Experience depositing as a Canadian

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 06:29 PM

Yesterday I went and got myself Money Mart's new pre-paid Titanium Visa

I got the one with the 'pay as you go' fee schedule.

Free to obtain, $2 to load with a 50c transaction fee.

Used it to deposit at the two best (according to the CM awards) as well as the best RTG.

All three deposits were instantly successful with no issues.

Linking it to a Moneybookers account however is not instant as you have to use the message center to obtain the actual US$ amount charged for verification as they only post in CDN$, but once they respond it's also a smooth method.

I highly recommend this option for Canadian players.

**Dangerous53** · 19th February 2010, 07:04 PM

Free to obtain, $2 to load with a 50c transaction fee.

From their site it says 20.00 to buy, 2.00 to load online, .50 transaction fee and 7.50 month maintenance fee. There is an asterisk by the monthly fee, but I couldn't find the explanantion for it anywhere on the site.

Linking it to a Moneybookers account however is not instant as you have to use the message center to obtain the actual US$ amount charged for verification as they only post in CDN$, but once they respond it's also a smooth method.

What kind of exchange did MB charge, or did the exchange take place at Visa? I know MB add a premium of 1.99% on forex. Don't need the amount you used, but if you could calculate it per 100.00 that would be great.

Edit: One last question, what kind of info do you have to supply to them?

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dangerous53

From their site it says 20.00 to buy, 2.00 to load online, .50 transaction fee and 7.50 month maintenance fee. There is an asterisk by the monthly fee, but I couldn't find the explanantion for it anywhere on the site.

If you load it when you get it, they don't charge you the $20

Originally Posted by Dangerous53

What kind of exchange did MB charge, or did the exchange take place at Visa? I know MB add a premium of 1.99% on forex. Don't need the amount you used, but if you could calculate it per 100.00 that would be great.

A $60usd deposit via the Visa was charged a total of $65.11cdn
That included fee and exchange.

Don't know about MB though as I have only linked the accounts.
The Visa deposits were so smooth I didn't need to use MB.

**love2winalot** · 19th February 2010, 07:16 PM

All three deposits were instantly successful with no issues.

Hiya: In the banking section of the 3 Casino's, what did you click on to do the deposit's? The Visa logo, usemywallet, what? Thanks.

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by love2winalot

Hiya: In the banking section of the 3 Casino's, what did you click on to do the deposit's? The Visa logo, usemywallet, what? Thanks.

I just clicked Visa.

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by Dangerous53

Edit: One last question, what kind of info do you have to supply to them?

Just what is required to use Money Mart's other services.

If you've ever cashed a cheque, gotten a PR loan or had the Titanium MasterCard, they already have what they need.

**Dangerous53** · 19th February 2010, 08:11 PM

Free to obtain, $2 to load with a 50c transaction fee.

Just went and got one myself, it's free if you had a MC with them before, if not, the card costs 20.00 to buy plus a 2.00 load fee. There is a 7.50 monthly maintenance fee for the pay as you go card.

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dangerous53

Just went and got one myself, it's free if you had a MC with them before, if not, the card costs 20.00 to buy plus a 2.00 load fee. There is a 7.50 monthly maintenance fee for the pay as you go card.

I asked the clerk what the purchase fee was when I got there and she said it was free because I was loading it. There was no mention of the MC

**Dangerous53** · 19th February 2010, 08:22 PM

Well one of them is wrong, I even got the clerk to call the Langley store (she called a couple) and they all said there was a purchase fee unless there was a previous MC. Either you got lucky or I got scammed.

No matter, we'll see how it works out.

Thanks for the info.

**Roanan** · 19th February 2010, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by Dangerous53

Well one of them is wrong, I even got the clerk to call the Langley store (she called a couple) and they all said there was a purchase fee unless there was a previous MC. Either you got lucky or I got scammed.

No matter, we'll see how it works out.

Thanks for the info.

It worked for depositing at the three best casinos (an MGS, an RTG and an independent) so I think this will be one of our best options.