Originally Posted by ScottC
Paypal will only issue the debit card to US account holders too. I'd say your best option is to open a dollar based offshore account and get a card to go with it.
As sadi earlier, opening a regular bank account will prove to be pretty impossible. Also, call your own bank as many of them will let you open an account in the UK for dollars.
As for the thread, let me think of the best place to move it...
Isn't there a credit/debit card that is what they offer, I know the debit will not.
i'll ask the founder next time I see him :-)
A dollar denominated account in europe is trivial, I don't know how they would treat ATM deductions, since there would not be a currency exchange.
Peronally, I would rather use Euros or pounds these days, and I see that getting worse (for $$ denominated account holders) before it gets better.
What about getting a bunch of $$, and buying a debit card here in the states with that amount on it?