I made my very first withdrawal from Stars today and when I hit the confirm button, it said ok, your money is in your NETeller account now. I thought, yeah right. It don't work that fast! Well, I immediately went to my NETeller account and low and behold it WAS already there!! And I don't mean it showed up as "pending" either. My balance was $550 higher than it had been before that!

Instant withdrawals? What's the poker world coming to? Next thing you know we'll be able to play with bonus money before we earn it! (oh wait, Pacific already does that don't they?)

Hmm, I'm not sure if that's correct. I'll check my withdrawal notes (I keep those in excel) when I get home and let you know but I'm pretty sure I've played off some bonuses before and then withdrew my deposit plus bonus money and winnings with no problems.

Like Tibs said, anything up to the amount you bought in for will be almost instantly returned to Neteller. Regarding anything over that amount.....it will still go to Neteller but they say to allow up to 72 hours. In my experience it has taken about 24hrs each time.

Say you put in 500 play for a bit and want to cash out the original 500 plus your 200 in winnings for 700 total. You request withdraw 700 from cashier, a window pops up explaining that some of the $$ may take longer and it asks which method of payment you would like for the remaining amount over 500, you choose Neteller and exit the system. The original 500 will be in Neteller before you can say "Holy Heck Fire", and the other 200 shows up as a seperate deposit a day or 2 later.

I see--thanks for the clarification.

I see. Yes, I did only withdraw $550 after depositing $600 to get the $150 bonus a few days ago. I figured I'd leave a bit in their to play the BTP tourneys this weekend and maybe try their S&G's. It sounds as though my next withdrawal won't be quite so speedy.
On the brighter side, the last withdrawal I made from Full Tilt only took 2 hours or less to go through. Is that the same situation as Stars?

Wish I could tell you, but the two or three times I've taken a pass at Full Tilt, I didn't have as much money to withdraw as I deposited. I can't win at that site to save my life.