actually, you can load up a money on a card
check this one out
http://www.goldage.net/
theres some other exchangers as well that does it.
it's actually a good way to evade taxes too, since the ATM cards are anonymous...not that evading tax is a good thing;)
but, I'm just wondering why programs don't pay affiliates through egold, it'll cut costs down for certain webmasters.
and people that like to pay for outsourcing or grunt work usually through paypal or epassporte could save a load of money with e-gold. There's not much buyer protection, but the seller is pretty protected (good or bad, eh?)