Royal Panda Casino - Stalling verification and refusing to pay a withdrawal of £1,683.48

Dear Andrew,

We’d firstly like to apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.

Unfortunately, we haven’t received a copy of your passport with an apostille (a particular stamp that only a licensed notary is able to provide) attached to it.

Any licensed notary in the UK would be able to perform this. However, please note that this is different to a Post Office stamp – which is why our verification department was unable to accept the passport copy you provided us with.

If you provide us with a notarized copy of your passport, bearing the aforementioned apostille, we will be able to process your withdrawal without further delay.

Best Regards,

Royal Panda

Thank you for your quick and informative reply Royal Panda. This reply has contained a lot more detail about the actually document I need to provide than any of your other emails. I find that your customer service department did not want to explain specifically the documents I required therefore I had no other option other to complain to ask gamblers.

Is this standard procedure to require such a specific document containing a apostille? I do not know any other casino websites that require this.

Will you be willing to reimburse my expenses that I will incur to receive a copy of my notarized passport?

Dear Andrew,

Thank you for the response.

We again are sorry for the inconvenience caused by this, but we still haven’t received a copy of your passport with an apostille (a particular stamp that only a licensed notary is able to provide) attached to it.

It's not a standard procedure at Royal Panda but we believe that in this particular case we need it unfortunately.

If you provide us with a notarized copy of your passport, bearing the aforementioned apostille, we will be able to process your withdrawal without further delay.

Best Regards,

Royal Panda

Hello Royal Panda

Thank you again for your reply.

You are correct in saying that I still haven't sent "copy of your passport with an apostille (a particular stamp that only a licensed notary is able to provide) attached to it" as obtaining one is causing me difficulties.

Firstly nobody provides such a service in my home town of Driffield. This means I will have to drive 18 miles to Pocklington to obtain a copy. This means I need to pay for 36 miles of petrol, also I will need to take a day off work to allow me time to drive there, receive the apostille then drive back home. Would Royal Panda be willing to reimburse me the fee for obtaining a apostille?

Regards

Andrew Chappell

Dear Andrew,

Thank you for your reply,

We again are sorry for the inconvenience caused by this, but we still haven’t received a copy of your passport with an apostille (a particular stamp that only a licensed notary is able to provide) attached to it.

If you provide us with a notarized copy of your passport, bearing the aforementioned apostille, we will be able to process your withdrawal without further delay.

We will send a final update tomorrow.

Best regards,

Royal Panda

Royal Panda your last reply did not answer my question that I have asked twice already.

If I provide you with a notorized copy of my passport with an apostille would you be willing to refund me the public notary fee.

Here is my quote for such service:

Notary fee £75 + £15 VAT
FCO fee £30
Agents fee £20
Total £140
Martin Wood
Notary Public

Would you refund me the £140 fee as a gesture of good will?

regards

Andrew

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