce the cards, but the cost should not be put on us. After all, epass makes money off every transfer made using the system. Personally, I think that the card should be free. the only time it should cost something is IF someone lost their card and need a replacement. Since we pay when it comes to everything we should have some sort of system that protects us from being fucked over by scammer, but we don't.. Now, how much does the card actually cost to make? Surely not $35 a pop.
1. we get charged $ to load money onto out account from a credit card
2. we get charged $ to transfer $ to another account
3. the exchange rates we get suck (USD to CND or whatever)
4. We have to pay in order to get an Electron card that almost looks fake
5. We have to pay a yearly fee to keep the card active. (why? as long as the epassporte account is open the card should stay active at no cost)
That's just my 2 cents.
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ePassporte is a business and it costs money to run a business and in the end I think the owner would like a profit just like with every other business.
1. Yes but it costs money to process the transaction.
2. its $.25
3. The ATM where you withdraw the money sets the exchange rate and the cases I've looked into when someone complained about a bad exchange rate its normally less than 1% difference from the official exchange rate.
4. The new version of the Electron card that have been sent out over the last year looks a lot better and like a normal card.
5. Like I mentioned a couple of times ePassporte is a business and money have to be made somewhere. I know I still save hundreds every year by using ePassporte instead of having to cash foreign checks.