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I have been considering purchasing a bitcoin debit card was looking at the Xapo card, but im not too sure about it, then stumbled on the https://wirexapp.com/ wirex card about 10 mins ago, but not too sure about that one either, i have seen mixed reviews on both, but i would really like to be able to spend my bitcoins anywhere for physical goods in person when needed.

my only concern with cards like these are

1. Payments not going through (even if card has money on it)

2. Card issuers not letting me retrieve my bitcoins for whatever reason, including technical fault.

If i did utilise a card, i wouldn't ever put a significant amount of money on the card just in case, but it would still be annoying if things don't work correctly.

Any recommendations?

Both companies are fine and both have been experiencing issues and glitches from time to time. I d probably go for Xapo, no particular reason, just like the fact there are located in Switzerland now where most of safe banking is.

I'm not a fan of bitcoin debit cards since they ask for real information's , storing your funds as bitcoins is the best solution if you ask me . but if I had to choose I would go with WirexApp (since I used them for some time already - only used the virtual card since they don't ask for ID and other info) and I have to say it's pretty good and I never had issues with it. However , lately it seems like they have some issues with pending deposit etc ... so maybe you should go Xapo (I never used them and don't have info about them)

Wasn't there a credit card comparison thread somewhere around here? Anyone s got the link?

this two i guess https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1410577.0 & https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1155883.0
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i'm currently using e-coin so far,all went good and no serious problem when i use it,just sometime got upset because they need so damn much confirmation when i make a deposit so it took so many time just for only depositing,never use their plastic card tho

THank you to all who replied, i will go through the two links below and make a decision based on the comparison threads.

I will suggest not to buy physical card provided by mychoicecorporation, they don't sell directly but there are lots of card provider which works as retailer for them. They have monthly maintainance fee and also high margin between selling and buying bitcoin. The main point you have to consider is this buy and sell rate margin.

I am also using this card for some time without any problem support is also very good I will recommend this for any one who want to use bitcoin debit card

Why you not come to try uquid card for withdraw your bitcoin
www.uquid.com have separate uquid wallet and uquid card wallet. therefore you can keep money in uquid balance and transfer to card when you want withdraw.
the uquid physical card also can withdraw up to 2500euro if you do not want upgrade your account.you also can load your balance and transfer to your friends or family for withdraw easy



Regard

I can't recommend e-coin. I used them for a while but it had too many problems.  Their system has too many bugs. You can read about them from their own thread. They allow 2-way transaction, but they will held your btc for 3 days in the case you want to convert your fund into btc.

I haven't used any credit card yet. but If I need to use then I would prefer for xapo credit. I used xapo wallet service from beginning and very satisfied with xapo wallet. It has a vault also, which is insured and and very safe for storing bitcoin.
another reason for me to use xapo is so many peoples giving positive feedback about xapo credit card service. and it can work almost all over the world.

E-coin is okay but I must say they are having a high fee these days, I would go for the bit-x debit card to be honest, its lower with their fee's.

I use the e-coin debit card, its an okay card and its working fine, I even made the step to order a physical card of them a couple weeks ago.
Other debit cards can mostly also be trusted its just what is working out good for you.

Most of credit cards have high fee, almost 10% fee from each transaction. but some are good and their fee are reliable as well, like bit-x, and xapo, recently I did a work for a bitcoin debit card review thread, and collect some information about credit cards, I found some credit cards only charge 1% .

I'd personally recommend E-coin.io debit card.  I received it last month and there were a few problems in the beginning with their bank doing the KYC verification, but their customer service helped me work it out.  So far, it has worked out great.  Their new wirex app tells me when I make purchases and I was able to add bitcoin directly to the card whenever I wanted more to spend.  I like this option the best as I can add only what I need.  I've heard previously they've had problems with their customer service, but I think it was related to their expansions recently, because the customer service has been excellent for me.  They usually respond within around 24 hours and have done everything they promised, so a big thumbs up from me.

I also suggest you the bitcoin plastic debit card of wirex (formerly e-coin). Now they are giving a mastercard but in the beginning it was a visa card, their internal exchange rate is pretty good and at the moment they are offering a 25% discount if you register through a ref-link on all the available currency (usd, eur & gbp).

You should try SpectroCoin (https://spectrocoin.com), it is the cheapest solution available on the market.

You can use our website , you will get it in max. 5 working days and we have the lowest fees ( 2.5% ) in the market. https://Bit.Cards