In the email, global said it was “user suggested” they add a payment processor.

They are so crafty with their language.

I use credit cards for off-shore accounts. They show up on my statement as some imaginary Chinese company. The reason being is that US banks are not allowed to process receipts for poker or gambling online. This appears to be a direct payment to Global, but I could be wrong.

You need to verify your bank details with a bank statement. I did it yesterday afternoon around 5pm and got an email this morning around 6am saying my cashout has been approved and it will be processed within 24-48 hours. I also sent a picture of my drivers license again.

Found some reviews on Worldpay, I don't feel overly optimistic here.

To Joey and any other reps that may be reading this, if you guys are no longer able to work with Paypal please continue looking for a processer that has better than a 0.6/10 customer rating on 416 separate reviews.

https://ca.trustpilot.com/review/worldpay.com

I don't know anything about Worldpay, but I wouldn't form an opinion about them over those reviews.

https://ca.trustpilot.com/review/www.paypal.com

Why is this called payment option thread? I don't have "options" because I was a lucky selected winner of being forced to use Worldpay.

We were assured that nothing would change and that they were simply adding a new payment option, why are we being forced to use world pay? And verify our accounts again we were also told we would only have to verify once.

Um, NOPE... try again?

Joey:

I would really like for you to address this question already. It has been brought up several times now in the thread and you seem to be dodging it. Why did you assure us that the only change would be adding another option when that was obviously not true?

Yeah but had Global opted for card/worldpay from the start, people wouldn't be complaining. A smooth transition would have been better than an abrupt one, but still, what is so great about PayPal anyway / what big difference does it make how you pay? The only differences I see are positives - I just added funds to my GP account within minutes, whereas with PayPal it would have taken a few days.

I don't think your Mexican/Chinese food analogy applies here. Global didn't replace Poker with Bingo. It's more like a grocery store deciding to stop accepting checks. The reaction to that would likely be *shrug* and you'd pull out your credit card. (Granted, the store wouldn't be all like, "You've been specially chosen to stop using checks! Congratulations!")

Why, out of curiosity? And how does that work? Do you keep all your money in piles of cash? Do you cash checks at those ghetto check-cashing places and pay a 10% or more fee? If you use PayPal without a bank account, do you have to use one of those high-fee debit cards?

Of course not. Likewise, their parting ways with PayPal doesn't mean it's illegal. Global is legal because of a loophole in the law, and the loophole hasn't been closed (except in the state of WA, apparently).

Agree. My card statement says "GP Gold Coins".

Atleast give us the option to make one more cashout via paypal, that way we're out of your hair for good.

Why? Because not everyone has an account, or want to share their bank account deets. Why? Various reasons, or adequate fears.

No, I don’t.

Idk about paypal fees, you can look.

We get it, you are cool with the change. The issue for many is the forced change, without notice, and contradictory comments from GP reps.

Occam's razor: because they are manifestly hiding something(s). Cryptic, bush league equivocation. Reading that Worldpay email, I felt like a carless junkie was asking me for five bucks because he ran out of gas.

And it got deleted. I guess global expects us all to be dumb???


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Joey,

For the purpose of cash outs, I would like to request a check. This is how every other sweepstakes in the country pays their winners. It also seems like this would be a cheaper option for Global. Has this been discussed?

Seems to be vaguely inferring that info is incorrect. Pretty amazing that after all this time he comes back and writes 9 paragraphs that answer none of the questions asked of him.

If Global wants to hire another rep I think I could do this job.

Hey guys,

Sorry about blah blah blah. I have passed this info along to upper management. If anyone has an issue please PM me the information so I can take care of this for you. I’m going to go bump every meaningless thread where people say positive things about Global Poker in the forum and return in several days.

Thanks,

Poker Rep

So Joey, why are we getting rid of the Paypal option? Was there an issue between Global/PP? Just a little concerned since PP was the only thing giving this joke of a site ANY credibility. You sit there and lie in the forum that "we are just adding new options, nothing else changes"-this is not true something happened between you guys and paypal. Why can't you be up front with us?

I would guess because I edited it to include phone numbers and direct email contacts for the officers at the company. Lots of censoring going on it seems. Explanation by end of US workweek seems like a reasonable request. Can't be removed from the NVG thread I suppose.

It isn't hard to be transparent. They created a PR nightmare and a nightmare for some players. With all the options available today, revealing personal bank info is ridiculous. That doesn't even take into account the risk of it being stolen. It isn't an addition or option, it's the only choice some have.

If paypal purchases took you a few days I understand why you'd like a faster option. Paypal was always instantaneous for me. Not minutes. Seconds.

Again, the point you seem to be brushing aside is, no one is having a problem with a 2nd payment option. Everyone's problem is that there IS NO 2nd payment option, only a new first option that is being beta tested and the guinea pigs were forced into the testing against their will or desire.

If I had to take a guess, and it would seem that we do, I would guess that after the court ruling on Washington state, Paypal either lost faith in the "sweepstakes" model or decided it was just too risky. I can't imagine any scenario in which Global desired to lose Paypal as a payment processor. And now they are in damage control mode, as they scramble to provide alternative options.

Someone is deleting posts and threads about this. How is that ok?

Yes... and in bad faith, per modding, methinks.

News to me. Perhaps the confusion might stem from the fact that last night I merged 3 or 4 threads about the same topic - sorry for any confusion.

Edit to add: I haven't been on the forums today, and am on my phone now, so I just noticed the thread title has since been changed.

I would not have said this before, but I think the rake needs to be lowered, the glitches never being fixed, the removal of paypal, if these problems never existed I would not have a problem with the rake, but the owners do not deserve the amount they are receiving in rake from this site.

I think it's a good thread title. Payment Option Thread. The thread where we are able to discuss all the different payment options available to us.