Graphcard sounded promising when it was first launched. It was poised to meet the needs of users in Africa as well as other “third world countries” where credit cards are not widely available to the general populace. Graphcard has been doing fine somewhat all this while but something that is really putting me off these days about their services is the arbitrariness of its operators.
At one time, one could withdraw funds from Graphcard to Paypal, but not any more. One could deposit funds to Graphcard from a credit/debit card (I never used this) but not any more. e-gold was very prominent on Graphcard for withdrawal and deposit but not any more. What’s more annoying? They do not inform users when they are pulling the plug on some of these functionalities but will storm one’s inbox with excitement when new functionalities are introduced.
I respect the right of Graphcard’s operators to run their business in their best interest, but it is also in the interest of users to be informed, whenever major changes are made to their operations.
The removal of e-gold from their operations is something I consider “shooting themselves in the foot”. With funding Graphcard only limited to Moneygram, Western Union, Wire transfer and cheques (for US users only), I am left to wonder how much longer they would last. What’s worse? Firefox users cannot login to Graphcard. The website is currently accessible only via Internet Explorer. Phew!
This site is only compatible with Internet explorer 4.0 and above.
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