Do you use e-gold? Is it safe?
By luskas
@luskas (3428)
Portugal
92 responses
@Tine88 (259)
• Belgium
27 Nov 06
I prefer paypal, though paypal is not the thing it used to be... :( Paypal suspended a lot of accounts (so made a lot of -illegal?- profit), and that's were they made a big mistake!! Though Egold is, more safe (!) it isn't used as many as paypal, that's why you can do more with a paypal account I think... The money you have in your egold account, you can't withdraw that money to your real bank, wich you can with paypal... :)
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@pookie92 (1714)
• United States
27 Nov 06
I like egold and paypal. Paypal has issues with reversing payments and suspending accounts. Egold doesn't do this, but they have issues with security. Egold will not investigate theft, so there is good and bad for both.
@PatriciaL (2080)
• United States
27 Nov 06
Yep, there were people that had their accounts hacked and their money was gone for good. :( Didn't happen to me luckiy.
@SerenitySniper (323)
• Malta
27 Nov 06
I prefer to use internationally-known companies like paypal.
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@1login (368)
• Finland
27 Nov 06
E-Gold and Paypal are the two main options for E-Currency available. E-Gold is backed by actual gold reserves in a bank in Panama while Paypal is backed by actual currency. Paypal has established itself as the main company of choice for buying online. Getting a Paypal account is free however you would have to verify your identity with credit card. A severe disadvantage of paypal is that they have been known to freeze questionable accounts. E-Gold on the other hand is free and anonymous and does not impose any restrictions on questionable accounts, it is backed by physical gold so no country based on it's own currency can take action against the account. Currency can be deposited to E-Gold by using one of the many online currency exchange services.
Source: http://www.linkbase.org/articles/Secret-Banking-Introduction.htm
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@leomar297 (619)
• France
27 Nov 06
I use it , and I use paypal too, because some site don't use paypal, and some other don't use e-gold. I have both to use all site I want to.
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