Depositing to Pokerstars using Skrill from Indonesia?

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I tried asking skrill/Moneybookers themselves, and their reply is unbelievably slow and at this rate I'm going to miss all the fun of the 100 billionth hand festivities, hopefully this community can help me... ^^

I tried depositing to pokerstars before using a local debit mastercard, it was rejected, same like when I tried it from Singapore... But back then, it was fine when I do it through Skrill, but now, when I tried to pay using the same local debit mastercard, Skrill blocked the transaction saying that due to my country jurisdiction, it cannot allow me to pay a gaming website using Indonesian card.

The question is: If I deposit first to my Skrill account, using either bank transfer or credit card, and then use the money I deposited at skrill to fund my pokerstars account, will they still block the transaction?
Please note that I listed my location in Skrill as Indonesia.


Additional Question: Does anyone know the bank charges incurred for doing bank transfer to UK Bank of America, currency: Euro (Skrill/Moneybookers bank account). Because transferring from my local bank in Indonesia, if I transfer and wish for the recipient to receive full amount the banking fee will be 30 euro, which is a lot if I only want to deposit around 100-200 USD. Therefore, I want to know if I send the money as it is, and have the receiving bank to deduct the banking charges there, how much will it cost?

I have emailed US Bank of America, and they replied me that the fee if transfer is direct is 16 USD. still a lot, but certainly better than 30 euro.

On another note, if anyone can suggest me a depositing method to pokerstars that's cheaper and easier, please do! Thanks!
 
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Hey there,

I'm a pokerstars player based in Indonesia.

I've never tried funding Skrill account with credit/ debit cards but bank transfer will do. If you want to deposit $100-$200 with bank transfer, I suggest that you avoid paying EUR 30 for full amount, the transaction will deduct prolly $10-$15 if I'm not mistaken. But why do you use Skrill to fund your pokerstars?

I'm using entropay (Virtual visa Card), they only charge you 4.95% to fund your virtual cards, so depositing $100-$200 will only cost you $4.95- $9.90. And the best thing about this is you can make fast deposit right into your Pokerstars account.

Skrill will not blocked any incoming or outgoing transaction if you are approved. Have you verified your address, Indonesian bank account, etc?

Cheers. :)
 
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Yea bank transfer fees are horrible so I've just been sticking with the check payout option on Skrill, works pretty good.. I've only used prepaid Visa card to deposit on to poker site before then cashout whatever I need into my Skrill account to fund other poker sites.

So basically what I am saying is...Try making a straight deposit by credit card on to a poker site, you can try a few different ones till you get one that works, then cashout whatever you need into Moneybookers for use at a different site. (Caution: make sure there are no play-through requirements on your deposit and that it's available for immediate cashout).
 
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Hi guys, thanks for the reply!

And yaaayyy!! an Indonesian player!!

The reason I used skrill was because I have already used it twice back when I was living in Singapore, it was hassle-free back then. Right now it has been downright nightmare though, not only it has been troubling me quite a bit, their support is also unbelievably awful. Slow, and doesn't answer the questions. The only time they actually answer me swiftly was when I asked them to track my bank transfer, they answered, which basically consists of, "it's only been a day, chill and wait, f*ckface!"

Anyway, now I just need to verify my post address, but I have been waiting for the mail from them to arrive for a week now! I'm so pissed because due to all this hassle I actually missed out taking my chance on the 100 billionth hand milestone, if I have to miss out on the golden SnG as well.... aaagghh!

I think I'm gonna follow your advice for using entropay next, can they take withdrawal as well??


OOT: One of the main reason for me joining cardschat is to find fellow Indonesian player, do you have friends to play home games with? Can we somehow stay in touch? I'm just interested to have a real-life poker friends. Thanks.
 
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Anyway, now I just need to verify my post address, but I have been waiting for the mail from them to arrive for a week now! I'm so pissed because due to all this hassle I actually missed out taking my chance on the 100 billionth hand milestone, if I have to miss out on the golden SnG as well.... aaagghh!

Yea, Skrill support is pretty bad/unhelpful with answering questions. Keep in mind that it took 3 months from when Skrill said they mailed my address verification letter for me to receive it. After 1 month I emailed them asking where it was and their reply was "maybe this verification option will not work for you, we have other verification options, try one of them". I thought that response was pretty ridiculous beacause how could that option not work for me, if you mailed the letter I should have received it by now.

Long story short, it came after 3 months and now I can make withdrawals no problem so you just have to be patient.
 
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It took around 6 weeks to receive the letter from skrill. I can't agree more that the customer service is super slow.

I don't think entropay enables withdrawal. What you have to do is wait for skrill letter to arrive and get verified, that way the withdrawal will be no hassle. I receive my money in just 2 working days via bank transfer.
 
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hello

I'm indo player also. At the moment playing NL20 on various sites/networks.

About depositing options, I prefer skrill because they are fast, cheap, and reliable. I think they are the best for poker.
I'm in hurry right now, and will discuss it later if you still following this thread. Just reply to let me know.

Nice to meet fellow indonesians here.
 
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hey there,

im indonesian also, i want to know how do you guys withdraw/cashout the money? and how do you guys deposit? I was thinking about playing online too but im still clueless about the deposit and withdrawal
 
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first, you should have to make an online wallet. It very useful for transfer money between poker rooms without fees.
The procedure is quiet long. PM your email address or skype so we can talk in bahasa indonesia.
 
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first, you should have to make an online wallet. It very useful for transfer money between poker rooms without fees.
The procedure is quiet long. PM your email address or skype so we can talk in bahasa indonesia.
Hello, I'm Indonesian, want to PM right to you, but the rules don' let me do that.
Need assistance from you, ASAP.
email : goeimasdi@yahoo.co.id, skype id : masdi.goei
Thank you very much :)
 
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Skype id: suited.slick
please add me and teach me the procedure , thanks
 
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The procedure is very easy.

There are actually two ways I know but for simplicity sake, let's just use one that will ALWAYS work.

1. Set up your account with moneybookers (skrill). It's really easy to set one.
2. Verify your account :
a. Verify credit card ( if you have one, this is great since you can increase transaction limit )
b. Verify your bank account by depositing, at least $5 if I'm not wrong, to skrill using YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. But since you are going to use this, I suggest you deposit whatever amount you intend to deposit initially (say $300).. Relax, your account should be uploaded within 2-3 days.
c. Verify your address ( you will get a letter to your mailbox within 3-6 weeks. tips: send it to address that's easy to find by postal office in Indo. It's bad here, real bad!)

Once you've done all that, just click on "cashier button" at pokerstars and upload funds and you're done.
 
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I dont play much anymore, but if you want to play medium stakes cash games on pokerstars, just shoot me a PM.

200NL HU Cash
400NL HU Cash
600NL HU Cash
1000NL HU Cash

or 6 max at least 1000NL.

I'm a complete fish, I just like to do some action once in a while :D
 
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Hello, I'm Indonesian, want to PM right to you, but the rules don' let me do that.
Need assistance from you, ASAP.
email : goeimasdi@yahoo.co.id, skype id : masdi.goei
Thank you very much :)

Skype id: suited.slick
please add me and teach me the procedure , thanks

added both on skype. sorry for late answer, i'm not on this forum these days

The procedure is very easy.

There are actually two ways I know but for simplicity sake, let's just use one that will ALWAYS work.

1. Set up your account with moneybookers (skrill). It's really easy to set one.
2. Verify your account :
a. Verify credit card ( if you have one, this is great since you can increase transaction limit )
b. Verify your bank account by depositing, at least $5 if I'm not wrong, to skrill using YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. But since you are going to use this, I suggest you deposit whatever amount you intend to deposit initially (say $300).. Relax, your account should be uploaded within 2-3 days.
c. Verify your address ( you will get a letter to your mailbox within 3-6 weeks. tips: send it to address that's easy to find by postal office in Indo. It's bad here, real bad!)

Once you've done all that, just click on "cashier button" at pokerstars and upload funds and you're done.

That's basically correct. But in order to verify bank account we need to send and received money (2 steps). That's additional step for some country. And I suggest to set your currency in Euro instead of USD.
 
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Need Stars for my Skrill..

Thanks
 
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Hello

Is there any active Pokerstars player from Indonesia
please and my skype : vandsart
I want to ask about the procedure, thank you.
 
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