Comments on: Moneybookers: Worldwide direct payments made easy

By: Worldwide Sales

Worldwide Sales — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:26:44 +0000

We’ve been using MoneyBookers on our website and eBay to accept money from customers worldwide. While it’s true the sign-up process isn’t as easy as PayPal, the real benefit for all parties is far less fraud. I’ve never had a chargeback with MoneyBookers compared to numerous attempts with PayPal even when we could prove our case.

We seldom use MoneyBookers or PayPal in Europe (UK excepted) as bank transfers are widely accepted and much faster than PayPal (with no 21-day hold period). We tend to use MoneyBookers with customers in countries that are risk prone, since MoneyBookers does a better job of weeding out potential fraudsters before they can defraud us.

By: John Henshall

John Henshall — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:23:41 +0000

I tried using Moneybookers for a while and the buyer experience was so bad that I ended up having to remove the service, Buyers were complaining about complicated processes and lots of red tape. Its just not worth it.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:41:10 +0000

#1 Have to say to balance your comments that if I did a search for PayPal on the Internet I’d probably be scared of opening an account with them too… but I know hundreds of people that have used them successfully without a problem

By: ebuyerfb

ebuyerfb — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:41:30 +0000

I’ve used Moneybookers a few times. They also claim to eat all chargeback costs though I’ve never had to go through that with them.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:27:25 +0000

…..also many USA CC providers and banks disallow payments MoneyBookers as I understand it, just incase that payment is used for a casino site – it contravenes many/some US state gambling laws.

Having said that, it is a well known service, little used for auction payments though.

By: Stuart Tolsen

Stuart Tolsen — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:13:29 +0000

Hello
I have heard many people complaining about moneybookers, particularly once they got some money in their moneybooker’s account, as they were then asked to supply a lot of information to them

Some said that even after supplying all the required information, the funds were still not released..

I agree that some may use moneybooker to get paid when doing online gambling, and it is illegal in France…. but i would suggest that anybody intending to open an account with them does a search on google or yahoo before