Sharing my experiences with OKPAY.com

[theh1982]

Hey fellow newbies,

Just in case you start investing in bitcoins I wanted to let you know the process of getting funds with OKPAY.com via Bank transfer

First of you will need to have a verified account which means you need to upload a picture of your passport and a picture of a recent bill (phone bill /esb bill) with your name on it

I used my phone and an app call CamScanner to make it look like a proper scan.

The verification process takes about 3 to 4 business days at the moment since they seem to be pretty busy.

After that you can deposit funds via bank transfer which can take much longer (mine took 7 business days !)

In terms of support expect very little as in my experience they removed my forum posts asking for updates (3 times) and they don't answer the phone if you call their support number.

However I did receive my funds eventually...

hope this helps !

[tescomatty]

Thank you for your report, seems like id verification and a lot of time is necessary to get Bitcoins. I guess you used OKPAY to fund Btc-e account, right?

[qosmio]

I found btc-e account with direct money wire qnd attached id and electric bill to btc-e ticket and 3 days later funds were on my acccount, with okpay I gave up after they did not acccept my id scan.

[monocle]

I've had better luck with localbitcoins to BTC-e.....

How much are you all depositing with BTC-e? I gave up as OKPay seemed cumbersome.

[ajax3592]

BTC-e and Okpay are getting very bad reviews lately due to selective scamming.
Looks like OP was lucky.

[theh1982]

BTC-e and Okpay are getting very bad reviews lately due to selective scamming.
Looks like OP was lucky.

Any recommendations on other payment providers?

Thanks !

[HigsonPP]

good to hear, heard some bad things about them recently

[GhanaGamboy]

BTC-e and Okpay are getting very bad reviews lately due to selective scamming.
Looks like OP was lucky.

Selective scamming is weird. I believe Okpay must have licence for card transactions, so it should not be hard to close Okpay if some people are scammed

[monocle]

Yes, that's why I was asking how much they deposited. I wouldn't deposit over a couple of thousand USD......

[theh1982]

Yes, that's why I was asking how much they deposited. I wouldn't deposit over a couple of thousand USD......

It was a deposit of 1200 euro

[hieroglyph]

Thank you very much for posting such a detailed report on your experience with OKPAY.com .  I'm interested using a similar type service soon so all information is very much appreciated let me tell you.   

[theh1982]

Thank you very much for posting such a detailed report on your experience with OKPAY.com .  I'm interested using a similar type service soon so all information is very much appreciated let me tell you.   

Your welcome and good luck !

[n691309]

If I didnt read bitcointalk, I would never imagine my money could be lost when depositing at such big payment service company

[theh1982]

In fairness I did receive my money within a reasonable enough time frame however I did add extra pressure by finding out who the CEO was and contacting him directly via his personal e-mail so that might have helped..

[n691309]

In fairness I did receive my money within a reasonable enough time frame however I did add extra pressure by finding out who the CEO was and contacting him directly via his personal e-mail so that might have helped..

Ok, thank you for the update, so OKPAY is not as scammy as the reports seems to indicate