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Cheap ways of getting money from Stars for non-Euro players
All you guys who live outside Europe and the US, how are you getting your money from Stars?
I play on Stars and live in South Africa. I'm fortunate enough to hold a UK bank account from some time I spent there. Until recently, I used to get money transfered directly to it, but with my address change, Stars will no longer deposit directly to it in GBP.
I hold money in Stars in GBP and my Moneybookers account is in GBP, but for some reason Stars only want to pay me in USD. I emailed Stars about this policy and they confirmed that this is true for any payment option other than Entropay, which charges 1.95% to accept payments. I know if Moneybookers accept money in any other currency, the conversion charge is about 2% plus they give you a slightly lower rate than the ruling one.
I accept I'll lose about 2% of the value when I transfer my money from my UK account to my SA one, but it would be nice to avoid a second currency conversion charge. Is there any way to avoid that or do I just have to accept that I'm going to be raped for 5% every time I want to get some cash from Stars.
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