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02-03-2010 , 08:16 PM

stickyjuice

stranger

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 10

hey i am new here and i tried to join marketplace but i havent been here for more than 6 months so i wont be approved.
i want to trade a $100 mastercard giftcard for $100 dollars on Absolute Poker. the card usually works on AP directly but their mastercard processor is down right now.
is there anywhere i can post to try and do this as a member less than 6 months?
i would have PMed a mod but i cant even do that bc i am new and have no PM priveledges.
thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

-sorry to post in news views gossip but it looks to be the highest traffic area so i thought it was my best shot at getting help.

02-03-2010 , 08:24 PM

novahunterpa

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5,244

Found this in the legislative forum about Mastercard today, this might be why you can't use it

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/57...-poker-702404/

02-03-2010 , 08:26 PM

ashipsomewhere

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,282

ya mastercard sucks when using it to deposit online, try the visa ones they always work. Also if you just bought it you have to give it a lot of time to process and activate so sometimes just wait a while.

02-03-2010 , 08:27 PM

stickyjuice

stranger

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 10

yea i figured it was something pretty big bc it wouldnt work on PS either. well it is still able to be used anywhere online so if any respected members with a lot of successful trades want this i will send gift card info first for a transfer on AP. thanks for the link

02-03-2010 , 11:13 PM

OnceInALifetime

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 304

"A major form of depositing into poker sites, online casinos and credit cards is by using credit cards by US citizens. This method was blocked today by Mastercard after figuring out how gaming sites were manipulating the coding."

http://www.compatiblepoker.com/poker...visa-next/3282

Discuss.

02-03-2010 , 11:15 PM

ekky

banned

Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,261

usa all the way

Last edited by Kevmath; 02-03-2010 at 11:22 PM.

02-03-2010 , 11:19 PM

OnceInALifetime

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 304

Wow this is bad news, let's talk about it.

02-03-2010 , 11:25 PM

ucaclint

adept

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 729

I've never been able to deposit with a credit card, even back in like 03-04.

02-03-2010 , 11:29 PM

PaulDLane

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 427

This is getting ridiculous, I am moving out of the country first chance I get.

02-03-2010 , 11:49 PM

#10

Bdidd

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11,104

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulDLane

This is getting ridiculous, I am moving out of the country first chance I get.

don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

And don't come crawling back either.

02-03-2010 , 11:49 PM

#11

smittymatt

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,695

Ya, I just about give up. I know a lot of people say this but I'm pretty serious (can never be sure). Anyone know a good apartment or place that is renting right now in England/Britain/one of those islands?

02-03-2010 , 11:50 PM

#12

smittymatt

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,695

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bdidd

don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

And don't come crawling back either.

Meh, maybe the grass is always greener but there's only one way to find out!

02-03-2010 , 11:50 PM

#13

bulls_horn

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,406

OP, why bother asking a bunch of strangers on the internetz? Just use it to pay a house bill and use that $$ to buy an All-Access Visa.

02-03-2010 , 11:51 PM

#14

Bdidd

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11,104

Quote:

Originally Posted by smittymatt

Ya, I just about give up. I know a lot of people say this but I'm pretty serious (can never be sure). Anyone know a good apartment or place that is renting right now in England/Britain/one of those islands?

Seems like you have done your due diligence and know alot about Great Britain!

02-03-2010 , 11:53 PM

#15

smittymatt

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,695

Did I ever say I did? lol

02-03-2010 , 11:55 PM

#16

Kevmath

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 28,242

Quote:

Originally Posted by bulls_horn

OP, why bother asking a bunch of strangers on the internetz? Just use it to pay a house bill and use that $$ to buy an All-Access Visa.

As noted in the first post (after merging threads), was that the MasterCard prepaid cards were now being blocked.

02-03-2010 , 11:55 PM

#17

sooooooo -EV

enthusiast

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 99

Quote:

Originally Posted by bulls_horn

OP, why bother asking a bunch of strangers on the internetz? Just use it to pay a house bill and use that $$ to buy an All-Access Visa.

OP= $100 to name IMO

02-04-2010 , 12:11 AM

#18

BrainJail

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 329

netspend prepaid Visa FTW

02-04-2010 , 12:38 AM

#19

dOrkFish

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 559

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnceInALifetime

The first sentence in that article is well written. Bravo!

02-04-2010 , 12:46 AM

#20

GrindUnumb

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,359

Mods, can't the misleading thread title be changed?
Most importantly this only affects MC, and only for a few weeks. New MC processors will be setup by month's end.

02-04-2010 , 01:09 AM

#21

OnceInALifetime

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 304

Quote:

Originally Posted by dOrkFish

The first sentence in that article is well written. Bravo!

You are a ridiculous person.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrindUnumb

Mods, can't the misleading thread title be changed?
Most importantly this only affects MC, and only for a few weeks. New MC processors will be setup by month's end.

You are a ridiculous person because you think this is only going to affect MC users. Watch in the next couple of days when absolutely every credit card holder in America is barred from depositing on US sites.

02-04-2010 , 02:09 AM

#22

Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 57,278

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnceInALifetime

Do you have any particular reason for holding these alarmist views? Even the article you linked says this has happened before and MC got around it in a couple of months.

I'm sure your "doomsday" scenario could come to pass, but it's far from the sure thing you're making it out to be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnceInALifetime

Discuss.

Not sure what there is to discuss, but when people try, they just get called ridiculous by you anyway.

02-04-2010 , 03:14 AM

#23

LeapFrog

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,537

see this is why every forum needs a cardcounter0, a brutal non-mod enforcer who stomps on R-Words like its his job.

I'm pouring an e-40 on the tubes in memory of that guy